A starter in 18 of the season’s first 20 games, the most experienced player on the Kansas basketball roster was met with a demotion earlier this week. Senior guard Lagerald Vick lost his starting job ahead of the Jayhawks’ trip to Texas. It wasn’t the first time his head coach removed Vick from the starting five. And it may not be the last. At least for the moment, though, KU’s often unpredictable ...
With less than a week to go until college football’s National Signing Day, the hours between now and Wednesday figure to be critical for the Kansas football program, as new head coach Les Miles and his staff complete their first recruiting class. Miles, with a little help from momentary offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey (before he became the head coach at Troy), already filled most of the available spots in ...
The Big 12 title race is far from over, with at least 10 games remaining for each of the league’s 10 teams. But as perennial champion Kansas approaches the midway mark on the conference schedule, Bill Self’s Jayhawks find themselves in an unfamiliar position, with little elbow room existing between themselves and four other contenders to their throne. Ahead of this weekend’s marquee game at Allen ...
As the Kansas football coaching staff geared up for the last weekend before National Signing Day, Les Miles and his assistants learned that one of their under-the-radar recruits plans to join the Jayhawks. A 6-foot linebacker from Pittsburg, Jerek Butcher tweeted out on Thursday night his decision to become a part of the KU program. Named an all-state Class 4A linebacker by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka ...
Amid the Kansas basketball team’s ongoing search for consistency, particularly on the road, as sure a fix as exists lies within the capable mind and body of KU’s best player. It’s been rare this season for the Jayhawks’ offense to establish any constant approximation of a flow, and the stagnation at times muddies into unwatchable territory when they’re playing on an opponent’s floor. While KU ...
Austin, Texas — Call it a lack of leadership, the absence of a coldblooded mindset, relative inexperience or all of the above. But this Kansas basketball team doesn’t yet know how to win on the road. The evidence against the Jayhawks turning this season into one that will be deemed as acceptable or memorable in basketball-crazed Lawrence mounted Tuesday night at Frank Erwin Center, where KU trailed for more ...