Kansas City, Mo. — Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby fielded several questions regarding the federal trial on corruption in college basketball on Wednesday morning at Sprint Center, site of Big 12 basketball media day. With reigning conference champion and national preseason No. 1 Kansas often coming up during the trial the past couple of weeks, Bowlsby was asked about possible ramifications for KU, the ...
Kansas City, Mo. — During Kansas basketball coach Bill Self’s hour of speaking with reporters Tuesday afternoon at Big 12 media day, the verdict in the federal trial on college basketball corruption came through. Self was informed of the guilty verdict and asked for a reaction, but declined to comment in the moment. “I will have a comment after sometime this afternoon our university makes a comment,” ...
When Joe Dineen sacked Texas Tech quarterback Alan Bowman in the final minute of the second quarter on Saturday, it didn’t occur to him that he had just tied Kansas football great Wilie Pless for the all-time program lead in career tackles for loss. “I knew I was close. I knew I needed two more to tie him,” the redshirt senior linebacker from Lawrence made clear this week, sharing he was told following ...
Injured for the Kansas football team’s previous game, high-energy safety Mike Lee arrived at Jones AT&T Stadium, in Lubbock, Texas, this past Saturday even more eager to play than usual. His position coach, Cassius Sendish, told Lee beforehand: “You’ve got to go out there and make them feel you. You’ve got to go out there and hit them hard.” And that’s what Lee did. In the first two quarters at ...
Either during college football’s early December signing period or on National Signing Day in February, one would have to believe, some football players will join lone wolf Cole Mueller, the only prospect from the Class of 2019 currently committed to the University of Kansas. A two-star running back from Wentzville, Mo., Mueller became the Jayhawks’ one and only recruit for the class earlier this month when ...
It remains to be seen whether Peyton Bender, who played every snap at quarterback for the Kansas football team at Texas Tech this past weekend, will retain his starting job for another week. KU head coach David Beaty, when asked Monday morning on the Big 12 coaches media teleconference about the state of his program’s QB situation, didn’t endorse Bender, Carter Stanley or Miles Kendrick as the ...