Manhattan — For two minutes out of the halftime break Monday night, Kansas looked like it had been replaced by another team entirely. And on this occasion it was a welcome replacement given the disjunction that had defined the Jayhawks’ first-half effort at Kansas State — even as they led 32-30 at the break. Instead, KU returned to the court with a fleeting performance befitting its newly reacquired (and ...
Back in her playing days — as a four-year starter for Texas A&M in the 1990s, and later on the Olympic softball team — Jennifer McFalls was a shortstop. So she understands the importance of leadership in the middle infield. “A shortstop is kind of like the quarterback of your team,” said McFalls, the sixth-year Kansas softball coach, in a recent press conference. “It’s an extension of me out ...
Manhattan — Kansas State’s most important possession of the game Monday night looked dead in the water. Then, with the shot clock ticking down in overtime, Tylor Perry zoomed into the paint past two Kansas defenders and managed to fling an underhand layup that spun its way into the hoop, giving the Wildcats a 67-66 lead. The next time down, he drained a 3 from the left wing to extend his team’s lead to ...
On a day filled with emotional highs for the Kansas men’s basketball team, a pair of dunks by Kevin McCullar Jr. rose above the rest. First, the super-senior guard punctuated a dominant KU start when he stepped in front of an ill-advised pass out of the post by Houston’s Joseph Tugler and slapped the ball down the court to set up a throwdown in transition. That boosted the Jayhawks to twice the Cougars’ ...
Kansas coach Bill Self said that the crowd Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse for the game against No. 4 Houston was the best it's been all season. “I think our fans were more turned up today," Self said, "because we were playing a team that we know if we didn’t play well, (the other team) could leave out of here happy." He then suggested that KU will find itself on the receiving end of a similar sort of fervor ...
The level of consistent success that Kansas men’s basketball has experienced in its 20-plus years led by Bill Self yields a lot of bafflingly lopsided win-loss statistics. Right up there among the most perplexing of all is this: During Self’s tenure, KU is 13-0 when it faces a higher-ranked, top-five opponent at Allen Fieldhouse. That streak began with a victory over then-No. 3 Michigan State in Self’s ...