Baylor coach Scott Drew had an interesting afternoon on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. With a record of 1-14 in the venue entering Saturday’s Top-10 showdown with 5th-ranked Kansas, Drew and the 9th-ranked Bears had about as good of an opportunity to pick up win No. 2 on KU’s home floor as ...
One of the best-known elements of Bill Self basketball is his desire for his teams to aspire to make their opponents play poorly. That, Self believes, is one of the biggest keys to winning basketball and it starts with tough defense, extends to discipline and includes an element of ...
I’m guessing by now that nearly all of you saw that Texas lost to Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas on Monday night, bringing the Longhorns to four losses in the loss column and Kansas right back into the pole position in the Big 12 race. For now. None of it will matter if the Jayhawks lose ...
During a radio appearance with KLWN’s Derek Johnson on Tuesday, I was asked which of the three KU bench performances from Monday night’s win over Texas was the most repeatable and which should be viewed as the most important. For my money, the answer’s the same — Ernest Udeh Jr.’s. ...
There were plenty of things to like about the way Dajuan Harris Jr. led No. 9 Kansas to a critical 88-80 victory over 5th-ranked Texas on Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse. But the two biggest positives were related to each other and offered a glimpse into why Harris had one of the best games ...
Maybe it was just because Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was in the building on Tuesday night, but Kansas coach Bill Self used a football analogy to describe the Jayhawks’ offense. Specifically, he was talking about Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris Jr., and how his willingness ...
Kansas coach Bill Self called Jalen Wilson an All-American after the Jayhawks’ 77-68 win at Kentucky on Saturday night. That much seems like a given. On the same night, Wilson’s buddy, KU point guard Dajuan Harris Jr., who started next to him on last year’s title team, said Wilson ...
Although no one in crimson and blue has been happy about 9th-ranked Kansas’ dropping three games in the past 11 days, there’s been a certain sense of calm about it among the KU players. The reason is simple — they’ve lost to some pretty good teams and they know it. “It’s not ...
