Both Kansas and Iowa State entered Monday night desperate for a win after two inconceivable losses apiece in the past week. In the first half, only one team’s desperation translated to making shots. The Cyclones converted just eight of their 34 attempts from the field over the course of the first 20 minutes, and took far too long to develop any sort of shooting touch in the second. In addition, despite ...
Waco, Texas — After several of its recent victories necessitated late rallies, the Kansas men’s basketball team found itself in the unfamiliar position of playing from ahead in the second half on Saturday afternoon. Perhaps the Jayhawks would have been more comfortable trying to string together another comeback. After leading by as many as 21 points in the first half, KU conceded a 26-6 run to open the ...
Waco, Texas — Kansas coach Bill Self acted as though he had found an easy explanation for KU’s struggles in the final 20 minutes on Saturday afternoon. “I honestly believe the oranges that we ate at halftime that Baylor provided (were) probably the reason why we sucked the second half,” he deadpanned in his postgame press conference. Later, asked about giving up 60 points to Baylor in that half as KU ...
After preventing its conference season from going off the rails with a narrow victory over UCF on Tuesday, the Kansas men’s basketball team has an opportunity to round into form when it travels to face Baylor on Saturday at 3 p.m. The Jayhawks will be looking for their first victory in Waco, Texas, since 2020 after four straight losses between the old Ferrell Center and new Foster Pavilion. They’ve had ...
After the Kansas men’s basketball team suffered a blowout loss at Houston on March 9 in its final regular-season game of the 2023-24 season, KU head coach Bill Self said he regretted having super-senior Kevin McCullar Jr. play in the game. McCullar had been dealing off and on for the prior two months with a bone bruise to his knee that kept him out of action frequently and hampered him when he was able to ...
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald has said that the baseball world took notice of his program’s strong showing in the Big 12 tournament last May, and of the slew of Jayhawks selected in the MLB Draft following the season. At first it was difficult for Fitzgerald himself to reflect on the season in quite the same fashion, after the way KU had given up its lead over conference champion Oklahoma with a trip ...