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Jayhawks have too much to worry about to look ahead in tough West region

At a program with the college basketball pedigree of Kansas, one of the time honored traditions of Selection Sunday for coaches, players, fans and media alike is inspecting the rest of whatever region the Jayhawks ended up in and gauging just how difficult their road to the Final Four will ...

Jayhawks still have some hope at conclusion of rough week for KU

One of these years — one would hope — the Kansas basketball team will actually get to experience a complete weekend at the Big 12 tournament again. The pandemic improved to 2-0 against the Jayhawks in Kansas City, Mo., with Friday’s news of a positive COVID-19 test on the KU ...

With head coaching job vacant, Jayhawks endorse Emmett Jones

With the future of the Kansas football program in limbo, some Jayhawks on Wednesday night began publicly drumming up support for Emmett Jones to become the team’s next head coach. The endorsements for Jones, KU’s third-year receivers coach, began hitting the Twittersphere hours ...

The case for D.J. Eliot as KU’s interim head coach

At some point in the next 24 to 48 hours, the Kansas football program is expected to at least have an interim head coach in place, even if that person ends up merely keeping the seat warm for a yet to be determined replacement for Les Miles. As KU Athletic Director Jeff Long weighs his ...

How the Jayhawks’ February resurgence compares with nation’s best teams

In the business of college basketball, whether your team has been flexing all season or took a detour on the struggle bus at some point, it better be trending upward when March rolls around, because what transpires in the postseason is what everyone will remember anyway. That’s why ...