WRITER: Matt Tait

Notebook: Bill Self says KU basketball transfer big man Cam Martin will redshirt

New York City — Super-senior forward Cam Martin did not play during Tuesday’s 87-74 victory over Michigan State at Madison Square Garden because he has decided to take a redshirt this season. Kansas coach Bill Self announced the move during his pregame radio appearance. A 6-foot-9, 230-pound transfer from Division-II Missouri Southern State, Martin was a multi-time All-American for former KU guard Jeff ...

Game day breakdown: No. 3 Kansas basketball vs. Michigan State

2021 CHAMPIONS CLASSIC No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (0-0) vs. Michigan State Spartans (0-0) Time: 6 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021 | Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Keys for Kansas 1. Defense wins It should come as no surprise to Kansas fans that KU coach Bill Self has emphasized defense during the early stages of the 2021-22 season. But it might come as a ...

The Full Remy: Senior guard's Kansas debut delivers the complete experience & a sign of what's to come

While all of the past numbers and preseason honors certainly painted Kansas guard Remy Martin as an automatic starter with the Jayhawks this season, Kansas coach Bill Self showed Wednesday night that nothing is a given with this program. And Martin, who finished with 15 points, four assists and one turnover off the bench in the 86-60 exhibition victory over Emporia State, seemed to receive the message loud and ...

'We've got to get better' Kansas basketball putting in extra court time to prepare for season opener vs. Michigan State

By the time tipoff rolled around for the Kansas men’s basketball program’s exhibition game against Emporia State on Wednesday night, the Jayhawks already had practiced twice that day. Once at 7 a.m. And again at 2 p.m. The reason was simple. “We’ve got to get better,” Kansas coach Bill Self said after the 86-60 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. “We play on Tuesday, so it's crunch time.” With ...

Delayed debut: KU guard Remy Martin brings fire, production off the bench to lead Kansas past Emporia State, 86-60

Wednesday night was a night of so many firsts for the third-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team in its lone exhibition game of the season, an 86-60 victory over Emporia State. But none of them quite popped like seeing transfer guard Remy Martin in action — off the bench, no less. The former Arizona State Sun Devil, who beat Kansas twice in his ASU career, finished his unofficial KU debut with 15 points, ...

Kansas Basketball Notebook: 14 play vs. Emporia State, but Self says redshirts will be considered

With 14 scholarship players on this year’s roster and talent up and down the lineup, Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self will have his hands full with figuring out how to find enough playing time to keep everyone happy. That was easier to do during last Saturday’s closed-door scrimmage with Tulsa and Wednesday night’s 86-60 exhibition victory over Emporia State at Allen Fieldhouse. But it could be a ...