MORGANTOWN, W.Va.
The family piled into their cars around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Frank Mason Jr. did the math and inspected the GPS. The drive from Petersburg, Va., to West Virginia University, he figured, would take close to five hours. Maybe a little more.
The family did not want to be late. At 7 p.m. Eastern time, No. 1 Kansas was facing No. 11 West Virginia at WVU Coliseum, and the family of Frank Mason III, the Jayhawks’ junior point guard, had their best opportunity to be at a game in the flesh. This was not quite a homecoming game, but it would have to do.