LAWRENCE
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has had plenty of nice things to say about freshman sensation Josh Jackson during the team’s current, five-week homestand.
Here’s a sampling of the superlatives as the No. 3-ranked and 8-1 Jayhawks prepare for Saturday’s 2:15 p.m. home game against 5-4 Nebraska — the eighth of nine straight KU will play in Allen Fieldhouse or the Sprint Center.
“Certainly from a talent standpoint and an athletic and competitive standpoint, he’s as good as we’ve had,” Self said of Jackson, Rivals.com’s No. 1-rated prospect in the Class of 2016. The 6-foot-8 Detroit native is second on KU in scoring at 14.