Nebrasketball Game #12- #13 Kansas (Saturday, December 16- 7:00 FS1)

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Bill Self cautions fans to have realistic expectations for transfer guard Sam Cunliffe, who makes his Kansas basketball debut Saturday night at Nebraska.

“I love Sam and want him to contribute. Anybody who believes now he can step in and be more productive than the five guards we have, I think (that) would be a little tough for him,” said Self, KU’s 15th-year coach.

“He’s going to go through some stuff to get comfortable. I’m believing he’ll be a nice asset for us. I’m hopeful he can bring an element of toughness to our team.”

Cunliffe gives No. 13-ranked Kansas, 7-2, an eighth available scholarship player for Saturday’s 7 p.m. contest against the Cornhuskers, 7-4, at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound redshirt sophomore from Seattle averaged 9.5 points and 4.8 rebounds in 10 games for Arizona State during his freshman season. He left ASU for KU at the semester break of the 2016-17 school year.

“Hopefully he can give us a few minutes each half. I’m hopeful he can give us five to 10 (minutes a game). That’d be a bonus. If he’s playing well, maybe more than that. To get Svi (Mykhailiuk), Lagerald (Vick), Devonté (Graham), to get their minutes down, may bode well for us, especially in late-game situations.”

Cunliffe, who averaged 21.6 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists a game his senior year at Seattle’s Rainier Beach High, is not thinking offense first as he gears for his KU debut in an actual regular-season game. He averaged 3.8 points and 2.8 rebounds in KU’s four exhibition victories last August in Italy.
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