Kansas forward David McCormack (33) puts in the Jayhawks final bucket over North Carolina forward Brady Manek (45) with seconds remaining in regulation of the NCAA National Championship game on Monday, April 4, 2022 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Kansas forward David McCormack discussed the emotions of celebrating the 2021-22 team’s national title on Thursday night at the annual team banquet.
He also broke down, at least partially, what will go into his decision on whether to play another year of college basketball or make the jump to the professional ranks and also talked about how having the option to even consider coming back to KU was a luxury that many players do not get.
KU coach Bill Self said he thought McCormack, Christian Braun and Jalen Wilson all would make their decisions about their futures known in the next week or so. Self also said no one should hold their breath over All-American Ochai Agbaji considering doing the same.
“It’s time for him to go,” Self said of Agbaji, who joined McCormack and Mitch Lightfoot in winning this year’s Danny Manning Mr. Jayhawk Award.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
