Kansas City, Mo. — There’s just something about the color orange on the back end of a three-game tournament that doesn’t sit quite well with Kansas. Already having suffered a lopsided loss to Tennessee (64-50) in the title game of the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas four months ago, the Jayhawks dropped a similar contest to Texas on Saturday, falling 76-56 at T-Mobile Center in the ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Acting Kansas basketball coach Norm Roberts said after KU’s 76-56 loss to Texas in the Big 12 game that he thought Saturday’s game would be the Jayhawks’ last without head coach Bill Self. “He’s doing well,” Roberts said of Self, who remained hospitalized at the University of Kansas Hospital on Saturday night. “We plan on him coaching next week.” Self was admitted into ...
Kansas City, Mo. — It was far more than Jalen Wilson’s red-hot shooting start and 12th double-double of the season that kept acting Kansas coach Norm Roberts calm during Friday’s 71-58 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 semifinals at T-Mobile Center. The real work started long before tipoff. One day after an emotional win over West Virginia that came with head coach Bill Self in the hospital, Roberts ...
Kansas City, Mo. — There’s never really a right time to hear that someone — anyone — has been admitted to the hospital for a potentially scary situation that could affect their longterm health. But for those of us in the storytelling business, Thursday was, in a way, the right day for that news to hit the Kansas basketball beat. The day started with news of KU coach Bill Self being at the University ...
Updated: 4:55 p.m. Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was at the University of Kansas hospital instead of T-Mobile Center for the top-seeded Jayhawks’ 78-61 win over West Virginia on Thursday, and the KU leader will miss the rest of the Big 12 tournament. Self was admitted to the hospital late Wednesday night to recover from an illness and was said to be “doing well and ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Top-seeded Kansas’ maturity was on full display during a 78-61 win over No. 8 seed West Virginia at the Big 12 tournament on Thursday. Playing without head coach Bill Self, who was hospitalized late Wednesday night and missed Thursday’s game, the Jayhawks took it upon themselves to handle their business and the Mountaineers. While that certainly seemed to be easier said than done, ...