Kansas sophomore KJ Adams was asked before the Big 12 tournament what he learned about making the transition to the postseason with last year that could help the Jayhawks this time around. His answer had everything to do with the 2021-22 national title team’s mental approach. “Everybody from last year had a different mindset that a lot of teams didn’t have,” Adams said. “They were really focused ...
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 ...
Regular season polls might not mean much in the big picture of who cuts down the nets in April, but this season, more than ever, they were a great indicator of just how wide open the race for the national title really is. Forget about the No. 1 spot changing hands as often as it did. There were many weeks this season when the entire top 10 had to be reworked, with a wild number of teams crawling into the top ...
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 ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has been released from the University of Kansas Health System and returned to his home in Lawrence, KU announced Sunday afternoon about an hour before the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS. The news release noted that Self was in “good condition.” In a statement, Self said he was “so thankful for the amazing staff at the University of Kansas Health System for the ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team will begin its national title defense as a No. 1 seed. That much was known well before the official announcement on Sunday. What was unknown until Sunday, however, was where the Jayhawks would land in the bracket. Instead of going to the Midwest region, which runs through Kansas City, Missouri, in the third and fourth rounds, Kansas was sent out west, which will hold its ...