Kansas senior guard Svi Mykhailiuk reported for the first day of Bill Self’s Basketball Boot Camp at a svelte 6-foot-8, 207 pounds.
That’s 20 pounds lighter than the 20-year-old Ukraine native weighed at the conclusion of the 2016-17 season.
“I’m trying to stay light-weight this year, so it’s going to help me a lot,” Mykhailiuk said Monday afternoon, several hours after the first of nine up-before-dawn conditioning sessions in the Jayhawks’ practice facility adjacent to Allen Fieldhouse.
“I feel like I’m faster with the light weight. I’m more athletic. It just helps me overall in the game,” he added.