Kansas guard Joseph Yesufu (1) grabs a rebound in front of Iowa State forward George Conditt IV (4) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. Kansas won 70-61. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
On the road against a top-20 team and without their leading scorer and another veteran guard capable of picking up some of that slack, the 10th-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team picked up a massive win at Iowa State on Tuesday night.
In our latest episode, Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & 610 Sports co-host and producer Nick Schwerdt take a look at some of the particulars that made that outcome possible for the Jayhawks, who were coming off of a beatdown by Kentucky just a few days earlier.
Included in this episode:
• Can Joe Yesufu build on the momentum he gained at Iowa State?
• What does KU’s guard rotation look like moving forward?
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.
