WRITER: Benton Smith

Rare scoreless outing for Marcus Garrett only a reminder of everything else he provides

Kansas guard Marcus Garrett is known neither as a shooter nor a scorer. Still, when the Jayhawks’ indispensable veteran didn’t put a single point on the board in their win at TCU this past weekend, it was out of character. Garrett’s averaging 9.2 points per game during his junior season on 7.3 field goal attempts, converting 46.2% of his tries. But against the Horned Frogs, the Dallas native only put up ...

Notebook: Azur Kamara snags NFL scouting combine invite, giving Jayhawks 2 representatives

For the first time since 2015, the Kansas football program will have multiple representatives at the NFL’s scouting combine. Azur Kamara, a 6-foot-4, 235-pound athlete who played outside linebacker and defensive end during his two years at KU, found out this past weekend, during the latest round of invites, that coaches and personnel decision-makers in the NFL want to have a closer look at him. Kamara will ...

Les Miles: KU filled needs at WR, OL, DB and DL with 2020 class

For anyone wondering why the Kansas football team’s 2020 signing class had so many receivers, allow Les Miles to explain. Actually, while recapping this past week the Jayhawks’ list of incoming freshmen, Miles was happy to share his opinion that KU filled specific needs at a few other positions, too. Some planning ahead inspired the KU coaching staff to load up on receivers, and this class brought in six ...

Game day breakdown - No. 3 Kansas at TCU

No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (19-3 overall, 8-1 Big 12) vs. TCU Horned Frogs (13-9 overall, 4-5 Big 12) Time: 11 a.m. | Location: Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, Texas TV: ESPN2 | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @BentonASmith @SJacksonLJW & @ByBradenShaw Keys for Kansas 1. ...

Self: Looking ‘less and less’ like Wilson will return to lineup

Bill Self didn’t want to completely rule out a possible return to action for injured freshman Jalen Wilson, but as of Thursday the Kansas basketball coach considered that scenario unlikely at best. “It’s looking less and less like there is a potential to return this year,” Self said, while giving an update on Wilson during his weekly press conference. The setback Wilson suffered with back spasms ...

Les Miles thinks KU addressed most of its needs in 2020 signing class

With the Kansas football team’s 2020 signing class finally complete, head coach Les Miles looked at the long list of high school players he and his assistants spent the past year recruiting and didn’t mind sharing his sense of satisfaction. “This has been,” Miles said during a Thursday press conference, while knocking his fist on the wooden lectern in front of him, “the kind of class that we ...