Kansas basketball coach Bill Self reiterated Tuesday afternoon that he’s hopeful big men Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa will be available for duty during the Big 12 portion of the 2017-18 season.
Yes, he’s hopeful the two will take the court for KU, but again, as of Tuesday, there’s nothing’s official yet regarding the status of either player.
“I would say we are (hoping they can play in conference games),” Self told The Star Tuesday afternoon. “Hopefully we can start preparing that way the 26th. We’ll know about Silvio for sure by then. Billy I hope so (by then).