Now an assistant coach at Texas Wesleyan, former Kansas guard Brady Morningstar watched basketball practice at his alma mater Monday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse.
Chances are his eyes focused — for a while at least — on current KU sophomore guard Marcus Garrett, who like Morningstar is developing a reputation as a defensive stopper on the collegiate level.
“Nah … he’s way better than me,” the 6-foot-4, 32-year-old Morningstar said with a smile while walking through the northwest tunnel of the fieldhouse onto James Naismith Court. He had been asked if Garrett reminded him of say, himself?