Jayhawk Invitational features prospects

Originally published May 1, 2011 at 6:22 p.m., updated May 1, 2011 at 6:22 p.m.

Kansas is pursuing class of 2012 shooting guard Shabazz Muhammad and class of 2013 shooting guard Chris Thomas.

After their performances in the Jayhawk Invitational finals, it makes a lot of sense. Muhammad finished with 36 points and Thomas countered with 35 points. Muhammad and DreamVision won the game and the tournament by a final score of 94-85.

But Muhammad and Thomas were far from the only Kansas recruiting targets in the field this weekend. Muhammad wasn’t even the only one on his own team. Three teammates — Winston Shepard and Robert Upshaw in the class of 2012, Ishmael Wainwright in the class of 2013 — are also on Kansas’ wishlist. Shepard, a Rivals.com four-star recruit, has drawn comparisons to former Jayhawk Julian Wright as a versatile, 6-foot-7 small forward with the ability to defend anything from a shooting guard to a power forward. Robert Upshaw, listed at 7-feet, started the tournament with two straight games with double-figure blocks. Wainwright is a high school sophomore that more closely resembles an NFL defensive end, standing 6-foot-5 and 200 pounds.

Also in the field were longtime Kansas desired recruit Perry Ellis, who led his team to the quarterfinals before bowing out, and Nino Jackson, a four-star 2012 point guard who said he is a Kansas fan. Jackson played in the tournament for the Compton Magic and threw down the dunk of the tournament with a breakaway 360 Saturday afternoon. Mitch McGary, a 6-foot-10 center who plays high school ball at Brewster, the alma mater of Thomas Robinson and Kansas signee Naadir Tharpe, also was in town for the tournament and took an unofficial recruiting visit Sunday after his team was bounced by Muhammad and DreamVision.

— Edited by Erin Wilbert

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