Kansas coach Bill Self was eerily prescient when he spoke to the media Monday ahead of Tuesday night’s matchup with BYU. “The other day (against Texas) we made three 3s and played really well,” Self said. “If they make 13 3s they’ve already outscored you (by) 30 points from the field.” He got the numbers exactly right. The Cougars shot 13-for-34 from beyond the arc as the Jayhawks went just ...
Kansas’ Kevin McCullar Jr. missed his second straight game due to injury and fifth of the last seven on Tuesday night, but the graduate senior has still found ways to make himself useful from the bench. “He’s kind of become an assistant coach,” KU coach Bill Self said this week, “and I think he’s done a good job helping the guys, maybe, that don’t play as many minutes, while they’re not in the ...
After the Kansas men’s basketball team knocked off Oklahoma on the road and Texas at home without the injured Kevin McCullar Jr., it started to seem like its blowout loss at Texas Tech on Feb. 12 in his absence was an outlier. But Tuesday night’s home loss to BYU saw the Jayhawks struggle to defend or score on the perimeter and — perhaps most crucially when it came to the final result — hit free throws. ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team is now facing a future without potentially its best all-around player. On Saturday night, that future looked brighter than expected. Playing without do-everything super-senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. for the fourth time in seven games — but this time on a night when KU coach Bill Self expressed concern about getting McCullar back from his bone bruise at any point this ...
The Kansas softball team picked up five wins in four days at the Texas A&M Invitational — including three by run rule — but one in particular gave a jolt to their season. KU defeated the host Aggies, who were ranked No. 17 in the nation, 1-0 on Saturday night, behind Kasey Hamilton’s seven shutout innings in the circle and Olivia Bruno’s go-ahead home run in the final frame. “I’m so proud of ...
Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas played the sort of game in which Parker Braun could mishandle a layup attempt off an errant lob pass, only for KJ Adams to corral Braun’s miss and make a contested close-range shot. It was the sort of game in which a 3-point attempt by Texas’ Tyrese Hunter could get stuck in between the rim and the backboard, only for the Longhorns to miss an open look at a hook ...