LAWRENCE — Svi Mykhailiuk says he got something very important back this summer.
His confidence.
The Kansas basketball junior guard returned to campus this week after a summer stint playing for Ukraine's Under 20 national team in Europe. His tour culminated in the FIBA U20 European Championship tournament from July 16-24 in Finland.
Mykhailiuk, who led Ukraine with 14.9 points per game in seven contests, also averaged a team-high 16.3 field goal attempts. After two years of playing a complementary role with the Jayhawks, Mykhailiuk said he enjoyed being a team's go-to guy for Ukraine.
"The last two years I didn't play very much, as you know, and when a player is not playing, their confidence gets low," Mykhailiuk said.