Tonight at 7:00 p.m. ET the No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks (6-2) will travel to Florida where they'll meet Billy Donovan's No. 19 Gators (6-2) in a Big 12-SEC matchup on ESPN that can be live streamed here for free. Jayhawks fans can listen to the game on KJHK 90.7 FM, while Gators fans can tune in to ESPN 850 WRUF.
The Gators are in for a difficult matchup, but they will have guards Scottie Wilbekin and Kasey Hill at their disposal against Kansas' group of future NBA stars. Regaining the services of Wilbekin is a huge deal, as he is probably Florida's top playmaker. He missed the first four games of the year due to suspension, before spraining his ankle vs. UConn last week.
Gators center Patric Young is happy to have him back, but also said Florida can survive regardless of who is taking the floor. "We won a lot of games without Scottie," Young said. "We line up five guys and we'll be OK. It would have helped having him in that situation, but it doesn't matter who's out there."
The Jayhawks entered the season as one of the favorites to win the national championship, led by freshman Andrew Wiggins who was billed as the second coming of Kevin Durant. Through eight games he's averaging 15.3 points per game and 5.6 rebounds. "We're not playing very good," Self said. "We're not playing good at all. The pieces just aren't quite fitting yet and we're trying to find ourselves."
Self also said it is not time to panic or give up on the green roster. "We didn't think we'd be a great team by Christmas," Self said. "That's being totally unrealistic. In the preseason ratings, they shouldn't have had us there. What we could be, we could play there to that at the end. There is too much stuff to learn and get over and grow."
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