Quick grades for five aspects of the Kansas basketball team’s 89-76 win over Louisiana Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Offense: B ---------- You figured the Jayhawks were going to have a good night offensively when Dedric Lawson missed a shot, landed on his backside, caught the offensive rebound while still seated on the left side of the paint and just shot it from there for his first official points in ...
After watching the entirety of the previous game from the bench, Kansas big man David McCormack didn’t know for certain if Friday night’s matchup with Louisiana at Allen Fieldhouse would play out any differently for him. When Bill Self called upon McCormack midway through the first half with KU trailing by seven, though, what followed just might make it impossible for the 6-foot-10 freshman to ever ...
LSU and its former head coach Les Miles reached a financial settlement Thursday that clears a path for Miles to take another head coaching position. The 65-year-old Miles has been considered a top candidate for the Kansas football coaching vacancy since Jeff Long, KU’s athletic director, announced David Beaty’s firing on Nov. 4. According to a press release from LSU, both the school and Miles, who was ...
This isn’t Jeff Long’s first search for a head football coach, but the University of Kansas athletic director is dealing with a different set of circumstances this time around. Thursday marked the 11th day of Long’s ongoing in-season search for David Beaty’s replacement, and the clock is ticking, with the Jayhawks’ season ending next week, on Black Friday. “Since I’ve made this announcement,” ...
It’s a wild time of year for Kansas fans, what with the basketball season just underway and the university’s athletic director, Jeff Long, searching for the football program’s next head coach. So there couldn’t have been a better time to fire up a new feature at KUsports.com, the “Ask Us Anything” blog. We’ve had great inquiries already and we know there are innumerable more to come, and we ...
A name likely recognizable by only the most die-hard brand of college football fans, Jedd Fisch has become a coach worth knowing as Jeff Long, athletic director at the University of Kansas, continues in his search for the football program’s next head coach. On Tuesday, Long flew from Lawrence to Colorado Springs, Colo., and back. This week, the Los Angeles Rams are practicing at the Air Force Academy’s ...