Bill Self knows this year’s Kansas basketball roster probably won’t match the long range fire power of the best 3-point shooting teams he has coached. But in order for these Jayhawks to get the most out of their offense, Self would like to see them taking a few more shots from beyond the arc. Given the way Kansas plays this year, either with just one big or with five perimeter players, and the skill sets ...
Strike another name from the list of potential Kansas football players who could return for an extra season. Tight end James Sosinski, like many of the Jayhawks’ 2020 seniors, has entered his name into the NCAA’s transfer portal, according to Monday reports from Rivals and 247 Sports. A 6-foot-7, 250-pound veteran from Chandler, Ariz., Sosinski’s name showed up on KU’s did not dress list frequently this ...
At a struggling football program such as Kansas, the coaching staff is almost always searching for a No. 1 quarterback. Before the 2021 season kicks off months from now, Les Miles and his assistants figure to get a long look at incoming freshman QB Ben Easters. The first player KU announced this week in its latest signing class, Easters committed to Miles and the Jayhawks back in August of 2019. And in just a ...
While it remains to be seen how many other 2020 seniors do the same, veteran defensive lineman Sam Burt plans to stick around with the Kansas football program for an extra season. The starting nose tackle for the Jayhawks’ defense in seven of the nine games that were played this year, Burt announced on Twitter he will take advantage of the NCAA’s blanket waiver for fall athletes that provides an additional ...
The three-day December early signing period wrapped up with a pleasant surprise for the Kansas football program. The Jayhawks’ list of signees grew to 20 on Friday, when Edwin White, a safety from Mobile, Ala., made public for the first time his decision to join KU’s Class of 2021. Unlike the other high school seniors who signed with KU earlier in the week, White wasn’t a prospect who had previously ...
These days in the Big 12 there are few toughness tests out there quite like facing a Chris Beard-coached Texas Tech team in Lubbock. Kansas passed the exam, 58-57, Thursday night in its first true road game of the season, with the No. 5 Jayhawks showing their defensive grittiness. No one on the floor could match Jalen Wilson’s guts in the final seconds. The No. 14 Red Raiders had just called a timeout with ...