Eager to share new experiences and perhaps ease a bout of homesickness, Mississippi native Malik Newman maintained close contact with family members during his redshirt season with the Kansas basketball team.
“He called me every day. I’m not exaggerating — every single day,” Newman’s dad, former Mississippi State forward Horatio Webster, told The Star in a recent interview.
“He called me after practice, called me when he was eating, when he hit the gym late at night, 11, 12, 1 o’clock. He let me know he was having a blast.”
As a player, Webster averaged 17.