As a wave of positive COVID-19 test results takes it toll on the NBA, the predicament has opened the door for one former Jayhawk to jump back into the league. According to a repot from The Associated Press, the Miami Heat have used 15 players this season and right now, no more than five of those are available to play. As a result, the Heat signed three replacement players on Thursday and were closing in on ...
With so many games canceled or postponed in the last 10 days and the COVID-19 pandemic ripping through college basketball programs from coast to coast, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said he and his staff have tweaked part of their practice routine in recent weeks. “I don’t think we've done much to change anything other than when we practice, we probably don't practice with just five or six on the first ...
Wednesday’s replacement game with Nevada at Allen Fieldhouse went well for the sixth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, who used a mixture of breakout dunks and disruptive defense to rock the Wolf Pack, 88-61. But not every Jayhawk received high marks for his performance. Sure, senior guard Ochai Agbaji scored 16 points on yet another extremely efficient performance that featured 7-of-12 shooting and a series of ...
Nine years after he last played in Allen Fieldhouse and a few weeks after his alma mater made its return, former Missouri Tiger Kim English is leading a program back into Kansas for a date with the Jayhawks. KU officials announced Wednesday afternoon that KU will play English’s George Mason squad at 4 p.m. Saturday. The game was scheduled as a replacement for sixth-ranked Kansas’ postponed Big 12 home ...
You don’t earn an induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame without being able to think ahead a little bit. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self showed recently that his ability to do just that extends beyond anticipating an in-game adjustment or tweaking the scouting report. He also can use the skill to his advantage when it comes to KU’s schedule. Speaking on his weekly “Hawk ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Tuesday that odds were good that the sixth-ranked Jayhawks would be playing on Saturday after all. “I think that’s a very strong possibility,” Self told a group of reporters while previewing Wednesday’s clash with Nevada. On Monday, KU (9-1) was forced to postpone its Big 12 home opener with TCU, scheduled for this Saturday, because of COVID-19 issues within the ...