After Kansas’ grim 69-47 loss to Houston on Friday night at the T-Mobile Center, KU coach Bill Self took a bit of a clean-slate approach when he said that after Sunday, no one will remember what took place at the Big 12 tournament. “I would love to have played longer, I would have loved to have been more competitive tonight, and everything,” he said, “but the reality of it is, on Sunday is a new day ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self said on Thursday that he wasn’t trying to be negative when describing Bryson Tiller’s performance against TCU as “not a physical game at all by him.” He said Tiller would be better the following day against Houston. But when the first half against the Cougars rolled around on Friday night, the freshman from Atlanta managed just two points on 1-for-5 shooting ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Kansas went into halftime down eight points to Houston on Friday, it was 4-for-15 on shots within the arc. That included 1-for-2 on layups and 2-for-2 on dunks, meaning that on shots from anywhere between the arc and the basket, the Jayhawks had gone 1-for-11. Somehow, it all got worse in the second half. KU missed its first 16 overall shots after the break and finished with a total ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Who knows what the future may hold, but at least for a while the Kansas men’s basketball team will be one of precious few that can boast an unbeaten record on a “state-of-the-art full LED video sports floor.” That’s how the Big 12’s press release back on Feb. 11 described the special court made by ASB GlassFloor that it planned to implement for its men’s and women’s conference ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas’ win over TCU on Thursday night was hardly a masterpiece. But what it can be for the Jayhawks in the very near future, as they turn their attention to Houston on Friday, is a “stepping stone,” as senior forward Tre White put it. “Houston kind of plays a similar way, creating havoc on defense, push it down your throat on offense, strong, tough, aggressive, and that was kind ...
Kansas coach Bill Self said on Monday that he felt his team was right on the edge between being a No. 4 and No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament as it was set to begin postseason play. That assertion was borne out in a variety of bracket projections released on Thursday morning as the Big 12 tournament’s quarterfinal round was about to begin. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi had for several days maintained KU as the third ...