Kansas’ Thomas Robinson Playing With a Purpose

The Kansas Jawhawks evoke strong feelings from most college basketball fans, whether it’s passionate fandom or pure hatred for the perennial powerhouse. No matter how one feels about the Jawhawks however, there is no denying that it is impossible not to cheer with all your heart for Kansas’ star, Thomas Robinson. This time last season, Robinson was coming off as difficult a month as one could ever imagine in their worst nightmares. Robinson and his much younger sister, Jayla, were raised by their single mother, Lisa Robinson, as an incredibly close-knit family. In the middle of his sophomore season at KU, Robinson, at the time the Jawhawks’ promising 6th Man, received word from his mother that his grandmother had passed away. He traveled home to Washington D.C. to attend her funeral, and to support his family through their mourning. Just three short weeks later, he again received word from his mother that her father, Thomas’ grandfather, had also passed away....