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• 🏀 Hearings: The Darryn Peterson situation

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Hearings: The Darryn Peterson Situation 

The good news: I'm not Hearing any alarm inside Kansas about Darryn Peterson’s injury status. The confusing part: three different explanations in less than three weeks.

I haven’t caught any sense of Kansas bracing for a prolonged stretch without him, at least not tied to the current moment.

Still, any questions or confusion from fans are fair. Peterson has played one full game out of KU's first five outings, and Bill Self’s explanations haven’t exactly eased that confusion.

The latest surprise hit Tuesday night, when Peterson didn't play in KU's 77–46 win over Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. The broadcast ominously called it "a situation Bill Self will address postgame."

To be clear: There was no need to play Peterson last night. The most likely scenario is everyone forgetting about this in a week.

The twists kept coming in needless ways. During Tuesday’s game, Jeff Goodman reported Peterson was out with a hamstring injury — an entirely new reason. Goodman added that the issue first flared up against Louisville on October 24.

Let’s be honest: Self hasn’t made this easy to follow. His updates have been so up-and-down you’d think they’d have come from Brannen Greene.

In 19 days, Self discussed Peterson’s health eight different times — and never once mentioned a hamstring.

19 Days of Self Quotes

Self’s public comments show how wildly this has swung: concern after Louisville, a bug before Fort Hays State, confidence before Green Bay, back to concern before UNC, and a surprise again before Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.

Oct. 24 (Louisville postgame):

“Second half [Darryn] just couldn't move. Whenever he says he needs to come out, you know he needs to.”

Oct. 27 (Day before Fort Hays St)

"I don't think that we've quite remedied the situation yet. That's gonna be a big deal, if your best player can't finish games because of cramping or whatever it would be. So we've gotta figure that out."

Oct. 28 (Fort Hays St. pregame):

"Darryn will not start tonight because he didn't practice yesterday, just because he hasn't felt well. He's not really cramping, but he's like got a little bug or something."

Oct. 28 (Fort Hays St. postgame)

"He's dealing with the cramping stuff, but I think you know that, and not feeling well physically."

Oct. 31 (before Green Bay):

"He's fine. He practiced today at full speed. So I certainly don't anticipate holding him anymore from this point forward, you know, unless something else happens."

Nov. 3 (Green Bay postgame - cramps return)

"Once again, we couldn't really play him much second half at all. He said he felt it coming on."

Nov. 5 (Before UNC)

"It's concerning. We're not going to be nearly as effective with him playing 16 minutes a game. But it's something that we don't anticipate being anything that lasts... feel like we're in better shape than we were, obviously, a week ago."

Nov. 11 (Day before TAMU-CC)

"Everybody's practiced the last two days, so I haven't been overly concerned with that. I don't see a major issue moving forward."

Nov. 12 (TAMU-CC postgame)

"His hamstring was tight this morning. I'm not going to risk that. Hopefully, it's precautionary... We didn't anticipate this."

Bottom Line:

If there's any feel around KU right now, it's frustration, not alarm.’

Self did push Peterson hard when it mattered. Against North Carolina, the freshman played 28 minutes and the Jayhawks needed every one of them.

The push continued after the loss. I’ve Heard Self ran a particularly hard week of practice. Peterson missed enough defensive rotations against the Tar Heels to hear about it these last few days.

By Tuesday, the priority shifted from toughness back to caution. Against an opponent like Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, there was no reason to push it.

Sit him, get the win, and move on to Princeton and Duke.

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🎙️ Could be Wrong Pod will be live on YouTube breaking this down tonight at 9pm CT. Audio will be available Thursday morning on Spotify and Apple.

🏀 Here’s Bill Self’s postgame press conference from the game.

🏀 And laugh at this quick clip of Kohl Rosario having no idea how to respond about Peterson’s absence with Bill Self speaking next.

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