Most of the men’s basketball teams in the Big 12 will be making up missed games next week. Not Kansas. The Jayhawks proved to be the only program in the league fortunate enough amid a season marred by COVID protocols and even severe weather postponements to enter this week having already played 16 conference games — the exact number that every Big 12 team would have been at, if not for the pauses and ...
A controversial ending at Texas Tech on Saturday sent the Kansas women’s basketball team back home with a 99-98 overtime loss. The Jayhawks had a chance to go ahead in the final seconds of OT, in Lubbock, Texas. But as KU sophomore Holly Kersgieter (29 points, 16 rebounds) found a driving lane toward the basket, her defender, Bryn Gerlich, reached across to try and swipe the ball away. The officials called a ...
The most imposing player on the floor, Kansas big man David McCormack did much more than outmuscle the Red Raiders in the paint Saturday afternoon in a top 25 battle at Allen Fieldhouse. And with McCormack as a game-changing focal point on both ends of the court at Allen Fieldhouse, the Jayhawks delivered their first marquee victory since December, a 67-61 win over No. 15 Texas Tech that signaled they actually ...
The Jayhawks lost their third game in a row on Wednesday, a nail-biter against Iowa State. Nevertheless, Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider left the defeat feeling hopeful about his team’s play. Ahead of Saturday’s trip to Texas Tech, Schneider thought what he saw in an 84-82 home loss to ISU might have been the “most consistent focus, fight and balance” the Jayhawks have shown all ...
It took almost the entirety of Friday night’s City Showdown, but Free State High’s girls basketball team finally put rival Lawrence away late in a 55-46 victory at LHS. The Lions, who trailed by four entering the fourth quarter, scrapped in the opening minutes of the period, much like they had all night, to make sure FSHS wouldn’t be able to cruise. However, Robin Todd’s 3-pointer pushed the FSHS lead ...
Pending might be the best way to describe the Kansas football program’s current quarterback situation, leading up to the start of spring practices in late March. Now that the QB group has a new position coach — Mike DeBord, Les Miles’ latest offensive coordinator — the starting job for 2021 could end up going to any number of the contenders, depending on how everything plays out. After starting in six ...