It’s possible a healthy Udoka Azubuike would have given Kansas some additional options on offense during Saturday’s first loss of the season — an 80-76 setback to Arizona State that featured 30 points from Dedric Lawson and 46 from everybody else.
“I mean, we executed so poorly down the stretch, we’ve got to get the big fella back in there so that way we can run some more stuff,” KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self said after a game in which power forward Lawson hit 12 of 15 shots for 80 percent; eight other Jayhawks 15 of 50 shots for 30 percent.