Jun 19

Andrew Wiggins takes flight during scrimmage at Kansas basketball camp (VIDEO) (NBC Sports)

Much has been made about the reaction to Kansas freshman wing Andrew Wiggins’ first workouts for his new coaching staff, with an unnamed source stating to Gary Parrish of CBSSports.com that watching Wiggins was “like watching a video game.” On Wednesday some lucky campers at the Kansas Basketball Camp got to watch Wiggins play some… Continue reading

Jun 19

Andrew Wiggins debuts with a dunk for KU fans

— Andrew Wiggins sat on a set of stairs outside Kansas’ practice facility, waiting for his coach. It was Wednesday afternoon, a few minutes after KU’s weekly camp scrimmage, and Wiggins had just made his first public appearance in his new life.

There was an overflow crowd inside the Horejsi Center, which usually seats 1,300 fans for KU volleyball matches, and now there were at least a dozen media members with video cameras and microphones. Wiggins buried his head in a towel, smiled a bit, and finally, here came Bill Self, appearing at the top of the stairs.

“Did we just win the Elite Eight game?” Self joked.

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Jun 19

Wiggins wows campers in unofficial debut

By Austin Meek

austin.meek@cjonline.com

LAWRENCE — Kansas could have sold tickets for Wednesday’s scrimmage and filled Allen Fieldhouse to the rafters.

Instead, the unofficial debut of freshman Andrew Wiggins was witnessed by a gym full of campers and enough word-of-mouth spectators to threaten the Horejsi Center’s fire code compliance.

No one went home disappointed, either. Within a few seconds of the opening tip, Wiggins broke free in the open floor and soared for a dunk over Cole Aldrich, a three-year NBA veteran.

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