The Kansas football staff wanted to foster an even more competitive environment over the course of the team’s unusually long eight-week offseason. So it started issuing citations to its players. On Feb. 28, early-enrollee freshman cornerback Jalen Todd posted on social media a picture of a tongue-in-cheek “speeding ticket” he had received from strength coach Matt Gildersleeve for running 21.03 miles per ...
Salt Lake City — The day the Kansas men’s basketball team got its NCAA Tournament assignment, head coach Bill Self answered a question about his team’s overall confidence shooting the ball in practice by honing in on one specific player. “I think that when we get Hunter (Dickinson) back, I think he automatically gives you confidence,” Self said Sunday. “He’s different that way, and he’ll give us ...
Updated 8:32 p.m. Tuesday: Salt Lake City — Graduate senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. will not play in the NCAA Tournament as a result of his bone bruise to his knee, Kansas coach Bill Self said Tuesday night. “Kevin says his knee pain has not subsided any and it’s too bad for him to be able to contribute," he said, shortly after the Jayhawks arrived at their hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. However, ...
Last year, the Kansas football team spent practically all of spring practice indoors. Not so this time around, as following an eight-week stretch of offseason training, the Jayhawks officially opened the spring of 2024 Tuesday on their outdoor practice fields. “Our guys have done a great job adapting to working around construction,” head coach Lance Leipold told reporters, “and all the other little ...
Updated 7:20 p.m. Tuesday: Salt Lake City — Kansas center Hunter Dickinson was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press Tuesday morning, the organization announced. A transfer from Michigan, the senior served as one of the Big 12 Conference's leaders in scoring and rebounding all season, tallying an average of 18.0 points and 10.8 rebounds — the only player in the league averaging a ...
The Kansas softball team didn't just win a series against a ranked opponent for the first in 19 years; it finished off a sweep. KU took down Baylor, which had been ranked No. 13 in the country by the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, three times at Arrocha Ballpark over the weekend: 3-2 on Friday, 2-0 on Saturday and 1-0 on Sunday. The victories earned the Jayhawks some national attention of their own; they opened ...