Hunter Dickinson has had some huge games this season, but none as big as his performance Saturday against Arizona. Dickinson, a fifth-year senior, scored a sea

After KU was derailed by injuries and a lack of depth and shooting last season, Self doubled down on Dickinson, convincing the big man to return for a fifth year of college basketball and going back into the portal to find players who fit the best around Dickinson. If he could just add shooting and depth, then he’d have a title contender again.

Arizona could face Kansas in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals on Thursday, if the Jayhawks get past either Utah or UCF a day earlier in Kansas City.