Kansas super-senior Taiyanna Jackson was selected in the WNBA Draft Monday night, making her the Jayhawks’ first player picked in nine years and the first under head coach Brandon Schneider. The 6-foot-6 center went in the second round to the Connecticut Sun at pick No. 19 overall. The last KU player to get selected in
Kansas guard Johnny Furphy could have a chance to represent his country at the Olympics in Paris this summer. Furphy was chosen on Wednesday for a 22-man preliminary squad from which Australia will pick its final roster of 12. Basketball Australia’s official press release refers to the young selection as a “US college enigma.” The