LAWRENCE
On a morning in July, as his teammates ventured to the other side of the world, Svi Mykhailiuk found himself alone in the KU weight room, a solitary figure amidst the spacious rows of squat racks and bench presses. On most days, Mykhailiuk says, he was joined by KU strength coach Andrea Hudy, who was recast as a personal trainer while the Kansas men’s basketball program was in South Korea for the World University Games.
Mykhailiuk, a sophomore guard from Ukraine, wasn’t eligible to play for KU, which was representing the United States at the tournament.