Kansas basketball: Way-too-early lineup predictions for the 2023-24 Jayhawks

Point Guard

Josh: Dajuan Harris

Harris is the obvious choice here. He will be the point guard for the Jayhawks for the rest of his college eligibility, which is the next two seasons. Having Harris does limit the team’s offensive capability, but the rest of his game makes up for this. He collected several prestigious awards this year and averaged a career-high in points, assists, and steals. We could see him eclipse double-digit scoring if his free throw shooting improves — his percentage mysteriously dipped 20 percent after shooting 80.0 and 79.2 percent in his freshman and sophomore seasons, respectively.

A pure point like him makes everybody on the floor better with his unselfish play. We even saw him hit 40.5 percent of his three-pointers this year. Nearly every single shot was wide open, but those are the only ones Bill Self needs him to connect on. It should be exciting to see how Harris operates with the incoming transfers and the leaps he makes in his senior year. Winning the Bob Cousy Award is not out of reach for Juan.

Kyle: Dajuan Harris

There is no world in which I see one of the freshmen or a transfer taking over Harris‘ role as the starting point guard. He has been mister reliable for the past two seasons and has become one of the most consistent lead guards in the country. While he doesn’t score a lot, his court vision, defense, and basketball IQ more than make up for it.

He has been on the Big 12 All-Defense team the past two years and was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year this past season. He also had the country’s seventh-highest assist-to-turnover ratio (with at least 32 more assists than anyone higher than him on the list). Coach Self trusts Harris to control the offense and set the tone on defense every possession that he is on the floor. It would take a monumentally hot start for any of the newcomers to take his spot.