NEW YORK (AP) — A lingering hamstring injury caused Darryn Peterson to miss a third consecutive game for Kansas, and coach Bill Self is not sure when the nation’s top recruit and potentially the top pick in next year’s NBA draft might be ready to play again.

After the 24th-ranked Jayhawks lost to No. 5 Duke in the Champions Classic on Tuesday night, Self said they were “a makeshift team right now.” Peterson has not played since getting hurt during a pregame shootaround on Nov. 11.

“He’s had hamstring tightness, which is caused by a slight hamstring strain,” Self said. “So, until that subsides he’s going to not be confident to play on it, to push off and those sorts of things, which has been going on a fairly significant amount of time.”

Self said the team feels good about how it is

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