As one of Kansas’ senior team leaders, Frank Mason made sure to communicate with slumping Svi Mykhailiuk during practices the past five weeks.
“(I) just tell him to keep shooting, to keep his confidence,” Mason said of his words of encouragement to the 6-foot-8 junior shooting guard.
Mykhailiuk broke out of a prolonged skid by scoring 18 points on 6-of-10 shooting (4 of 8 from three and 2 of 4 from the line) in the Jayhawks’ 85-82 Big 12 tournament quarterfinal loss to TCU on Thursday at Sprint Center.
“It was big for him.