The most crucial portion of the Kansas football team’s offseason was just days away from starting up when the entire sports world came to a breakneck halt. The Jayhawks were scheduled to start their first spring practice of 2020 at 3:40 p.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. That was before the threat of the novel coronavirus began shutting down athletic competitions of all sorts worldwide. Once word came down from ...
The vibe inside the Ottawa men’s basketball locker room got flipped on its head the moment head coach Aaron Siebenthall reentered the space to share the news. Yes, Ottawa had just won, but the team’s postseason was over. Moments after the Braves, making their first appearance in the NAIA Division II national tournament since 2009, advanced with an 87-84 win over Concordia (Neb.), Siebenthall was on his way ...
You thought watching your favorite team get upset in the first or second round of the NCAA Tournament was tough. Welcome to the truest form of March Sadness. The idea of any basketball being played this weekend or in the weeks to come toppled, domino style, beginning Thursday morning. As conferences nationwide canceled their postseason tournaments, the trend reached the Big 12 and the Sprint Center less than an ...
Kansas City, Mo. — At Sprint Center on Wednesday afternoon for a pre-Big 12 Tournament shootaround in front of thousands of empty seats, the No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks got a little preview of what the unconventional version of March Madness that awaits them. At least in terms of the atmosphere. The NCAA announced shortly before KU’s players and coaches hit the court that all upcoming national tournament ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2019/nov/27/330427/ It’s normal for players on Bill Self’s Kansas basketball teams to wind up on All-Big 12 teams in March, but not once in his previous 16 seasons did Self coach a team with two stars so productive that either could easily have won conference player of the year. Of course, that changed year No. 17, thanks to Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson. A 7-foot ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2020/feb/22/330943/ With the regular season officially behind them, the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks should feel right at home when they’re away from Lawrence this postseason, and not just at their mid-March home in Kansas City, Mo., for the Big 12 Tournament. Kansas fought its way to a 10-1 road record, bolstering its claim to the No. 1 overall seed on this upcoming Selection ...