Svi Mykhailiuk, Kansas’ second-leading scorer at 17.1 points a game, has also earned high marks on defense through the first seven games of his senior season.
“He’s become one of our better defenders. I think you could make a case he and Devonté (Graham) are our two best perimeter defenders right now, with Lagerald (Vick) having a chance to become that, and Malik (Newman),” KU coach Bill Self said Monday.
“Honestly, the last two games (Toledo and Syracuse) he’s been pretty good defending,” Self added of Mykhailiuk, a 6-foot-8 Ukraine native. “I don’t think they are going to say, ‘Get it to (No.