How Devonté Graham delivered on promise to sister in KU’s win over Duke

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March 26, 2018 - 11:00 PM

2018 NCAA Tournament: Kansas Jayhawks

OMAHA, Neb. — Dewanna King tries to stick to non-basketball talk. This time, though, she couldn’t help herself.

It was the night before Kansas’ 85-81 overtime victory over Duke in the Elite Eight, and King — KU guard Devonte Graham’s mother — asked him a question at the Omaha Marriott Downtown Hotel before the biggest game of his career.

“Are you nervous?”

King laughed when retelling his response.

“He told me I was acting like the reporters,” she said, her voice scratchy because of all the screaming she’d just done in the game.

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