Emmett Jones didn’t envision getting an opportunity at this point of his career to lead the Kansas football program. But as the Jayhawks’ interim head coach explained in his first interview since accepting the position, Jones is welcoming his current unexpected circumstances. “This time last year, I never had a clue, never even would’ve thought about it,” Jones said on an episode of “The Jayhawker ...
The way the Jayhawks struggled to score inside this season, Kansas was going to need some good fortune in terms of March Madness matchups to make any kind of deep run in 2021. In the NCAA Tournament’s 68-team field, there might not have been any team more perfectly suited to knock out Kansas than USC. Considering how often the Jayhawks (21-9) had issues converting around the rim throughout the season, it was ...
This year’s NCAA Tournament will be remembered for years to come by those who live and die with March Madness outcomes. And around Lawrence, where the absence of brackets and a potential national championship run in 2020 still stings for some, it will be impossible to look back on the 2021 tourney without thinking of Jalen Wilson. An essential member of KU’s lineup in his first full season of competing at ...
If facing one set of brothers in the NCAA Tournament translated to automatic success against any pair of siblings, then No. 3 seed Kansas would be a shoo-in for the Sweet 16. With all due respect to Eastern Washington’s Groves brothers, the Jayhawks have an entirely different type of challenge on the horizon Monday night, when they take on USC and Evan and Isaiah Mobley. Tanner and Jacob Groves may have lit ...
The way Dajuan Harris played against Eastern Washington on Saturday in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, he might never come off the bench again for Kansas. March Madness has a way of creating college basketball stars. Those who emerge unexpectedly and embrace the stage end up making winning look easy, bringing the best out of the players around them and, most importantly, propelling their team to the ...
As his Kansas basketball team geared up this week for an inherently pressure-packed situation, playing in the win-or-your-season’s-over NCAA Tournament, head coach Bill Self pondered the importance of the moment — not just for his program, but the entire athletic department. From Self’s point of view, the current state of affairs aren’t accompanied by any additional stress. KU is currently without an ...