One poor opening to one Big 12 game isn’t going to cost Kansas big man David McCormack his starting job. But even if head coach Bill Self keeps the sophomore forward in that first unit for the remainder of the season, the Jayhawks still need a definitive four-guard lineup their coach can trust. Self just may have found one in Saturday’s win over West Virginia, when McCormack’s presence in the first half ...
Marcus Garrett tried to warn them. In the practices leading up to the Kansas basketball team’s Big 12 opener, the veteran guard did all he could to prepare his teammates for the type of physicality visiting West Virginia would bring to the conference opener inside Allen Fieldhouse. Garrett spoke of how tough Bob Huggins-coached teams are, how their relentless defense has smothered Jayhawks in the past. “I ...
Kansas football coaches never planned on Gavin Potter playing so much as a freshman. Head coach Les Miles and defensive coordinator D.J. Eliot spoke highly of the young linebacker, even before Potter left Broken Arrow, Okla., to officially join the Jayhawks in Lawrence. Still, those flattering remarks usually came regarding his long-term potential. Potter entered the 2019 season as a backup inside linebacker. ...
Andrew Parchment realizes a significant unknown accompanies the University of Kansas football team’s offense into 2020. As much as the Jayhawks flashed some big-play potential this past year, when they next take the field, there will be a different starting quarterback being asked to connect on deep shots to KU’s receivers. “Big,” Parchment said recently of the impact losing Carter Stanley will have, ...
The past 10 years for the University of Kansas football program have featured far more lows than highs. Coaches and players alike attempted to turn the program around, but even the best strides made haven’t done the trick yet. KU finished the past decade 21-99, failing to win more than three games in any season between 2010 and 2019. Nevertheless, a number of Jayhawks delivered memorable performances during ...
The past 10 years haven’t been pretty for the University of Kansas football program. Four head coaches. No winning seasons — not even close to one, actually. But even as the Jayhawks struggled to win, depending on the year, one, two or three games between 2010 and 2019, a decade during which KU compiled a 21-99 record, there were players who managed to stand out and make those few victories possible. So ...