When new Kansas coach Nate Lie addressed his team for the first time Tuesday, he said, there was a moment where he hesitated and was wondering how to begin. Lie had become thoroughly ingrained in the routines he had built over seven seasons coaching at Xavier. Now, after having spent so much of his life and career in Ohio that athletic director Travis Goff referred to him as “Mr. Ohio” during the search ...
Updated 3 p.m. Dec. 5: Kansas great Thomas Robinson will have his jersey retired at halftime of Saturday's game against Missouri, KU coach Bill Self said on his "Hawk Talk" radio show Monday night. Self called the gesture and opponent "perfectly fitting." “He’s been back, but this will mean a ton to him, because he loves this place and this place obviously changed his life," Self said. The 6-foot-10 ...
Kansas started fast against Kansas City behind an unbelievable opening few minutes from Kevin McCullar Jr., but of course the Jayhawks had come out just as strong last week against Eastern Illinois and nearly found themselves on the wrong end of a historic upset. What really mattered Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse, particularly after a sloppy performance entering halftime, was how KU played down the stretch. ...
Kansas coach Bill Self said prior to the Eastern Illinois game that he didn’t expect UConn or Missouri to be the sort of games in which he could afford to give a lot of minutes to his bench players. Missouri still awaits on Saturday, but he was certainly right about Friday's win over UConn. Fifth starter Elmarko Jackson played a career-high 32 minutes and Johnny Furphy acquitted himself well in 14 as the ...
Kansas tight end Will Huggins, who spent four years with the program, announced Monday afternoon that he will enter the transfer portal. Huggins, a Lenexa native who attended Shawnee Mission South, had one catch for a 20-yard touchdown as time expired against Oklahoma as a freshman in 2020. He has recorded no other stats while playing in 11 total games during his four-year career with the Jayhawks. He will have ...
Kansas has hired its first new soccer coach of the 21st century. Nate Lie, who spent seven years as the head coach at Xavier University, will assume the same position at KU, athletic director Travis Goff announced Monday. "We are unbelievably excited to bring in Nate, who will undoubtedly instill a strong culture of competitive excellence," Goff said in a press release. "The future of Kansas Soccer is ...