Smithology

With new AD in place, KU football players continue to back Emmett Jones

The University of Kansas athletics department filled one of its two major vacancies on Monday, as Travis Goff became the new athletic director. And while Goff’s plan for the KU football job remains to be seen, several Jayhawks didn’t waste any time backing interim head coach Emmett ...

Jayhawks’ troubles finishing inside made deep March Madness run unlikely

The way the Jayhawks struggled to score inside this season, Kansas was going to need some good fortune in terms of March Madness matchups to make any kind of deep run in 2021. In the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field, there might not have been any team more perfectly suited to knock out Kansas ...

What-ifs of NCAA Tournament even tougher for Jalen Wilson, Jayhawks

This year’s NCAA Tournament will be remembered for years to come by those who live and die with March Madness outcomes. And around Lawrence, where the absence of brackets and a potential national championship run in 2020 still stings for some, it will be impossible to look back on the 2021 ...

USC’s Evan Mobley is a problem, capable of ending KU’s season in the 2nd round

If facing one set of brothers in the NCAA Tournament translated to automatic success against any pair of siblings, then No. 3 seed Kansas would be a shoo-in for the Sweet 16. With all due respect to Eastern Washington’s Groves brothers, the Jayhawks have an entirely different type of ...