Kansas led North Carolina by 15 at halftime on Friday night at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks had trailed by that same amount at halftime the previous time the two powerhouse programs met, in the 2022 national title game. What happened next became the stuff of legend: Bill Self asked his team, “Which would be harder, being down nine with two minutes left or being down 15 with 20?”, and they all agreed the ...
Like many head coaches, Kansas’ Lance Leipold often talks about the importance of taking games one at a time. But his Jayhawks, having fallen to 2-6 with a loss in the Sunflower Showdown two weeks ago, now find themselves in a position where they must win out over the next four games to ensure a trip to their third straight bowl game, and as Leipold said on Monday, “Our guys know.” “I don’t want us ...
Ahead of a rare blue-blood battle between Kansas and North Carolina on Friday night, KU coach Bill Self said he was expecting Allen Fieldhouse to be "on fire.” Sure enough, the building, and its crowd, rose to the occasion. After the game, Self said its atmosphere was “a 10.” “I don’t know that it can be turned up much more than what it was for 40 minutes tonight,” he added. The new-look arena, ...
During a season in which the Kansas front four has struggled to generate pressure, its best option for getting after opposing quarterbacks might be a redshirt freshman defensive tackle. Defensive coordinator Brian Borland said as much on Wednesday about Blake Herold, unheralded out of Shenandoah, Iowa, who in rotational action has emerged as one of the Jayhawks’ most promising young players. “(I) tried to ...
For the first time since they met on a fateful Monday night in April, the Kansas and North Carolina men’s basketball teams will share the same court. “Our history is so intertwined,” KU coach Bill Self said on Thursday, “that you can’t help but respect the other because we’re not what we are, either one of us, without the other.” The traditional powerhouses KU and UNC, which competed for the 2022 ...
Benefiting from losses by Iowa State and Kansas State, Colorado moved into second place behind BYU in this week's edition of the Big 12 power rankings. Texas Tech knocked ISU, which faces Kansas this week, from the ranks of the unbeaten and K-State lost to Houston. Meanwhile, BYU, following a bye week, became the unanimous choice for No. 1, receiving all 16 first-place votes from a panel of media that regularly ...