It took 14 years, and whether they were All-Americans, all-conference talents, role players, backups, glue guys or walk-ons, Kansas basketball players coached by Bill Self helped the program set an NCAA record for most consecutive conference championships in a row. The pride Jayhawks took in their ownership of The Streak grew year after year, so inevitably they were going to experience some disappointment, ...
While almost all of the 90-plus players listed on the Kansas football roster suited up Wednesday, sans shells and pads, for the first day of spring practice inside the program’s new indoor facility, running back Pooka Williams was nowhere to be seen. KU football coach Les Miles said afterward that there is no timetable for the possible return of Williams, charged this past December with domestic ...
It was just some special teams review. A chance for offensive linemen to go over a formation and walk through their assignments. A minor yet necessary part of the first day of spring football practice. And there was Les Miles, former head coach at powerhouse LSU, right in the thick of it, jumping in to go over footwork and technique in one of the early periods of his Kansas football team’s introductory ...
They’ve met him, spent time around him inside Anderson Family Football Complex and even sprinted through conditioning drills as his watchful eyes observed. But now, players in the Kansas football program will get to find out what it’s like to truly be coached by Les Miles. The first of the Jayhawks’ 15 spring practices is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, as Miles and his staff start more thoroughly ...
Norman, Okla. — It’s over. The long-shot — probably a not-so-realistic chance if we’re being honest — hopes of the Kansas men’s basketball program extending its absurd run of Big 12 dominance died Tuesday night at Lloyd Noble Center. Seventh-place Oklahoma put an end to KU’s 14-year reign as Big 12 champions, defeating the conference’s perennial trophy-winners, 81-68, and mathematically ...
Just as the Big 12 title race has yet to be resolved with mere days to go in the regular season, this year’s conference player of the year award remains up for grabs, too. There’s no one dominating the league the way Blake Griffin did at Oklahoma in 2009 or Kevin Durant did in 2007 — not even close. Nor is Kansas a shoo-in for the crown, making the Jayhawks’ most valuable performer an obvious choice for ...