Kansas Basketball: Breaking down the frontcourt depth for 2018-19
By Chris Kern
Mitch Lightfoot
Mitch Lightfoot might not be a guy who’s gonna come in and fill up the stat sheet. He isn’t gonna be the biggest, fastest, or strongest guy on the floor either. No player will play harder and with more passion than him though.
He didn’t have much of a role his freshman season but he was key in many games last season. He even started seven games when LaGerald Vick was in a funk. It does seem really unlikely he starts many games if any, this season.
Lightfoot averaged just 3.8 points and 3.1 points per game in the 14 minutes he played in. With those numbers, outsiders might think it’s crazy for him to be playing over McCormack.
If you watch many Kansas games, you’ll know he made a big impact last season. He averaged 1.4 blocks per game which is a great average in the limited minutes he plays.
Lightfoot is coming into his junior season much stronger, it’ll be interesting to see how much of a difference it makes. If it doesn’t make a huge difference, expect him to play a similar role to the one he played last season.