Word of Brandon Rush’s 46-point performance in the “Rivalry Renewed” alumni basketball game between Kansas and Missouri reached KU basketball coach Bill Self on the recruiting trail over the weekend.
“I told Brandon, ‘I see Mario finally passed you the ball,’’’ Self said jokingly Sunday of Rush’s 2008 NCAA title squad teammate and good friend, Mario Chalmers. “Brandon said, ‘He had to (pass). I was so wide open.’ Those guys combined for 67 of the 109 (points). That’s good,” Self added.
The 6-foot-6, 33-year-old Rush hit eight 3s and scored 46 points, and the 6-2, 32-year-old Chalmers drilled six 3s en route to 21 points in KU’s 109-101 victory over MU on Saturday night, before 2,500 fans at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence.