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Boulder, CO – Hunter Dickinson dominated the inside and led Kansas to a 71-64 victory over Colorado. It was the Jayhawks’ first win since falling out of the AP High 25 for the primary time since February 8, 2021.
Dickinson scored 32 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds whereas taking pictures 13 of 18 from the ground. KJ Adams added 15 factors for Kansas and Rylan Griffen added 10. Bangot Dak had 16 factors to steer Colorado. His athleticism was on show as he had a number of rim rattling dunks.
Kansa improved to 19-9 and 10-7 within the Huge 12 Convention. Colorado fell to 11-17 and 2-15 within the convention.
Gamers to observe
Hunter Dickinson (Kansas) Graduate, 7’1” 265 Middle
Dickinson has had an excellent NCAA profession. He has been chosen Second Crew All-American at Michigan and Kansas. He’s a really expert participant who lacks elite athleticism. He’s a mean athlete who will wrestle to protect faster bigs on the subsequent degree. He has a mechanical three- level shot with a sluggish launch and is just taking pictures 23.1% from deep by way of 27 video games on 1.4 makes an attempt per recreation. He’s 24 years previous. He tasks as a doable Two-Means participant within the NBA. His model of play shouldn’t be conducive to taking part in at a excessive degree in Europe.
Flory Bidunga (Kansas) Freshman, 6’9” 220 PF/C
Bidunga has a wingspan of seven’2.5” with robust palms and is fast off his toes. He solely averages 16.9 minutes per recreation. That is largely attributable to taking part in with Dickinson. He’s a powerful rebounder and his lateral quickness, wingspan, and explosiveness off the ground makes him an intimidating presence within the paint.
He was born within the Democratic Republic of Congo and moved to Kokomo, Indiana when he was 15 years previous. He was a McDonald’s All American. There was murmurs that he could enter the draft. I consider that he can be higher served returning to Kansas to work on his ability set. He’s very uncooked and has not tried a 3 this season. He’s nonetheless clearly the Kansas’s finest NBA prospect.
Zeke Mayo (Kansas) Senior. 6’4” 185 SG
Mayo was Participant of the Yr within the Summit Convention whereas excelling for South Dakota State. He has a fluid three-point shot with a fast launch, good arc, and good rotation. He’s taking pictures 40.6% from three-point vary on 6.3 makes an attempt per recreation by way of 27 video games. He tasks as a Two-Means participant. He is usually a stable European participant in the precise scenario.
Andrej Jakimovski (Colorado) Graduate,. 6’8” 220 CF
Jakimovski is from North Macedonia and performed for Washington State for 4 seasons. He will probably be 24 years previous on March 18th. He was the excessive scorer on the 2019 FIBA U19 European championships. He didn’t have recreation towards Kansas. He’ll in all probability play in Europe, most probably within the Adriatic League.
This text was written by Dave Maron, a correspondent and scout for NetScouts Basketball. You’ll be able to comply with us on Fb, or on twitter.
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