The increased numerical size and broader geographical footprint of the new-look Big 12 has generated a number of situations in which teams have been scheduled to play back-to-back opponents in the same distant state or region of the country, and so chosen to stick around for a couple days in between games. The first such opportunity didn’t go so well for Kansas last year when it took on Utah in Salt Lake City ...
Jamari McDowell has by any metric exceeded expectations this season. The offseason acquisitions of players like reclassifying freshman wing Kohl Rosario and Loyola-Chicago transfer guard Jayden Dawson seemed poised to push McDowell far down the rotation, especially because both those players came to Lawrence with reputations as reliable 3-point shooters. Instead, McDowell’s development during his redshirt ...
A victory for Kansas men’s basketball on any given Big Monday at Allen Fieldhouse under head coach Bill Self has been a certainty over the last 23 seasons, but the result KU produced on this particular Monday — an impressive 69-56 win over No. 5 Houston — hadn’t looked by any means assured after the Jayhawks got run out of their own gym by unranked Cincinnati two days earlier. They responded with one of ...
It’s quite common for Kansas coach Bill Self to tell reporters a player needs to be more aggressive to develop into a more consistent part of the Jayhawks’ offense. In the case of Tre White, though, with how much he appeared to be pressing during a recent slump, the opposite remedy was in order. “I think he was less aggressive,” Self said of White after KU’s 69-56 win over Houston on Monday, “and ...
The Houston defense was locking Kansas down, as it has stymied so many teams since the Cougars joined the Big 12, for about 17 minutes on Monday night. Then came an 11-0 run before halftime for the Jayhawks, a 24-6 run afterward and key 3-pointers late from Jamari McDowell and Darryn Peterson to prevent any last-minute drama and salt away what became a 69-56 victory for 14th-ranked KU over fifth-ranked Houston ...
The Kansas baseball team posted its first sweep of the season by winning three straight games at McNeese State in Lake Charles, Louisiana, over the weekend. “Proud of the guys,” KU coach Dan Fitzgerald said in a press release. “Sweeps are really hard to do, especially against teams like this. We're going to enjoy this one and get ready for another week." In contrast to their hotly contested opening ...