I’ve covered Kansas basketball for a long time and seen all kinds of teams and outcomes.
But I can’t recall any team that overcame quite as much as the 2022-23 squad, which saw its season come to an end in heartbreaking fashion Saturday night in Des Moines, Iowa.
A damn good Arkansas team delivered the final blow to a team that took punch after punch all season and kept standing.
Having to face the ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Des Moines, Iowa — It’s a simple gesture that lasts no more than a second, and if you’re not watching closely, you’ll miss it.
It happens every game, during the starting lineup introductions, and has for all 35 Kansas basketball games this season and the final 10 or so a season ago.
After hearing his name called by the public address announcer and racing out to mid-court to shake hands with his ...
