Moments after completing a comeback from two sets down against in-state rival Kansas State on Saturday night, Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard shared a message with his team about its postseason fate. “The first thing I said was, ‘Well, number one, I know you're going to at least be tied for third in the league, and, number two, I can't imagine they’re going to keep you out of the NCAA Tournament,” ...
Kissimmee, Fla. — After combining to coach more than 2,000 college basketball games and racking up more than 1,500 victories, Kansas coach Bill Self and Iona coach Rick Pitino finally faced one another on Sunday at HP Field House. The first ever meeting between the two Hall of Fame coaches went to Self’s Jayhawks, who entered as a double-digit favorite and won 96-83. But the experience of coaching against ...
The Kansas volleyball program strengthened its case for an NCAA Tournament bid on Saturday night by coming back from two sets down to top Kansas State in Manhattan. After dropping the first two sets 25-21 and 25-20, the Jayhawks outscored the Wildcats 65-49 in the next three sets, including a 25-16 edge in the third set and a 15-12 margin in the fifth and final set. The win moved the Jayhawks to 16-11 ...
No. 4 Kansas Jayhawks (4-1) vs. Iona Gaels (6-1) Time: 12 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 Location: HP Field House, ESPN Wide World of Sports, Kissimmee, Fla. TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Keys for Kansas 1. This one’s about pride The goal for Kansas when they left for Orlando was to bring home another tournament championship. But extending their streak of consecutive in-season tournament ...
Kissimmee, Fla. — The ending was almost too outrageous to believe, but the sobering reality of losing to Dayton as a double-digit favorite on a buzzer-beater was not just a bad dream for fourth-ranked Kansas. It happened. It hurt. And it came after yet another classic contest between these two programs. “That was a battle,” Dayton coach Anthony Grant said after his team’s 74-73 victory at HP Field ...
Kissimmee, Fla. — Friday’s wild win by Dayton over fourth-ranked Kansas marked the second time in three seasons that the Jayhawks and Flyers have played a memorable November basketball game. In the title game of the Maui Invitational in 2019, KU outlasted Anthony Grant’s Flyers in one of those instant-classic games that featured overtime and was talked about for months. Friday’s 74-73 Dayton win was ...