WRITER: Matt Tait

Matt Tait: Motivated KU women proving they're playing in the wrong tournament and having fun doing it

One of the hardest things to do in sports is to play hard in a game they tell you doesn’t matter. Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse, it was clear that no one told the Kansas women’s basketball team that the WNIT didn’t matter, and the Jayhawks rolled past Missouri, 75-47 in the second round. With the entire team devastated by being left out of the NCAA Tournament just eight days earlier, KU coach ...

Recent Kansas basketball commitment Marcus Adams Jr. reclassifies into 2023 class, plans to join Jayhawks this summer

Recent Kansas basketball commitment Marcus Adams Jr. announced Sunday that he will reclassify into the 2023 class and join the Jayhawks this summer in time for the 2023-24 season. That was presented as a possibility — perhaps even the most likely outcome — when Adams committed to Kansas earlier this month, and he told multiple recruiting services on Sunday that he was ready to make the jump. The ...

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self ruled out for Saturday's 2nd-round clash with Arkansas

Des Moines, Iowa — The top-seeded Kansas men's basketball team will be without head coach Bill Self for a fifth consecutive game when it takes on No. 8 seed Arkansas in today's second round. KU officially ruled Self out for the contest just after 10 a.m. on Saturday. Assistant coach Norm Roberts will continue to serve as the team's acting head coach in Self's absence. The Jayhawks (28-7) and Razorbacks ...

Agony at the end: Top-seeded Kansas falls to No. 8 seed Arkansas in 72-71 heartbreaker at NCAA Tournament

Des Moines, Iowa — For a team that tied its entire identity to pulling out tough games no matter how dire the circumstances, the final scenes of a wild and crazy 2022-23 Kansas basketball season looked odd. It also seemed fitting. If this ride was going to end, this was probably the way it was always destined to be. Standing at the free throw line down by a pair with three seconds to go in their season, ...

KU-Arkansas Notebook: Harris plays through ankle sprain, Self still absent

Des Moines, Iowa — Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris Jr. gutted out all 20 minutes in the second half on a bad right ankle to try to lead the Jayhawks to second-round NCAA Tournament win over Arkansas but came up just short, falling 72-71 to end the season. Harris, who has had ankle and foot injuries throughout the season was injured late in the first half when he landed on the legs of a photographer out of ...

KU-Arkansas Notebook: Self status, team comps, Big 12 vs. SEC chatter and more

Des Moines, Iowa — For the eighth day in a nine-day span, the health and availability of head coach Bill Self was a popular topic on Friday at Wells Fargo Arena. While the top-seeded Jayhawks were busy discussing their preparation for Saturday’s clash with No. 8 seed Arkansas — 4:15 p.m. tipoff on CBS — several of them were asked if there was any new news on Self’s status. The short answer was no. ...