Kansas basketball: 8 potential starting lineups for the Jayhawks with Arterio Morris

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - MARCH 11: Arterio Morris #2 of the Texas Longhorns drives to the basket against Gradey Dick #4 of the Kansas Jayhawks during second half of the Big 12 Tournament Championship game at T-Mobile Center on March 11, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - MARCH 11: Arterio Morris #2 of the Texas Longhorns drives to the basket against Gradey Dick #4 of the Kansas Jayhawks during second half of the Big 12 Tournament Championship game at T-Mobile Center on March 11, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
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Lineup No. 7

PG: Dajuan Harris
G: Nick Timberlake
G: Kevin McCullar
F: KJ Adams
C: Hunter Dickinson

Most sources suggest that a McCullar return is nearly impossible. That doesn’t mean we cannot explore what the team might look like if he does return to school.

Any lineup with McCullar will lack shooting, so Morris was slotted out, and Timberlake was placed at the two-guard. Super senior McCullar, KJ, and Harris? Nobody is scoring on them. There is a serious chance that less than 100 total points would be scored in some games with this defense. Kansas would be playing slow-paced basketball in boring games like Virginia does.