In order to reach his first and only Final Four in five seasons at Kansas, Landen Lucas must defeat his mom and dad’s alma mater — the University of Oregon.
It’s a school naturally dear to the 6-foot-10, 250-pound Portland native’s heart.
“Landen loves the Oregon Ducks, especially football,” Lucas’ mother, Shelley, said Friday in a phone conversation. “In seventh grade he literally wore something Oregon, something green and yellow, every single day,”
“I think it’ll be hugely exciting for him. He wants to beat them really bad. It’ll be very exciting,” Shelley added of Saturday’s 7:49 p.