Kansas’ Dickinson dislocates shoulder, set for MRI

• Myron Medcalf, ESPN Personnel WriterMar 9, 2024, 07:11 PM ET

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No. 14 Kansas suffered a 76-46 blowout loss at top-ranked Houston on Saturday, but the defeat may not have actually been the worst news of the day for the Jayhawks.Hunter Dickinson

left the game in the 2nd half with what Kansas coach Expense Self later on said was a dislocated shoulder, and the star center will have an MRI when the team goes back to Lawrence.In addition,

the status of Kevin McCullar Jr., an NBA possibility who has actually wrestled with a knee injury in current months, also is unidentified after he missed the second half of Saturday’s loss due to the injury.Editor’s Picks

2 Associated “[ Dickinson] dislocated his shoulder, popped back in, but he’ll have an MRI to see the medical diagnosis and try to get a strategy moving forward for him,”Self said. “Kevin, he hasn’t done anything since [the Kansas State game on Tuesday] Today, he felt better and thought he ‘d try (to play ). I want we wouldn’t have played [McCullar]”It’s a pretty huge level of concern when your two finest players are probably questionable moving forward.”Self said it’s”prematurely”to understand if Dickinson

and McCullar will be available for next week’s Huge 12 competition in Kansas City, Missouri.With Saturday’s contest currently out of reach, Dickinson

hurt his ideal shoulder while battling for a rebound at the 11:08 mark of the second half. He instantly ran back to the locker room clutching the shoulder.McCullar intensified his knee injury in the win over Kansas State. He has missed six

games over the previous six weeks because of a bone contusion in the knee.Self said it’s tough to predict the weeks ahead for Kansas due to the fact that of the injuries.

“I do not feel excellent about the huge photo, only because I don’t understand what our health scenario is, “he said.”Guys, if we had our 5 guys and they’re all lined up and they’re healthy, we can play with anybody. However we’re not right now. Now, that’s not why we lost today, but that’s been the main reason when we have not played well just recently. “So, hopefully, we’ll get an excellent report on [. Dickinson], and ideally, [McCullar] will begin feeling much better. And if that holds true, our outlook will be various than it is right now.”