Bill Self told a group of reporters at Wednesday’s Big 12 media day he’d decided on three starters — forwards Dedric Lawson and Udoka Azubuike and guard Lagerald Vick — for Kansas’ exhibition basketball opener against Emporia State on Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Not sure about the other two guard slots, Self, KU’s 16th-year coach, ultimately chose freshman McDonald’s All-Americans Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson. They combined for 18 points, six rebounds, five assists, three steals and two turnovers in the Jayhawks’ 93-55 victory over the Hornets.
“I would say they’ve been as good as anybody playing back there,” Self said of Dotson and Grimes.