RUSSELL ROBINSON

ROBINSON, RUSSELL

Hometown:  New York City, NY  (Rice HS)  

Overview
Shows outstanding work ethic as he hit the weights and put on more than 20 pounds following his freshman season... A solid defender with great quickness on both ends of the floor... A combo guard who can score in a number of ways... Has the ball handling abilities to run the point... Brings toughness and tenacity.

Freshman Season (2004-05)
Was one of the first players off the bench for the first half of the season, mainly as the back up point guard... Opened the year playing seven minutes in the 68-61 win against Vermont... Played 23 minutes, scoring 10 points and dishing out five assists against Saint Joseph's... Scored a season-high 13 points in just 16 minutes of action against Nevada... Scored seven points in the second half against Pacific... Scored nine points and dished out two assists in KU's win over TCU... Scored five points in KU's victory over Louisiana-Lafayette... Scored seven big points in 20 minutes of action against South Carolina, four of which came in the final 28 seconds. Earned ESPN.com's national freshman of the week honors for his game versus USC... Had his third double-figure scoring game of the season with 12 points against Wisconsin-Milwaukee... Scored six points off the bench against Texas A&M... Scored six points in 13 minutes at Colorado.

Canada Exhibition (Fall 2004)
Averaged 9.0 points in four games on the KU 4-0 trip in British Columbia, Canada... Scored 12 points in each of the first two games against University of British Columbia and Langara College... Had five assists in three of the four games and was second on the KU team with 18 assists.

High School
Rice High School (2004)... Coached by Maurice Hicks... Averaged 22 points and eight rebounds as a senior... New York Newsday 2004 Manhattan Player of the Year... New York Daily News 2004 All-City Team selection... 2004 CHSAA All-City Team honoree... As a junior, led his team with 18 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals per game... Helped his school to a state championship in 2002... Rated the eighth-best shooting guard and 31st-best prospect overall by Rivals.com.

Off The Court
Full name is Russell Robinson, Jr... Born January 24, 1986 in Bronx, N.Y... Undecided major... Parents are Theresa and Russell Robinson, Sr... Led his summer basketball team to three tournament championships, being named MVP of each of those tournaments... Joins Brett Ballard and Brett Olson as recent Jayhawks to don the number three.

Career Honors
2005: ESPN.com Freshman of the Week (Dec. 18)

KUSports.com  11/13/03

Russell Robinson
6-foot-1, 180, Guard
Rice High, New York
2002-03 averages: 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals.
Rivals.com national ranking: 31.
Chose Kansas over: Kentucky, UConn, Georgia Tech, St. John's.
Fact of interest: Rice High has turned out outstanding players, including Reggie Freeman (Texas), Kenny Satterfield (Cincinnati), Andre Barrett (Seton Hall), Felipe Lopez (St. John's) and Anthony Glover (St. John's).
Robinson says: "I would say I am a player who can get out and defend, score, run the point and play two guard. I've got range. Defense is big for me. I am an intense player who can guard smaller players. This is the first time Kansas has gotten a New York recruit in a long time (since Terry Brown, 1990, Clyde). I'm excited. My goal is to win a championship."
Bill Self says: "I think Russell is a guy who will have serious impact on what happens next year. He is a combo guard who can play on the ball and off the ball. He could be a great defender. He is a shooter and scorer. He can get the ball in the basket."
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Robinson commits to Jayhawks, 9/30/03

Robinson keying KU on defense, 2/8/06

 Victories focus for Robinson, 11/1/07

Chasing his dream, 6/13/2009