Kansas' Hunter Dickinson dislocates shoulder, set for MRI - ESPN

No. 14 Kansas suffered a 76-46 blowout loss at top-ranked Houston on Saturday, but the defeat might not have been the worst news of the day for the Jayhawks.

Afterward, Kansas coach Bill Self said center Hunter Dickinson, who left the game in the second half with a shoulder injury, will have an MRI when the team returns to Lawrence because he «dislocated it.» And the status of Kevin McCullar Jr., an NBA prospect who has wrestled with a knee injury in recent months, also is unknown after he missed the second half due to the injury, according to Self.

"[Dickinson] dislocated his shoulder, popped back in, but he'll have an MRI to see the diagnosis and try to get a game plan moving forward for him," Self said. «Kevin, he hasn't done anything since [the Kansas State game on Tuesday]; today, he felt better and thought he'd try. I wish we wouldn't have played [McCullar].

»It's a pretty big level of concern when your two best players are probably questionable moving forward."

Self said it's «too soon» to know if Dickinson and McCullar will be available for next week's Big 12 tournament in Kansas City, Missouri.

With Saturday's contest already out of reach, Dickinson injured his right shoulder while battling for a rebound at the 11:08 mark of the second half. He immediately ran back to the locker room clutching the shoulder.

McCullar reaggravated his knee injury in his team's win over Kansas State earlier this week. He has missed six games over the last six weeks because of a bone bruise in his knee that has impacted his playing time.

Self said it's difficult to project the weeks ahead for Kansas because of the injuries.

«I don't feel great about the big picture, only because I don't know what our health situation is,» he said.