Kansas center Udoka Azubuike applied ice to his left knee as he spoke with reporters for 40 minutes Friday afternoon in a cramped locker room at Intrust Bank Arena.
“It hurts a little bit, not bad,” said the 7-foot, 280-pound sophomore from Delta, Nigeria, happy to report he had just completed his first full practice with the Jayhawks since spraining the medial collateral ligament 10 days ago.
“It was not like a long practice (but) I pretty much did it all,” Azubuike added. He obeyed orders “from the doctor, trainer and coach who said, ‘You’ve got to go out there and give it your all.