Hunter Dickinson was the star of the show. By halftime, the senior center had already tallied 21 points. He finished with 27 points and nine rebounds, putting on a clinic in efficiency and dominance. UCF simply had no way to slow him down.

Kansas Jayhawks senior big man Hunter Dickinson noticed something odd floating down from the rafters of Addition Financial Arena, home of the UCF Knights, during KU’s basketball shootaround on Saturday night.

Dickinson, who labored through a knee bruise in last year's trip to UCF, opened the scoring and provided 18 of the Jayhawks' first 29 points. True freshman Flory Bidunga dominated in the second half, providing the night's major highlight with a block of Benny Williams at one end and a fastbreak dunk at the other.