UT Men’s Basketball team battle for win as star player fights leukemia

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Hours before the meet up with Texas Christian, University of Texas Men’s Basketball Coach Shaka Smart reminded his team of their purpose. Doctors had just confirmed the leukemia diagnosis of sophomore player, Andrew Jones.
“As a team, we had a very, very important ‘why,'” Smart said. “We’re always talking about ‘why do you play’ and ‘why do you do the things you do?’ And, our why was very, very important tonight.&r