Kansas head coach Lance Leipold frequently takes care to emphasize that his team does not change its approach based on results. At a certain point, the result of a game, good or bad, can’t affect the next one. “Things that you do don’t change based on wins and losses,” he said on Monday. “To me, that’s knee-jerk reactions to how you’re going to go about it.” The Jayhawks have approached the ...
Late Night in the Phog is inevitably new to a few first-time Kansas Jayhawks every year, and they get to take in the pageantry that begins every year of KU basketball. “This has always been one of the highlights of each and every team, of each and every year,” KU men’s basketball coach Bill Self said during the event. “We have the best tipoff in all of college basketball right here in Lawrence, ...
Late Night in the Phog has become a familiar tradition for the Kansas basketball teams and their fans over its decades of existence. This year’s event, though, set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday and featuring all the usual scrimmage action and entertainment, will hold some intrigue, primarily because it serves as the broader KU community’s reintroduction to Allen Fieldhouse. The historic venue has undergone $50 ...
The race for first place in the Big 12 power rankings continues to tighten. Only two points separate Iowa State and BYU for the top spot. The Cyclones are No. 1 for the third straight week after receiving nine of a possible 16 first-place votes (249 points) from a panel of media who regularly cover the Big 12. BYU was second with seven first-place votes and 247 points. Kansas State and Texas Tech remained ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team will field a new-look roster this year, but fortunately for head coach Brandon Schneider, he already has a sample of data he can refer to for what a S’Mya Nichols-led team looks like — from late last season. As he has repeatedly pointed out throughout the offseason, “When we moved S’Mya to our primary decision-maker and moved Wyvette (Mayberry) off the ball, we lost ...
If you missed Hayden Hatcher's appearance in a national commercial, that’s OK. It took him by surprise, too. The former Kansas defensive end was watching the Kansas City Chiefs play on Monday Night Football on Oct. 7 with his little brother and a friend. Suddenly, during an ad break he spotted himself — with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and coach Andy Reid in a State Farm ad. “Had to rewind it,” ...