The Kansas Jayhawks were put on upset alert on Tuesday night when the UCF Knights nearly pulled off an upset. Still, head coach Bill Self saw his team survive what had been a very difficult game. After the game,

No. 11 Kansas played without Dajuan Harris Jr. for the first time in nearly five years on Tuesday night against UCF after the senior guard, who helped the Jayhawks to a national championship as a sophomore,

And one of those moments proved crucial in No. 11 Kansas’ 91-87 win over UCF on Tuesday night. Coit brought the Allen Fieldhouse crowd to a standing ovation after he canned a 3-pointer to put the Jayhawks up four points with 7:24 to play.

Kansas basketball weathered terrible injury luck for chunks of last season and went into the NCAA Tournament without star player Kevin McCullar Jr. Needless to say, the campaign ended with a whimper.