FORT WORTH, Texas — Jamari Traylor has sworn off McGriddles.
The McDonald’s sandwich — meat and cheese squeezed between two pancake buns — was once a staple of the Kansas forward’s diet. That hasn’t been the case the last two years ... not after extensive discussions with KU strength coach Andrea Hudy.
“She never wants us eating stuff like that,” Traylor said. “I stopped eating McDonald’s altogether.”
Traylor’s sacrifice is just one example of a larger discussion point when it comes to KU’s basketball team: How much should athletic departments be overseeing a player’s nutrition? And how much can actually be done by coaching staffs to convince players to change their eating habits?