Svi Mykhailiuk doubled over at the free-throw line, hands on his knees, pulling up his red Kansas jersey over his eyes to wipe away tears.
This was unexpected. A few hours earlier — just before an afternoon haircut at Downtown Barbershop on Mass Street — Mykhailiuk had said he wasn’t worried about his upcoming senior speech. He’d be done in five minutes, he said. And no, he didn’t feel nervous at all.
Things changed once he grabbed the microphone following KU’s 80-70 victory over Texas on Feb. 26.
Looking above KU’s bench, Mykhailiuk saw his parents, Inna and Iurri, smiling while holding up their iPhones to commemorate the moment.