Kansas guard Christian Braun (2) goes in to the bucket during the second half against Missouri on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at Allen Fieldhouse.
Fresh off of a near-40-point drubbing of bitter border rival Missouri, the Kansas Jayhawks appear to have hit their stride again as they close in on the final few games of their schedule before Big 12 play begins.
In our latest episode, Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & 610 Sports co-host and producer Nick Schwerdt take a look at two of the team’s top players and discuss:
• What has gotten into Christian Braun?
• Braun’s ridiculous shooting numbers.
• Why Nick thinks Mitch Lightfoot was the MVP of the Missouri game.
• Where Braun and Ochai Agbaji rank in terms of recent Jayhawk duos
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.
