Basketball Friends | Jayhawks Rotation Getting Tight as KU Heads Into the Homestretch

By Matt Tait     Feb 17, 2022

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Kansas forward Zach Clemence (21) points to the Kansas students late in the second half on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Up 2 games in the loss column with 6 games to play in the Big 12 Conference title race, the Kansas men’s basketball team is chasing after another ring and positioning itself for a run in the postseason.

In our latest episode, Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & 610 Sports co-host and producer Nick Schwerdt take a look at the Jayhawks’ rotation and why it is the way it is heading into this weekend’s road game at West Virginia.

Included in this episode:

• The importance of the return of freshman forward Zach Clemence

• How many minutes does KU really need from its bench anyway?

• Where Remy Martin might fit into the bench question?

• Why this Kansas team, at 21-4 overall, has a different feel than past KU teams

• And more…

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.