Kansas head coach Bill Self gave some more clarity to KJ Adams‘ shoulder injury suffered last week against Iowa State.
Self was on his Hawk Talk radio show on Monday night with Brian Hanni and said that Adams would miss three to four games with his shoulder injury.
Adams didn’t play for Kansas on Saturday against K-State, which was the first time since KU played Providence in the 2022 Sweet 16 against Providence. Adams had played in 89 straight games and had started 84 of them.
Kansas’ upcoming schedule includes TCU on the road on Wednesday, then home to No. 7 Houston on Saturday. Next week, the Jayhawks welcome UCF to town on Tuesday, followed by taking on Baylor on Saturday in Lawrence.
After sustaining the injury vs. Iowa State last week, Adams was helped off the court and went back to the locker room with 15:42 to play, where he remained for three minutes. Adams then hopped back into action with just under 13 minutes left and provided some spark for the Jayhawks. Several minutes later, at 7:08, ESPN’s camera crew showed Adams returning to the locker room yet again. He would eventually return to Kansas’ bench at the 6:40 mark, where he remained until the end of the contest.
But now that Kansas has some clarity, Self can played his rotation around not having Adams, likely for at least two weeks.
Kansas vs. TCU tips off at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday on ESPN2.
