Mass St. Collective, G1 Sports reveal Barnstorming Tour dates with KU basketball players
Jordan Guskey
LAWRENCE — Mass St. Collective, G1 Sports announced the dates Wednesday for the three-day, three-city 2023 Barnstorming Tour with a number of Kansas men’s basketball players from this past season.
Its first stop is April 14 at 6:30 p.m. in Dodge City at the Dodge City Community College’s “The Dome.” It’ll continue April 15 at 3 p.m. in Wichita at Friends University’s Garvey Center. The tour will finish up April 16 at 2 p.m. in Pittsburg at Pittsburg State’s John Lance Arena.
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“Mass St. Collective has secured contractual agreements with all men’s basketball student-athletes to participate in each of the three locations,” a release read, in part. “Tickets can only be purchased online at MassStrategies.com.”
The list is subject to change because something could come up, such as a player transferring, but as of Thursday afternoon there are 13 players — a mix of walk-ons and scholarship athletes — slated to attend.
Which Kansas men's basketball players are slated to be there?
Those 13 players who are scheduled to attend are:
- Dajuan Harris Jr.
- Gradey Dick
- Kyle Cuffe Jr.
- Jalen Wilson
- MJ Rice
- Wilder Ever
- Charlie McCarthy
- Kevin McCullar Jr.
- Michael Jankovich
- Dillon Wilhite
- Ernest Udeh Jr.
- KJ Adams Jr.
- Zuby Ejiofor.
The four players from the team that are not on the list are Joseph Yesufu, Zach Clemence, Bobby Pettiford Jr. and Cam Martin. Yesufu entered the transfer portal after the tour's announcement. Clemence, Pettiford and Martin entered the transfer portal prior to the tour’s announcement.
The programming is set to include a Q&A session plus an on-court event and skills challenge. Ticket packages, which are outlined in more detail online at MassStrategies.com, include VIP ($150 per ticket), reserved seating ($100 per ticket), general admission with poster ($35 per ticket) and general admission ($20 per ticket). There are a limited number of tickets for the VIP and reserved seating categories.
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.