Des Moines, Iowa — As the point guard and one of the leaders of the Kansas basketball program, KU’s Dajuan Harris Jr. has an important role no matter who he’s facing or when the game takes place.
That certainly will be the case in the top-seeded Jayhawks’ first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with No. 16 seed Howard on Thursday, — 1 p.m. tipoff on TBS — when Harris is asked to check Howard point ...
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 — 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 — 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 ...
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 ...
For Kansas forward Jalen Wilson, a second chance born from a surprise development elsewhere wound up benefiting Wilson, the KU basketball program and Kansas coach Bill Self in ways nobody could have imagined.
“I screwed it up in high school,” Self said of recruiting Wilson. “He was a Kansas guy. He was ready to go. At least that’s what we were told. And I didn’t pull the trigger. We went from being ...
