His front-court teammate called him the player of the game and, not five minutes later, his coach said he was merely OK. That was Kansas junior Mitch Lightfoot’s Saturday night during the Jayhawks’ 63-60 squeaker against New Mexico State and few players on this KU roster are better ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2018/dec/08/kansas-basketball-v-new-mexico-state/125748/ With no team positioned to jump them into the top spot during the past seven days, the Kansas men’s basketball team returned to the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday. The ...
Defensively, the second-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team was far from perfect. But the Jayhawks did hold New Mexico State to 60 in a three-point win on Saturday night at Sprint Center. “If you’re going to give up 60 points, you should win the game, which we were fortunate we did,” ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The play call was simple enough, and it wound up saving Kansas during a 63-60, grind-it-out victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night. “Five side” is the name of the inbounds play underneath the basket, and it is designed to get junior forward Dedric Lawson a ...
Kansas City, Mo. — This Kansas basketball team is undefeated. It’s ranked No. 2 in the nation. Yet its head coach, Bill Self, described the current state of the Jayhawks perfectly following Saturday night’s latest near-loss, a 63-60 victory over New Mexico State at Sprint ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The gauntlet of good resumes continued Saturday night for the second-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team, which survived a scare from New Mexico State, 63-60, at Sprint Center. The Aggies (7-2) were the sixth KU opponent already this season that ranked in the KenPom Top ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Quick grades for five aspects of the Kansas basketball team’s 63-60 win over New Mexico State on Saturday night at Sprint Center. Offense: C ---------- The starting lineup didn’t miss Lagerald Vick in the opening minutes versus the Aggies. Charlie Moore came out ...
It wasn’t always the prettiest showing, but No. 2 Kansas found a way to survive once again. KU (8-0) struggled for much of its non-conference clash with New Mexico State Saturday night in the Sprint Center. Just like they have done a number of times during the young season, though, the ...
No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks (7-0) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (7-1) Time: 7:30 p.m. | Location: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri TV: ESPN2 | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Not going to be home for the game? Sign up for ESPN+ and watch your Hawks on the go. Log on to KUsports.com for our ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2018/dec/04/328016/ Your best post player goes down. Time for another to step up, right? Not for this Kansas basketball team. The absence of center Udoka Azubuike, no matter how long the 7-footer’s right ankle sprain keeps him out of the lineup, doesn’t ...
One hundred percent by Big 12 play. That’s the general goal for Kansas junior Udoka Azubuike, who will be sidelined “indefinitely” because of an ankle sprain suffered during Tuesday’s win over Wofford. Kansas coach Bill Self, who did not see Azubuike on KU’s day off Wednesday, ...
At 6-foot-10, 265 pounds, Kansas freshman David McCormack is the closest thing, sizewise, that the Jayhawks have on the roster to replace injured junior Udoka Azubuike, who is expected to be sidelined at least a couple of weeks with a severe ankle sprain. But just because McCormack weighs in ...
Already more than two weeks removed from the day Les Miles was introduced as the Kansas football program’s new head coach, there seems to be no stopping the buzz surrounding the program. This past weekend Miles invigorated the Allen Fieldhouse crowd at halftime of the basketball game versus ...
After Kansas Athletics posted a second straight year of financial losses, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod’s office highlighted the need to grow revenue and upgrade athletic facilities. Not mentioned was the idea of cutting expenses of the athletic department, despite new financial statements ...
The Lawson brothers have been in this situation before. Dedric Lawson and K.J. Lawson were both on the Memphis team in 2016-17, when starting center Chad Rykhoek was sidelined with a dislocated ankle injury in December. The Tigers turned to their small-ball lineup following the injury, which ...
Updated at 4:17 p.m. Wednesday NCAA sanctions on basketball programs caught up in the Adidas fraud trial won’t be resolved until after the Final Four this spring, NCAA president Mark Emmert said, according to a Yahoo Sports report on Wednesday. Emmert, who was speaking at the Learfield ...
A year ago, what went down with Kansas guard Lagerald Vick on Tuesday night might have created a much different situation for the entire Kansas basketball team. A year ago, Vick might not have reacted as well to Self’s punishment for being late to Tuesday’s shootaround. A year ago, Self ...
Over the past few years, Wofford head coach Mike Young has found senior guard Fletcher Magee to be as steady a shooter as they come. The reigning SoCon Player of the Year, Magee has drained 3-pointers and averaged double digits since he arrived in Spartanburg, S.C., in 2015. But Tuesday night ...
Throughout Kansas freshman Quentin Grimes’ mini-slump to open the season, KU coach Bill Self has maintained that Grimes would be just fine. In fact, earlier this week, Self said he thought his five-star freshman just needed to see the ball go through the basket a couple of times to get going ...
The collective gasp came at the 11:38 mark of the first half of Tuesday’s 72-47 Kansas victory over Wofford at Allen Fieldhouse. The groan came later when the video board showed the replay. After a simple floater by Wofford’s Nathan Hoover fell through the rim, Kansas junior Udoka ...