The Kansas basketball team, which is in the market for a big man for the 2017-18 season following the recent departure of Jack Whitman, will entertain a 7-foot McDonald’s All-American this weekend.
Mitchell Robinson, a 220-pound center from Chalmette (La.) High School who recently was released from his letter-of-intent at Western Kentucky, has scheduled a visit to KU.
Robinson — the No. 8-ranked player in the Class of 2017 by Rivals.com — reportedly visited LSU on Thursday but did not orally commit to his in-state school.
Because Robinson participated in practices with the team, which was preparing for a summer trip to Costa Rica, he would have to receive a waiver from the NCAA in order to play for another Division I team without having to sit out a season.