"How is Hunter Dickinson still in college", "Gets away with everything": Fans react to Kansas star leading his team to victory vs. UCF

By Koby del Rosario

Modified Mar 13, 2025 10:42 GMT

NCAA Basketball: Big 12 Conference Tournament Second Round - Kansas vs UCF - Source: Imagn — Hunter Dickinson in the win over UCF - Source: William Purnell, Imagn

Kansas Jayhawks center Hunter Dickinson is wrapping up his college basketball career in the 2024-2025 season. On Wednesday, he dropped a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds, on 9-of-18 overall shooting with three assists, two steals and a block in 39 minutes of action against the UCF Knights.

Dickinson's performance propelled the Bill Self-coached team to a 98-94 overtime win over the No. 14 seed in the conference in the second round of this year's Big 12 conference tournament.

Hunter Dickinson named to 2025 All-Big 12 First Team

For his season in which he was force in the paint both offensively and defensively, Hunter Dickinson was recently named to this year's All-Big 12 First Team. The 7' 2" standout was joined by the likes of Arizona Wildcats' Caleb Love, BYU Cougars' Richie Saunders and Iowa State Cyclones' Curtis Jones on the First Team.

In his second year playing for the Kansas Jayhawks, Dickinson has been a key player for the team, leading the team in points and rebounds with 17.4ppg and 9.9rpg. He also averages 2.0 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.3 blocks per contest.

Dickinson and Co. improve to a 21-11 overall record as they advance to the 2025 Big 12 conference tournament quarterfinal, where they will match up as the sixth seed against the third-seeded Arizona Wildcats on Thursday.

About the author

Koby del Rosario is a college sports journalist at Sportskeeda who took up BS in Advertising Management at De La Salle University, one of the big "four" universities in the Philippines. Koby has over four years of experience with Complex PH, M2.0 Communications, The LaSallian, Daily Tribune, and Time Attack Manila.

Koby's favorite college team would have to be the North Carolina Tar Heels. Apart from being MJ's alma mater, Koby has always been fond of the Jordan silhouettes that release in the school's colors (being a sneakerhead himself).

His past favorite college players would have to be Russell Westbrook (UCLA) and Markelle Fultz (Washington). With Russ, his 1-2 punch with Kevin Love during their UCLA days was something Koby marveled at as Russ became his favorite player to watch post-Kobe.

Besides playing basketball, Koby enjoys nightlife, collecting sneakers, and playing video games. Apart from hosting parties and taking pictures for parties/bars/clubs, Koby is learning to DJ as a hobby with all sorts of house and hip-hop as the main genres.

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