Kansas’ basketball team has some sightseeing in the Big Apple scheduled for Saturday — the day after the Wednesday/Friday NIT Season Tip-Off in Brooklyn, N.Y.
“Me, personally, I’m just ready to get back on the court, ready to get out and play,” KU junior forward Dedric Lawson said when asked about his excitement level for a Thanksgiving week trip to New York.
The 6-foot-9, 235-pound Memphis native concedes it’ll be nice to spend some of Thursday’s holiday with not only his brother, K.J., a member of KU’s team. But his mom, Dedra, who will be making this trip as well as some other players’ parents, such as La La Vick, mother of torrid-shooting senior guard Lagerald Vick.