Nick Timberlake was already positioned well to defend Yale’s fast break with three minutes left, but what he actually managed to do to the Bulldogs’ 7-foot center Danny Wolf exceeded any and all expectations. With the two players initially running stride for stride, Timberlake was able to cut in front of Wolf, swipe the ball from him in one fluid motion, feed it to point guard Dajuan Harris Jr. and then ...
Kansas coach Bill Self knows just how treacherous the days before Christmas can be for an unprepared basketball team. In 2014, his Jayhawks lost by 25 points to Temple in advance of the holiday. On the other hand, as he pointed out on his “Hawk Talk” radio show Monday, the Jayhawks have picked up plenty of great wins with the break approaching. “It’s usually the team that understands that Christmas ...
Kansas spiced up its signing day with a late-in-the-game high school commitment, as three-star 2024 prospect Greydon Grimes, from China Spring High School in Texas, announced early Wednesday morning that he will join the Jayhawks next season. Grimes is the son of new KU offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes and had been committed to his father's previous program, Baylor, since June, prior to decommitting late ...
Any chance of signing-day drama for the Kansas football team was extinguished very early Wednesday morning. By 9:30 a.m., the Jayhawks had officially announced the signings of each of their 17 expected high school recruits for the class of 2024. “I think we hit our needs, of course, like everyone always talks about,” head coach Lance Leipold told reporters later on Wednesday. “But I think this is a ...
A battle between former conference rivals that went down to the wire on two occasions last season — a triple-overtime meeting in Lincoln, Nebraska, then a hard-fought Women’s National Invitation Tournament matchup in Lawrence — featured far less drama Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. The Kansas women’s basketball team embarked on an 18-3 run in the second quarter and never let Nebraska draw close ...
It’s time to close the book on a wide-ranging year of University of Kansas sports, one that saw some programs continue their upward trajectories and others begin the process of reinventing themselves completely. Here are a few of the most significant storylines that defined 2023 for KU, plus quite a few more that merit mentioning. March 9 and on: Head coach Bill Self endures health scare, misses end of ...