Get to Know Atticus ...
What's the significance behind your jersey number?
- No real significance. I wore it in high school.
Who or what inspired you to start playing basketball growing up?
- I started playing basketball very late so I would say my freshman year AAU coach really made me fall in love with the game.
Do you have any pregame superstitions or routines?
- I always do some breathing before I go out on the court.
Tell us about your favorite basketball moment as a player or fan.
- When my team won every possible championship last year (2025-26) - the national prep championship, NEPSAC AAA, and NEBL
Who do you model your game off of?
- My best comparison would be Josh Hart
Who is your favorite basketball player?
OVERVIEW
Signed with Kansas in May 2026 ... A big who will add depth inside … When signed, Bill Self compared him to Mitch Lightfoot when Mitch was coming to us out of high school to KU ... His family has deep KU ties.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played the 2025-26 season at Newman School, a prep school in Boston ... Averaged 9.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists at Newman … Newman posted 39-3 record and won the NEPSAC Class AAA championship, the national prep championship, and the New England Basketball League title … Prior to Newman School, played at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, and at the Berkshire School in Sheffield, Massachusetts.
PERSONAL
Born in Chicago … Parents are Robert Richmond and Lisa Nation … Has one older brother, Weil, and one younger brother, Bowie … Father, Robert, graduated from KU in 1995 … Brother, Weil, goes to KU … Has many aunts, uncles and cousins who are KU graduates.
JAYHAWKS WHO WORE NO. 3
Tre White (2026), Dajuan Harris Jr. (2020-25), Sam Cunliffe (2018), Andrew White III (2013-14), Russell Robinson (2005-08), Brett Olson (2003-04), Brett Ballard (2001-02), Lester Earl (1998-2000), Terry Brown (1990-91), Clint Johnson (1975-78), Dee Ketchum (1959-61), Jerry Alberts (1953-54), John Buescher (1941-43)