Kansas will have the majority of its key rotation pieces available when the Jayhawks take the floor at Rupp Arena on Saturday. The players who have missed the majority of the season, though, are expected to remain out.
Freshman wing MJ Rice, a five-star prospect and McDonald’s All-American out of high school, has been dealing with back spasms that have limited him to just 13 games on the year. He missed four games in January due to the issue before playing sparingly vs. TCU and at Baylor. A solid contributor to open the season, he’s played a combined 26 minutes in his last seven games, ten coming in the team’s home win vs.