Preseason All-American Dedric Lawson’s much-anticipated regular-season basketball debut at Kansas won’t be against some low to mid-major team, but No. 10 Michigan State at the Champions Classic.
“This is as big as it gets,” said Lawson, a 6-foot-9, 235-pound junior transfer from the University of Memphis. “I remember at Memphis watching these type of games before we would go play, and I always wanted to be in that spotlight, to go out there and display my talent. I know a lot of the guys feel the same way,”
He realizes the college basketball world will be paying close attention to his play — and his team’s — during Tuesday’s 6 p.