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Tyshawn Taylor, Thomas Robinson to return to KU

Kansas junior guard Tyshawn Taylor and sophomore forward Thomas Robinson will both return to KU next season.

The two made their intentions known through a KU release on Wednesday afternoon.

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“We had a great year,” Taylor said in a release. “But since the season ended disappointingly, there has been a lot speculation with fans and on the internet on what we were going to do. The bottom line is we’re going to work very hard this offseason and put ourselves in a position to play in that game again and come out with a different result.”

Taylor was fourth on the team with a 9.3 point-per-game scoring average in 36 games. He also led the Jayhawks with 4.6 assists per game and was third on the team with 36 steals.

Robinson was sixth on the team in points per game, averaging 7.6 points while making 60.1 percent of his field-goal attempts. In 14.6 minutes per game, he averaged 6.4 rebounds.

“This was the most trying year of my life,” Robinson said in a release. “I want to thank everybody and I can’t wait to run up and down the court in a packed Allen Fieldhouse next year. I plan on busting my butt this summer to improve my game. I want to take more of a leadership role in us moving forward and winning another league championship and getting to the Final Four.”

Added KU coach Bill Self: “This is certainly not any new news to us, but I felt it was unfair for us to make a statement until I got back from the Final Four and visited with them individually. To be quite candid, we’re still smarting over the fact that we lost in the Elite Eight and were so close to putting ourselves in a position to win another (national) championship. We’re disappointed, but one thing about it, the season is officially over for everybody.

"Even if we played in the championship and even if we played in the Final Four, the season would be over now. With that, it’s a new team, a new season and a fresh start. I’m real excited about these two commitments to putting us in a situation to having great success again.”