On the weekends, when their friends are packing ales, lagers and stouts into giant Yeti coolers, the student managers for KU’s men’s basketball program are packing sneakers into giant shoe bags.
While the laundry at their apartments goes undone, they wash, dry, fold and store player gear, from shorts and jerseys to socks and shooting sleeves.
They’ll play a little basketball — OK, a lot of basketball. But while some might stand in with the scout team against the No. 2 team in the country, others might be tasked with giving a coach a lift to the airport.