SAN DIEGO — What happened on the dais in the media tent just outside Viejas Arena on Sunday afternoon ensured that any assessment of the upcoming Kansas men’s basketball offseason must come with a very big asterisk. In stating after KU’s loss to St. John’s that he hasn’t decided yet whether he will return for the 2026-27 season, Bill Self left room for the possibility that the program could ...
SAN DIEGO — On a day when it committed 16 sloppy turnovers and let modest but unspectacular 3-point shooting team St. John’s convert 11 3s on a season-high 35 attempts, Kansas still found a way to give itself a chance in the final minutes. Darryn Peterson evened the score with two free throws in the final minute after KU had trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half. But Dylan Darling of St. ...
SAN DIEGO — Of all the despondent Jayhawks in their locker room at Viejas Arena on Sunday evening, perhaps no one was taking the loss to St. John’s as hard in the minutes afterward as Elmarko Jackson. The redshirt sophomore guard, subbed in for Kohl Rosario with six seconds remaining, had found himself in on-ball defense against St. John’s point guard Dylan Darling in the final moments. And then, to put ...
SAN DIEGO — Moments after the conclusion of his 23rd season at Kansas, head coach Bill Self said he has not decided about whether he will return for a 24th. “I'll get back and get with family and visit and see what's going on,” Self said after KU’s 67-65 loss to St. John’s on Sunday afternoon in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. “I love what I do. I need to be able to do it where I'm feeling ...
SAN DIEGO — It took an additional year, but Kansas and St. John’s are set to meet in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A year after KU’s first-round exit with a loss to Arkansas in Providence, Rhode Island, deprived the 2025 postseason of a battle between legendary head coaches Bill Self and Rick Pitino — not to mention a potential revenge game for former Jayhawk forward and St. John’s star ...