In the days before Kansas’ game against Turkey, the Jayhawks’ first contest at the World University Games, FIBA officials approached KU’s traveling party with a concern.
Kansas is representing the United States at the international event in Gwangju, South Korea, and the officials from basketball’s world governing body did not believe the Jayhawks’ uniforms accurately conveyed this fact. The uniforms, designed especially for this tournament, had KANSAS across the chest with a small USA logo on the shoulder. They also had “KU” logos on the shorts and back collar.
The jerseys, the officials said, needed to be changed.