Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji (30) whips a pass to the wing through the Tarleton State defense during the first half on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Two games into the 2021-22 Kansas basketball season, senior guard Ochai Agbaji has put the conference, and college basketball in general, on notice that he’s a different player than in the past.
In our latest episode with Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & 610 Sports co-host and producer Nick Schwerdt, we take a deeper look at Agbaji’s red-hot start.
In this episode we discuss:
• What has led to Agbaji’s scoring success
• Should we have seen this coming?
• Is Agbaji’s 27 points-per-game pace sustainable?
• What happens when Jalen Wilson returns from suspension?
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.
