Members of the Kansas basketball team had spent 17 days away from home to compete in the World University Games, and when they finally returned after 28 hours of travel from South Korea, they had bleachers full of Jayhawks fans at Hoglund Ballpark to congratulate them on their gold medal performance.
But the fans weren't the only ones waiting for them. So was one of their teammates — Cheik Diallo.
Diallo, a native of Mali, couldn't join the team in the overseas tournament because of academic issues that trickled down from his arrival to the United States just four years ago and delayed his arrival to KU.