The most obvious improvement Kansas made in 2016 from winless 2015 came courtesy of its pass defense. The Jayhawks ranked 124th in the FBS with 293.7 passing yards allowed and moved all the way to 55th in 2016 with an average of 219.8 passing yards allowed per game. In 2015, KU ...
It sometimes can take quite a while for Kansas basketball players to earn the trust of their demanding coach, Bill Self. That’s what made something Self said Monday afternoon so interesting when asked how much importance he puts on the first play of the game. “Not much,” Self ...
It's not a reach to project for 2017 the best quarterback play Kansas has had in the post-Todd Reesing years. Redshirt freshman Carter Stanley, the third quarterback to start a game for Kansas during a 2-10 season, easily was the best. It's no coincidence that the offensive line ...
**1 - Frank Mason:** Led the Jayhawks in scoring for the fourth time in five games with 19 points. He made 2 of 4 free throws and put the pressure on Georgia's defense until tiring late in the game and mixed it up well enough to grab five rebounds. Also had three assists and three steals. ...
In writing about Kansas [defensive end Dorance Armstrong][1] after the potentially program-turning upset of Texas, I left off the final sentence of a string of superlatives that safety Fish Smithson said about Armstrong until I could research it. "Statistically," Smithson said, "I think ...
I called Kale Pick to congratulate him and write [a story about his promotion][1] to head football coach at Fort Scott Community College. I came away with a bonus. Pick forever will be linked to the great Todd Reesing because he was his successor, although he lasted only three quarters ...
Kansas opened the second half of Tuesday night's 77-75 victory against top-ranked Duke by going on a 17-5 tear. Junior guard Devonte Graham did not think the timing of the team's best stretch of the night was a coincidence. He sent credit the way of the coach. "The halftime speech," ...
Kansas made it to the Elite Eight in the 2016 NCAA Tournament, where eventual national-champion Villanova bounced the Jayhawks in a close game. Duke exited the tournament in the Sweet 16 in a 14-point loss to Oregon. Kansas has added the No. 1 recruit in the nation, according to ...
