No. 21 Kansas’ Darryn Peterson will miss his 7th straight game vs. No. 5 UConn with hamstring injury

By Canadian Press on December 2, 2025.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Darryn Peterson will not play for No. 21 Kansas against fifth-ranked UConn at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night, Jayhawks coach Bill Self said.

“He is very close,” Self said in a social media post. “He has worked his butt off, but he is still not 100 percent. He is day-to-day.”

The star freshman played the first two games of the season, a blowout of Green Bay and a loss at North Carolina, but this will be his seventh game missed with an injured hamstring. Peterson sat out a loss to Duke at Madison Square Garden in New York and three games last week at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas.

The Jayhawks still managed to go 3-0 over power conference schools without Peterson.

Peterson was widely considered the nation’s No. 1 recruit coming out of high school, and many NBA mock drafts have pegged the 6-foot-5 guard as the first pick for the June draft. Peterson has flashed that potential in limited chances, scoring 21 points in 22 minutes against Green Bay and 22 points in 28 minutes against the Tar Heels.

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