| RICH SUGG The Kansas City Star
LAWRENCE
In the final weeks of May, Svi Mykhailiuk was back home in Cherkasy, Ukraine, spending his mornings at the gymnasium of Cherkasy Mavpy, the local basketball club in his hometown.
Mykhailiuk had three weeks to decompress and unwind after his freshman year at Kansas, three weeks see his parents, Inna and Iurri, catch up with old youth teammates and reintroduce himself to the cuisine. (Who wants some borscht!)
But on most days, Mykhailiuk says, he preferred to spend his free time at the gym.
“I was working out a lot,” Mykhailiuk said.