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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas basketball program announced that star freshman Darryn Peterson , a likely top pick in this year’s NBA Draft, will not be available for Tuesday night’s top-25 matchup against No. 5 UConn .

Peterson, a 6-foot-6 guard, will miss his seventh consecutive game for the Jayhawks with a hamstring injury. He averaged 21.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists over his first two games but hasn’t played since Nov. 7, when Kansas lost to North Carolina in the Champions Classic.

“Darryn is not going to play tonight. He is very close. He has worked his butt off, but he is still not 100 percent. He is day-to-day,” Kansas coach Bill Self said in a statement Tuesday morning.

Kansas, ranked No. 21 in Monday’s AP Top 25 poll,

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