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 ...
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 ...
There’s been a fair amount of outrage tossed toward the NCAA Tournament selection committee in the aftermath of the committee’s decision to seed Houston above Kansas in the upcoming Big Dance.
Understandably so. The committee got that one wrong.
Kansas had by far the better resumé — it wasn’t even close — and the Jayhawks missed out on a chance to play key tournament games right down the road in ...
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 ...
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 ...
