Kansas City, Mo. ? Rex Walters’ trip home is off to a rocky start.
The former Kansas University basketball guard’s Florida Atlantic Owls dropped a 77-66 decison to UMKC on Monday night at Municipal Auditorium, despite a 26-point, 13-rebound outing by 6-foot-8 junior Carlos Monroe. Walters’ squad will play KU at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Allen Fieldhouse.
“Kansas is where I went to school, got married, and it’s a place I called home for eight years. I’m looking forward to seeing some old faces, old teammates, and what has changed,” Walters said. “Bill Self and (assistant) Danny Manning have always treated me real well.”
His director of basketball operations is former KU manager Justin Bauman.
“We are going in there with a job to do, and that is to raise this FAU basketball program to the level it needs to be,” Walters said.
