Ranked No. 5 in the nation and boasting an 11-1 record entering conference play, the Kansas basketball team, for as well as it has played, has not yet exhibited its full capacity on the court. The Jayhawks have a potential to play at an even higher level, and Quentin Grimes is talented enough to take them there. A sturdy 6-foot-5 freshman guard, Grimes arrived at KU as a McDonald’s All-American and ...
With the new year and the Jayhawks’ Big 12 schedule on the horizon, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self isn’t ready to completely abandon the concept of a four-guard lineup and leave it behind in 2018. However, KU’s two most effective offensive players happen to be bigs, so Self will lean on a less modern look and not think twice about doing so. After a close to five-game stretch of Dedric Lawson serving ...
For more than a month, the superb passing skills of Dedric Lawson seemed to go dormant. Gone were the high assist totals that characterized the big forward’s first handful of games in a Kansas basketball uniform. Blame the circumstances for the dip more than anything else, and credit the return of center Udoka Azubuike for bringing Lawson’s distribution skills back to life. Eastern Michigan carried its ...
While no one should expect to see the most spry version of Udoka Azubuike on the court Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, it seems a fairly safe bet that the University of Kansas basketball team’s junior center will return to the lineup against Eastern Michigan. The 7-footer isn’t likely to start. In fact, Azubuike might only play a few minutes. But it’s important for the Jayhawks’ long-term trajectory that ...
Back in his playing days at LSU, when Chevis Jackson was a cornerback helping the Tigers and their head coach Les Miles win both an SEC and BCS championship, he didn’t exactly spend any of his spare time pondering the idea of one day becoming Miles’ colleague. But Jackson’s career got on that track back in 2015, when LSU needed a graduate assistant. And now, Miles and Jackson are back together at Kansas, ...
Ezra Naylor’s statistical production this past fall during his brief stopover with the Iowa Central Community College football program might not blow some people away. However, over the course of playing in 11 games and making 19 receptions for 292 yards and a touchdown, Naylor accomplished one of his personal preseason goals: showcasing enough of his abilities as a prospect to grab the attention of FBS ...