Hunter Dickinson injury update: Bill Self reveals big man suffered dislocated shoulder, questionable moving forward

After the Kansas Jayhawks tough road loss to the Houston Cougars, head coach Bill Self took to the podium in the postgame press conference and provided some information on some of the injuries sustained in the game. Unfortunately for Kansas fans, there was some possibly significant bad news for one of their star players.

According to local Jayhawks reporter Shreyas Laddha, center Hunter Dickinson suffered a dislocated shoulder against Houston. Along with Dickinson’s injury, Kevin McCullar Jr. suffered a setback with the injury to his left hand.

“Hunter dislocated his shoulder, popped back in, but he will have an MRI to get his diagnosis. Self said that he and Kevin will be questionable to play going on. He adds that he wished Kevin hadn’t played and that he had left the game because he was hurting,” said Self, according to Laddha via X.

There was not too much going right for Kansas against Houston, as they were having a tough time breaking down the top team in college basketball. Self might just be attempting to get out completely healthy. But now, there is concern regarding Hunter Dickinson after fighting for a rebound in the second half.

Dickinson secured a board but you could tell he instantly felt pain in his shoulder. After a whistle was blown, he jogged down to the Kansas bench and was leaning on a trainer. Eventually, Dickinson was seen going back to the locker room, holding his right shoulder.

It’s not what Kansas wants to see, especially with how thin the rotation has been this season. While there is still time to return to the lineup, ESPN‘s Boog Sciambi predicted Self will keep Dickinson on the bench for the remainder of the game due to the scoreline, no matter his health status.

Dickinson leaves the game as one of the lone bright spots for Kansas on Saturday. He has a team-high 11 points, shooting 50% from the field. Five rebounds and four assists are on the stat line as well, keeping up with his consistent performances during Big 12 play.

Overall, a double-double average is what we have come to expect of Dickinson in a Kansas uniform. Going into the Kansas game, he averaged 18.2 points and 11.0 rebounds.

On3’s Griffin McVeigh contributed to this story