Overview
- Bill Self announced Peterson will not play and called the freshman guard “very close,” noting he remains day‑to‑day and not yet 100 percent.
- Peterson will miss his seventh straight game with a hamstring injury after appearing only in the season’s first two contests.
- Self previously said Peterson had practiced but still must pass medical strength and flexibility tests before being cleared to return.
- Kansas went 3–0 at the Players Era event without Peterson and enters at 6–2 after wins over Notre Dame, Syracuse and then‑No. 17 Tennessee.
- UConn listed freshman Braylon Mullins as a full go, while senior center Tarris Reed Jr. was sidelined with an ankle injury for the matchup of No. 21 Kansas vs. No. 5 UConn.