Wichita — Devonte’ Graham and the Jayhawks needed a big performance from their biggest player against Seton Hall.
In their 83-79 win, it was exactly what they got.
“He told us he was going to be ready to play,” Graham said of the hobbled Udoka Azubuike. “It just enabled us to play four around one.”
Azubuike finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two steals. Azubuike played only 22 minutes, but Graham felt he could have had even better numbers if the Jayhawks had gotten him the ball more in the first half.
“I said it at halftime, ‘We’ve got to start throwing him the ball,'” Graham said. “We had to throw the ball to the big fella.”