Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse men’s basketball will not face one of the best players in college basketball in Las Vegas next week.

Kansas coach Bill Self ruled out freshman guard Darryn Peterson for the Players Era Festival as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.

“We’re not going to have Darryn in Vegas,” Self said. “Although, we have reevaluated and he’s right there close. But he hasn’t quite done enough to put him in position to go out and play multiple games in a short span like that. So we’re hopeful he’s running and cutting and doing all those things while we’re in Vegas, but not to the point where he’s probably ready to play.”

Peterson is a dynamic three-level scorer who averaged 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 60% in the two games he got on th

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