By SAM LANCE
Kansas coach Bill Self said star center Hunter Dickinson dislocated his shoulder in the Jayhawks’ 76-46 road loss to No. 1 Houston on Saturday.
“It popped back in, which is a good sign,” Self said. “We’ll do an MRI when we get back and see what type of damage there is with that situation. So it wasn’t a good day coming down here at all.”
Dickinson immediately went to the locker room following the play and did not return to the game. The 7-foot-2 big man had 11 points, six rebounds and two assists vs. Houston before the injury. Dickinson is a lock for first-team All-Big 12 and could make a case for being a first-team All-American. With the loss, Kansas will likely be the No. 6-seed in the Big 12 Tournament and will play Wednesday night, March 13, at 8:30 p.m. CT. “I don’t know if we’ll make a decision about Wednesday until Wednesday,” Self said. “I don’t know what the MRI will say or anything like that. And Kevin [McCullar] has been day-to-day. I’m tempted, depending on what the status is with Hunter, that may affect a little bit about what we think with Kevin too.” Kansas has now finished the Big 12 conference slate at 10-8, its most losses in Big 12 play since the conference was formed in 1996. Follow Sam Lance on Twitter Follow Adam Zagoria on Twitter Follow ZAGSBLOGHoops on Instagram And Like ZAGS on FacebookHunter Dickinson just went straight to the locker room after coming down with an apparent shoulder injury after this play. Not good for Kansas, esp. with McCullar already dinged up. pic.twitter.com/XRKwoq0OBu
— Kyle Boone (@kyletheboone) March 9, 2024
