Des Moines, Iowa — Howard senior Jelani Williams and the rest of his teammates made it clear on Wednesday morning that they were eager for the challenge of facing top-seeded Kansas on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament. The fact that the matchup — 1 p.m. on TBS from Wells Fargo Arena — will come on the five-year anniversary of the first and still-only time a No. 16 seed upset a No. 1 seed in the Big Dance ...
Des Moines, Iowa — Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. is all the way recovered from the back spasms that have plagued him recently and ready to get things started during his first NCAA Tournament as a member of the Jayhawks. “I don’t feel any pain no more. We got it resolved,” McCullar said during Wednesday’s media session at Wells Fargo Arena, ahead of Thursday’s first-round game with Howard. “Back ...
Des Moines, Iowa — The official word on Kansas basketball coach Bill Self remains that he is “day to day” and that his status for Thursday’s NCAA Tournament opener will be determined on game day. But at least a couple of Jayhawks believe strongly that they’ll have their head coach on the sideline for Thursday’s game. “He will be coaching,” KU forward Jalen Wilson said during the Jayhawks’ ...
Des Moines, Iowa — With his next 3-point make, Kansas guard Gradey Dick will climb into first place on KU’s all-time freshman 3-point shooting list, moving ahead of Jeff Boschee into the top spot. You remember Boschee, the bald-headed shot-maker from the small town in North Dakota, who came to KU with no conscience and left as one of the greatest 3-pointer shooters in Kansas basketball history. Boschee ...
Des Moines, Iowa — Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was the first member of the top-seeded Jayhawks to arrive at the team’s first-round NCAA Tournament site on Tuesday. Self, who was released from the hospital on Sunday after a five-day stay following a stent procedure that kept him away from last week’s Big 12 tournament, made the trip to Des Moines with his family and traveled separately from ...
Late college basketball analyst, Billy Packer, who died in January, was many things to many people associated with the sport. Some good and some not so good. So, it would surprise no one that Packer had built relationships with current Kansas coach Bill Self and former KU coach Roy Williams during his career. But there’s another connection between Packer and Lawrence that goes even deeper than the ...