Salt Lake City — At a team outing last Saturday, Kansas coach Bill Self told NCAA Tournament debutant and sixth-year senior Nick Timberlake, as Self later relayed to the media, that Timberlake had a chance not to just to play in the postseason for the first time, but create a “lasting memory.” Timberlake started his tournament run with what was certainly one of his best performances of the year Thursday ...
Salt Lake City — On Thursday night, Kansas' injured guard Kevin McCullar Jr. experienced his first KU game since head coach Bill Self announced in a social media post that McCullar would serve as a sort of assistant coach during the NCAA Tournament. McCullar, speaking to the media for the first time since he was ruled out for the remainder of the season, said he was eager to help his teammates during the ...
Salt Lake City — After a high-scoring first-round game against Samford that was so frenetic, so unrelenting, that Kansas coach Bill Self said postgame he had never been in another one like it, the Jayhawks have to turn around and battle for their tournament lives with a rest period of about 38 hours. “I can’t get into CBS business or truTV or TBS or whatever, but that seems like it’s (a) pretty quick ...
Salt Lake City — Kansas’ backup center Parker Braun, a former Santa Clara Bronco, had the pleasure of watching from afar as his alma mater defeated Gonzaga earlier this season. “Obviously still love the coaches and the program there, had a great time there, got my degree from there, so it was fun to see them finally climb that mountain,” Braun said Friday. “Finally” because Santa Clara had ...
Salt Lake City — Nine hours before his team was slated to open the NCAA Tournament, Kansas coach Bill Self took to social media to issue a written statement criticizing what he described as a "false narrative" surrounding guard Kevin McCullar Jr.'s bone bruise, which will sideline McCullar for the rest of the season. Previously, upon arriving in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Self told reporters at the team ...
Salt Lake City — Thursday night’s game was far from the kind of blowout Bill Self’s Kansas basketball teams often produce in their March openers, but then again it hasn’t been a typical KU season. The fourth-seeded Jayhawks overcame 12 first-half turnovers against No. 13 Samford’s indefatigable press defense by shooting with pinpoint accuracy, and built a 22-point lead early in the second half. They ...