LAS VEGAS — Beating Tennessee was going to be tough enough for Kansas basketball, coming into Wednesday’s Players Era game in Las Vegas.

It was going to be KU’s third game in three days without star guard Darryn Peterson, who's been unavailable even longer than that with a hamstring injury. Fellow guard Jayden Dawson wasn’t going to play in his second-straight game either, due to a wrist injury. And then the Jayhawks threw in wrinkles in the second half against the Volunteers that only made things look more dire.

With about 15 minutes left in regulation, Kansas watched Tennessee take its largest lead of the game — 12 points. With about eight and a half minutes left in regulation, KU guard Tre White fouled out after his team cut the Volunteers’ lead to three. And in losing White, Kans

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