Hunter Dickinson will return to Kansas in 2024-25

A decision that was expected for some time now is finally official. The Kansas Jayhawks will return star big man Hunter Dickinson for the 2024-25 season, the school has announced.

A four-star prospect and top 50 player in the 2020 recruiting class, Dickinson came to Kansas ahead of the 2023-24 season after spending three seasons at Michigan. Dickinson did not miss a beat at Kansas, despite the jump in competition in the Big 12 Conference.

Dickinson averaged 17.9 points and 10.9 rebounds this past season. Dickinson’s play on the floor this past season helped him earn countless honors with the Jayhawks, including All-Big 12 First Team and Second Team All-American honors. While Dickinson had an impressive season at Kansas, it was not enough to get the Jayhakws past the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s been — I had high expectations coming in of what it was going to be like,” Dickinson said after the Jayhawks’ season-ending loss to Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament. “It was better than expected. To be able to play for Coach Self, to play with these guys, to play in Allen Fieldhouse, it’s something you can dream of growing up playing basketball.

“To be able to play on this stage for this program, it didn’t go the way we wanted it to, but I had a lot of fun this year and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

Kansas set to have strong roster

While Dickinson is set to be the highlighted pice of Kansas’s roster next year, he is far from the only spotlight on it. In the transfer portal so far, head coach Bill Self has added Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr, South Dakota State transfer Zeke Mayo, Florida transfer Riley Kugel and most recently, Alabama transfer Rylan Griffen.

The Jayhawks also have the nation’s No. 8 recruiting class and No. 3 class in the Big 12. Four-star Flory Bidunga headlines Kansas’ 2024 recruiting class.