With roughly a month still to go before the first official practice of the 2021-22 Kansas basketball season, KU coach Bill Self is starting to take inventory of what this team has while not putting too much stock in anything just yet.
“We’re a deep team,” Self said Monday before teeing off at his annual golf tournament to benefit the Boy Scouts of America at The Jayhawk Club. “And we’re an old team. ...
With every player back from the shortened 2020 season and the biggest roster the program has ever had, Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard believes the Jayhawks are well positioned to start climbing back toward the top of the Big 12 Conference.
Memories of consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament and even the program’s first ever Final Four berth in 2015 are still fresh in many minds around the program. And ...
The number of former Kansas women’s soccer players playing professionally has increased drastically during the last five years, and head coach Mark Francis believes that’s a product of the way his team prepares and plays.
As Francis and his coaching staff travel to homes and soccer fields to recruit the next crop of KU players, one of the first things they hear from the players they target is that they ...
Building depth throughout a roster without a single senior will be a key part of the 2021 Kansas cross country season for both the men and the women.
Two weeks removed from the season-opening Bob Timmons Classic, KU coach Michael Whittlesey emphasized that while both teams have quality returners at the top of their lineups, the team’s success this season may depend on how hard their teammates can push them. ...
It’s a year of firsts for some of the most visible Lawrence High sports positions, as the Lions will be led by both a new athletic director and new football coach in 2021.
Mike Gillman takes over for Nick Wood in the AD office and football newcomer Clint Bowen steps in to coach the high school program he played for after a long coaching career at the college level.
Beyond that, recent renovations to the ...
According to [a Thursday report from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,][1] it appears that University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod is part of a sub-committee charged with looking into potential Big 12 expansion, as the winds of realignment blow back toward the middle of America.
In the report, Texas Tech Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt reportedly said he, Baylor AD Mack Rhoades and “presidents” from Iowa ...
