WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas-USC to tip off at 8:40 p.m. Monday from Hinkle Fieldhouse

Third-seeded Kansas’ second-round clash with No. 6 seed USC will tip off at 8:40 p.m. central on Monday night at famed Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The game will be televised on CBS, with Ian Eagle, Grant Hill and sideline reporter Jamie Erdahl on the call. Hinkle Fieldhouse, which is home to Butler University and also the state title scenes in the classic basketball movie Hoosiers, has an actual ...

Game day breakdown: No. 3 seed Kansas vs. No. 14 seed Eastern Washington, Round 1 NCAA Tournament

No. 3 seed Kansas Jayhawks (20-8) vs. No. 14 seed Eastern Washington Eagles (16-7) Time: 12:15 p.m., Saturday, March 20, 2021 Location: Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Indianapolis, Ind. TV: TBS | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @bentonasmith & @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. ...

KU junior David McCormack rejoins Jayhawks in Indianapolis

Indianapolis — Kansas forward David McCormack has rejoined his teammates after arriving in Indianapolis on Friday morning, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World. “Yes. The eagle has landed,” Self wrote in a text message. McCormack, who stayed back in Lawrence this week as part of his COVID-19 quarantine, has been cleared to play in Saturday’s 12:15 p.m. opening-round NCAA Tournament game against ...

Kansas senior Marcus Garrett gearing up for potential final tourney run

A little less than 300 days after first setting foot on KU’s campus as a Jayhawk in the summer of 2017, Marcus Garrett found himself playing 18 minutes in a Final Four game. KU’s senior leader has spent most of the 1,084 days since that 2018 night in San Antonio, Texas, fighting to get back to that spot. “Oh yeah,” Garrett said this week. “Knowing how great that felt, knowing all the love and the ...

KU's Christian Braun, Bill Self describe early encounters with life inside the Indianapolis bubble

Kansas sophomore Christian Braun’s first taste of the NCAA Tournament has been different than what most Jayhawks have gone through before him. Braun, who missed out on the opportunity to play in the Big Dance his freshman season because of the pandemic, is one of nine players on KU’s roster going through the NCAA Tournament routine for the first time. While the experience figures to change if they’re ...

Tristan Enaruna tests positive for COVID-19, KU's roster status more clear for opening weekend of NCAA Tournament

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Wednesday cleared up the status of the Jayhawks’ roster for the opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament in the wake of three positive COVID-19 tests in the program. We now know that junior forward David McCormack, redshirt freshman forward Jalen Wilson and sophomore wing Tristan Enaruna, in that order, all tested positive for COVID-19 and that those three are on different ...