Devonté Graham wanted to return for his senior season. After last season, there was talk that Graham could follow national player of the year Frank Mason in a shot at the pros, leaving Kansas to rebuild its entire backcourt,
KU coach Bill Self even encouraged Graham, as he does for all of his players, to explore the possibility, test the waters. But Self said he received a call from Graham’s mother, Dewanna King. She said Graham wanted to return.
“I said, ‘You don’t even think he should test?’” Self said. “I talked to him after that and he said, ‘Coach, I need to be here.