Keegan: Two KU seniors as tough as Tyler

Posted Apr 5, 2008

Sasha Kaun doesn’t have anywhere near the basketball skill of Tyler Hansbrough, and Darnell Jackson doesn’t have Hansbrough’s length and post-up skills. But if a coach needed to ask two players to take turns matching Hansbrough’s buzz-saw efficiency, matching him shove for shove, he could do worse than having two seniors who have had their share of tragedy with which to deal in their young lives. (KU Sports)

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