TEMPE, Ariz. — Kansas coach Bill Self had the unusual experience on Tuesday night of watching the final 26 minutes and seven seconds of the Jayhawks’ 70-60 loss to Arizona State from a computer in the Desert Financial Arena visitors' locker room. That meant he had the chance to hear the Fox Sports 1 broadcast mention at one point in the game that his team was 5-for-17 on layups. “What happens if you’re ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Kansas coach Bill Self was ejected in the first half of Tuesday night’s game at Arizona State when he received two technical fouls after arguing an offensive foul call against Darryn Peterson. Peterson was battling with ASU guard Bryce Ford to get to the right wing from the right-side baseline with 6:07 left in the first half of the game and the Jayhawks trailing 23-16. The officials whistled ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team cut a 20-point deficit down to two with four minutes remaining on Tuesday night, but couldn’t finish the deal. Arizona State guard Pig Johnson’s late-clock 3-pointer with 3:38 to go kicked off an 11-0 run, and ASU finished off a 70-60 upset win over the 14th-ranked Jayhawks after which its fans stormed the court at Desert Financial Arena. That KU even ...
After a historic first collegiate season in which she became the first power-conference player ever to receive nine straight freshman of the week honors, Kansas forward Jaliya Davis was fittingly named the Big 12's freshman of the year on Tuesday. Davis received the award unanimously in a poll of league coaches and is the first Jayhawk ever to earn it. The 6-foot-2 native of Overland Park, a former McDonald’s ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — After Kansas lost to Arizona on Saturday, in a game that verged on a blowout early before KU came back only to get blown out again, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the biggest area in which the Jayhawks need to improve is their toughness. “We can’t back down from nobody,” said Council, who had 13 points and four assists in the loss. “We can’t take shortcuts when we got the lead, when ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has, for fleeting moments this season, demonstrated to head coach Bill Self that it can remain aggressive and cohesive while also giving star freshman Darryn Peterson opportunities to, well, be Darryn Peterson. There was the first half against BYU on Jan. 31, when Peterson dominated the headlines in his battle with AJ Dybantsa but Bryson Tiller also produced ...