Mitch Lightfoot told his mom, Rhonda, on Monday to make sure to tune into Tuesday’s Kansas-TCU game on ESPN2.
Sensing a bit more to the request, Rhonda ascertained son Mitch would be making the first start of his college career. She hopped a flight from Phoenix to KC International on Tuesday and made it to Lawrence by 5 p.m., in plenty of time for the 8 p.m. tipoff at Allen Fieldhouse.
“I can imagine,” Mitch said with a smile, when asked if his mom was a bit nervous in advance of his first start in 50 games at KU.