Ochai Agbaji Kansas Jayhawks 24 PTS 7 REBS vs Texas | First Career Start after Burned Redshirt |

#OchaiAgbaji #NextOnes With Udoka Azubuike out for the season with a ligament tear and Silvio De Sousa's status still up in the air, Ochai Agbaji will burn his redshirt and play, Bill Self announced on his weekly Hawk Talk show and then again via the KU basketball twitter account. "We're gonna play small a lot and we need depth. We need guys that can make some plays above the rim that you can't really teach," Self said in KU's release. "As far as athletic ability, he's the best athlete we have on our team, so we're excited." After strong efforts in five of the six games he had played since taking off his redshirt a few weeks ago to help this evolving Kansas basketball team, freshman Ochai Agbaji cracked the starting lineup during Tuesday night’s 73-63 loss at Texas. Starting in place of senior Lagerald Vick — a move that KU coach Bill Self called “a coach’s decision” — Agbaji hit 8 of 10 shots, grabbed 7 rebounds and finished with a team-high 24 points in 35 high-energy minutes. Never one to brag on his own play, Agbaji, who learned he would start two days ago during a film session, said he played fine but seemed more concerned about the loss taken by his team. Read Full Article Here : http://www2.kusports.com/news/2019/jan/29/notebook-ku-freshman-ochai-agbaji-shines-starting-/ * * * Subscribe to Next Ones for daily content - You’ll be the first to know about up and coming players before anyone else - http://bit.ly/2u3LHiP Follow Next Ones on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram Twitter - http://bit.ly/2z8Qpli Facebook - http://bit.ly/2lU0Kbr Instagram- http://bit.ly/2KwB3wf Business email: info@nextones.com I DO NOT own clips or videos that i post of sports Highlights. All highlights or clips are property of the NBA, NCAA, ACC, NFL, SEC, ESPN , BroadbandTV NBA account, ETC.. All videos are edited following the "fair use" guideline of Youtube.