LAWRENCE
Another top college basketball recruit is off the board.
Malik Newman, a top-10 recruit in the 2015 class and a long-time Kansas target, picked Mississippi State on Friday in a private ceremony in his hometown of Jackson, Miss.
Newman, a 6-foot-3 combo guard, had a final list of schools that also included Kansas, Kentucky and Mississippi. He chose to stay home and play for first-year coach Ben Howland. Newman’s father, Horatio Webster, also attended Mississippi State.
From a Kansas perspective, the decision was not a major surprise. The Jayhawks’ staff, including assistant coach Jerrance Howard, spent years building a relationship with Newman.