Even if he was “senior” this season, Kevin McCullar Jr. will play a fifth and final university season at the start of the school year with Kansasthanks to the exemption granted by the NCAA, three years ago, to all student-athletes whose 2019/20 season was interrupted because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is obviously very good news for Bill Self, who recovers his starting winger of the 2022/23 season (10.7 points, 7 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2 steals), clearly his best defender and perhaps even his most talented player. all-around. The former Texas Tech should keep his position as starting winger at the start of the school year, even if newcomer Nick Timberlake, who is more of a pure shooter, will also be an option for “spacing”.
The return to Lawrence campus of Kevin McCullar Jr. thus completes the offseason of Kansas, which “reloaded” its ammunition after the departures of Gradey Dick and Jalen Wilson to the Draft: Arterio Morris from Texas, Nick Timberlake in from Towson, and obviously Hunter Dickinson from Michigan.
Like every year, the Jayhawks will be serious title contenders next season.
