Kansas’ basketball players celebrated with high fives and leaping shoulder bumps on the Pinnacle Bank Arena court after Saturday’s 73-72 victory over Nebraska.
One of the game’s heroes, Svi Mykhailiuk, was bear-hugged by senior point guard Devonté Graham — who fed senior shooting guard Mykhailiuk for his game-winning shot from the corner with 21 seconds left — as well as Clay Young, Billy Preston and others.
“And we (are) back! Rock Chalk!” Mykhailiuk wrote on Twitter on a happy bus ride home after a victory that snapped a two-game losing streak and has the Jayhawks (8-2) thinking positive thoughts entering Monday’s 6 p.