Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self on Friday afternoon pushed back on some aspects of a report from the Tulsa World that suggested he “seriously considered” an offer to become the head coach at Oklahoma State last March. Self said he has spoken to OSU every time there has been an opening in their head coaching position since Eddie Sutton left in 2006, “not necessarily about hiring me but about — ...
Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer isn’t new to replacing accomplished veterans. Seven experienced players, including six starters, turned pro following his 2023 season at Oregon, in which the Ducks had gone on an Elite Eight run. “It was just like total turnover on the roster, as far as what you saw on the court, but we had a lot of really good young talent that just hadn’t had their chance yet,” ...
In the two decades before he came to Kansas, D.K. McDonald learned from a slew of accomplished defensive coaches. He began his coaching career at the Division II level and worked under Lou Tepper, who had been a coordinator at Colorado and Illinois; in his days on Matt Campbell’s staffs at Toledo and Iowa State, he worked for well-regarded Jon Heacock; when he started with the Philadelphia Eagles their DC was ...
Provo, Utah — Kansas’ two-game road swing through Utah began with optimism, as head coach Bill Self believed the trip could bring the Jayhawks together like a November multi-team event — something this year’s team didn’t get — usually does. It ended with the Jayhawks two losses worse, with another unsuccessful starting lineup in the rearview mirror, poised to drop out of the AP Top 25 for the first ...
Provo, Utah — In a conference schedule that had already featured plenty of deep, deep lows, the Kansas men’s basketball team may have hit rock bottom on Tuesday night. The Jayhawks gave up 10 first-half 3s, trailed by 20 points at the break and did nothing to make the game competitive from then on. They suffered one of the worst losses by margin in school history, a 91-57 drubbing by BYU at the Marriott ...
Provo, Utah — Ahead of Tuesday night’s matchup with BYU, the Kansas men’s basketball team found itself in an unfamiliar position: the No. 5 seed line. ESPN’s bracketology expert Joe Lunardi dropped the Jayhawks to No. 19 overall, in the aftermath of their 74-67 loss at unranked Utah on Saturday. He placed them in the Seattle site, facing McNeese with No. 4 Michigan State and No. 13 Lipscomb in the other ...