Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self expects Johnny Furphy to make an instant impact in the Jayhawks rotation this upcoming season.
Johnny Furphy was the final piece of the puzzle for the exceptional offseason Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks have had. The 6-foot-8, 200 lbs Australian phenom, who dazzled scouts at the NBA Academy Games, committed this week and could be a terrific player at KU.
Considering Kansas is the anticipated preseason No. 1 team, one might figure that an international prospect who just burst onto the scene would have trouble finding minutes. But according to the Hall of Fame coach, seeing the floor should not be a problem.
“We recruited him to play 1691287727,” Self declared. “Also, we’ve only got 10 guys on scholarship (prior to signing Furphy). If you redshirt one or two of them, whoever that is, I don’t think it’ll be that hard to be part of the…