Azubuike might return in time for Big 12 play

help Kansas roll to the Final Four before losing to eventual national champion Villanova.

The Jayhawks are also without big man Silvio de Sousa, whose name surfaced in connection with the FBI probe into college basketball corruption. The sophomore forward has been benched indefinitely while the school and the NCAA investigate whether he received impermissible benefits.

High school center Vernon Carey of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has committed to Duke.

Carey said during a nationally televised ceremony at his high school Thursday that he chose the Blue Devils over North Carolina and Michigan State.

The 6-foot-10 Carey is rated as the nation’s No. 2 center in the 2019 recruiting class by 247sports.com, and will become the latest blue-chip big man to play at Duke. Marvin Bagley III and Wendell Carter Jr. starred on last year’s team while Zion Williamson has taken over that role this season.