LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas center Joel Embiid is expected to miss the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
Embiid got a second opinion Monday on his ailing lower back from a specialist in Los Angeles, and the school said the physician confirmed the original diagnosis of a stress fracture.
The school said Embiid's treatment for the injury makes him "unlikely to play in the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament."
A potential top choice in the NBA draft should he choose to declare, Embiid sat out Kansas' final two regular-season games, a home victory against Texas Tech and a road loss to West Virginia.