Out of all the ways the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the 2020-21 college basketball season, Kansas coach Bill Self says the changes made to the format of the 2021 NCAA Tournament could be some of the most enjoyable. With all 68 teams headed to Indiana this week, the majority of them will be in Indianapolis, where 55 of the tournament’s 67 games will take place. Self said recently that four Indianapolis hotels ...
With third-seeded Kansas shorthanded entering the 2021 NCAA Tournament, KU coach Bill Self was certain that some of his reserves would need to step up in the week ahead to help Kansas survive and advance. “Oh, there’s no question,” Self said Sunday evening after the bracket was revealed. One player whom Self singled out emphatically was junior Tyon Grant-Foster, a juco transfer in his first year with ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team received a No. 3 seed in the West region in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, and KU coach Bill Self said that the COVID-19 issues that kept the Jayhawks from finishing the Big 12 tournament had not created any further problems. “Knock on wood, we think we’re in as good a shape as we can be in,” Self said in a Zoom call with reporters after the bracket came out. “We’re ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self’s streak of top 4 seeds or better is alive and well, as the 11th-ranked Jayhawks enter the 2021 NCAA Tournament as a No. 3 seed in the West. Kansas will face 14th-seeded Eastern Washington in the first round next Saturday in Indianapolis. Game times will be announced later tonight. KU is in a region with No. 1 overall seed Gonzaga, No. 2 seed Iowa, No. 4 seed Virginia, ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program did just about everything imaginable this season to keep its players safe while playing in the middle of a pandemic. Strict rules for the locker room, meals, travel and day-to-day life helped the Jayhawks navigate the regular season without incident. So even with COVID-19 creeping into the KU huddle this week — David McCormack and Tristan Enaruna missed the Big 12 ...
Despite withdrawing from the Big 12 tournament Friday morning after a positive COVID-19 test result, the 11th-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team is projected to be seeded among the top 16 teams in the 2021 NCAA Tournament field. Most of the latest projections have the Jayhawks (20-8) as a 3 seed, but there are still some prognosticators out there who believe that Kansas could be a 4 seed. Before the Big ...