WRITER: Henry Greenstein

One player to watch at each position ahead of spring practice

Spring practice is just a few days away for the Kansas football team, and head coach Lance Leipold has already suggested it could be pretty light at times for some of KU’s more experienced players. And the Jayhawks have quite a few this time around, particularly on offense, where ESPN ranks them 16th in the nation in returning production. Some less heralded players will have a chance to make an impression ...

Big 12's announcement moves tournament closer to home for KU soccer

When Nate Lie first got introduced as the Kansas soccer coach in December, he expressed not only an admiration for Kansas City’s role in the current soccer landscape but an optimism for its future prospects. “We are in the soccer capital of America, or maybe 45 minutes down the road from it,” he said then. “And I don’t think that that is changing any time soon. If anything, it’s going to be more ...

Cincinnati loss provides defining example of KU's shooting woes

Kansas City, Mo. — The evening of Nov. 10 feels long enough ago on its own, but the Kansas men’s basketball team’s performance that night against Manhattan almost feels like it took place in another lifetime. KU shot 10-for-26 from deep for a solid, though not necessarily spectacular, 38.5%, as freshman guard Johnny Furphy connected on three 3s and scored in double figures for the first time as a Jayhawk, ...

Restoring healthy Dickinson and McCullar might be enough for Jayhawks to 'get a swag back'

Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self has taken great pains to stress in recent weeks that his team just needs to become whole, to get healthy again, and then it can compete with anyone. After the injury-depleted Jayhawks, missing center Hunter Dickinson and guard Kevin McCullar Jr., lost by 20 points to Cincinnati in the Big 12 Conference tournament, Self added another qualifier, suggesting that his ...

Undermanned Jayhawks knocked out of Big 12 tournament by Cincinnati — key takeaways from the loss

Kansas City, Mo. — Playing with a depleted roster, the Kansas men’s basketball team fell 72-52 to Cincinnati Wednesday night at the T-Mobile Center and was eliminated from the Big 12 Conference tournament. Back playing as an undersized center, KJ Adams led KU with 22 points on the night, but the Jayhawks made just three 3-pointers to Cincinnati’s nine. "I thought the kids tried," Self said. "Obviously we ...

New assistants finding their place in KU's recruiting strategy

Make an appointment. Show up on time. Be honest with whomever you talk to. Follow up with coaches when you’re done. Be “genuine, authentic, professional" and in short "do it the right way." For Kansas coach Lance Leipold, those are the basics you need to recruit high school football players — and they apply in any part of the country. “You’ll build a relationship with the staff early … and you ...