Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self weighed in on the recent addition of Canadian guard Nginyu Ngala in a press release issued on Tuesday afternoon, after Ngala had signed with KU on Friday. Self said that KU filled the last roster spot it had remaining by bringing in Ngala, a 5-foot-10 point guard from Montreal, Quebec, who most recently played at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. “(We) ...
Tre White didn’t necessarily have any preconceived notions about where he might land when he entered the transfer portal looking for his fourth school in four years. But when Kansas was one of the first programs that came calling, it seemed fitting. “Then it just kind of registered with me and my people — like, full-circle moment,” White said. The circle took nearly six years to close. In the summer ...
In three straight years, the Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament has exited in the round of 16, and in each of the last two the former Jayhawks have come just three points away from a trip to the quarterfinals. Twice their vanquisher was Heartfire and once it was Team Colorado, but on all three occasions this modern incarnation has suffered third-round losses. Instead of facing off with the ...
Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self has been released from the hospital, KU Athletics announced on Saturday. “I want to thank all the amazing doctors and nurses at LMH Health for the excellent care I received during my stay there," Self said in a statement. "I feel strong and am excited to be home. Our team has had a productive summer and look forward to our batteries being recharged and prepping for this ...
When safety Landon Nelson joined the Kansas football team as a 168-pound preferred walk-on who “didn’t talk at all," then-first-year head coach Lance Leipold and strength coach Matt Gildersleeve saw potential in him. “They forced me to be uncomfortable,” Nelson said. “They forced me to push myself.” Nelson had no preconception entering college in 2021 that he was going to be an every-down player on ...
In past years, Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels took on a particular look when he was truly locked in. Strength coach Matt Gildersleeve called it his “game-day eyes” — presumably because it was most closely associated with some dozen days a year on which the Jayhawks were about to go to battle. “You see that every day now,” Gildersleeve said, “and you’ve seen it since January.” Gildersleeve ...