The Kansas basketball team knocked down double-digit 3-pointers in a pair of early November victories. However, it doesn’t sound as though Bill Self is expecting the Jayhawks to have that type of output every time they take the floor. They were nowhere near that territory in their third win of the season, when KU’s shooters combined to make just one of their 14 long-range looks in a win over East Tennessee ...
Sometimes the Kansas football offense runs a play that seems doomed before the ball is even snapped, leading one to wonder why the Jayhawks’ quarterback, Carter Stanley, didn’t audible out of the call. Well, in some situations he can’t. A glaring example of how that rule can handcuff Stanley and the offense showed up early in the Jayhawks’ loss at Oklahoma State. It was third and 2 for the Jayhawks, ...
With two-time honoree Kameron McQueen leading the way, six Kansas football players made the Academic All-Big 12 first team this year, the conference announced on Tuesday. Joining McQueen, a junior KU receiver, on the first team were junior defensive tackle Sam Burt, redshirt freshman tight end Mac Copeland, redshirt junior running back Donovan Franklin, redshirt freshman linebacker Cody McNerney and sophomore ...
A month out from the early December signing period, the Kansas football staff continues adding to its crowded 2020 recruiting class, with the latest commitment coming from the Lone Star State. Tristan Golightly, a consensus three-star tight end, who reportedly also is being recruited by Georgia Tech, Houston, Louisiana Tech and Purdue, announced Tuesday evening he plans to sign with KU. “I’m coming ...
Some college basketball coaches go to their bench begrudgingly. The starters start for a reason and when they rest it’s out of necessity. Few coaches can turn to one reserve, let alone two or three, and trust that something positive is about to happen as a result. But Bill Self might be in that enviable position before long, a rare coach able to look down his bench and see a variety of subs he would even ...
Les Miles decided midway through his Kansas football team’s loss at Oklahoma State that he wanted to open the third quarter with a different quarterback. With reserves Manny Miles, a graduate transfer, and Thomas MacVittie, a junior, both in uniform and available, the head coach ultimately went with the older QB. Considering that MacVittie seemed throughout the offseason to be battling Carter Stanley for the ...