Although he’s been back in the lineup for a few weeks, freshman guard Bryce Thompson has still been battling through his recovery from a broken finger that sidelined him earlier this season. On Wednesday, however, one day before the 13th-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team’s wild 67-62 victory over upset-minded UTEP at Allen Fieldhouse, Thompson said his right index finger was “around 97%” healed and ...
When Gradey Dick was in sixth grade, just starting get serious about basketball, his youth coach, Steve Young, who also coached former Kansas star Perry Ellis, told him that with continued hard work he, too, could play basketball at Kansas. Today, Dick is one step closer to making Young’s vision a reality. Just after 7 p.m., on Wednesday night, the Sunrise Christian Academy junior and five-star Class of 2022 ...
No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks (18-8 overall, 12-6 Big 12) vs. UTEP Miners (12-10 overall, 8-8 Conference USA) Time: 7 p.m., Thursday, March 4, 2021 Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas TV: Big 12 Now/ESPN+ | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Visit KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @bentonasmith & @SJacksonLJW Keys for ...
Although Thursday’s game between No. 13 Kansas and visiting UTEP at Allen Fieldhouse was added at the last minute, it will hardly be a new experience for a couple of people on the Miners’ roster. UTEP coach Rodney Terry and junior guard Jamal Bieniemy both have experienced the game day atmosphere in Lawrence, with Bieniemy having played in Allen Fieldhouse during each of the past two seasons while at ...
Throughout his career as a radio play-by-play announcer, Voice of the Jayhawks, Brian Hanni, has been able to feed off of the electric sights and sounds around him. But for six recent University of Kansas men’s basketball road games, Hanni and broadcast partner Greg Gurley were tasked with calling the action from a mostly empty booth on the eighth floor of David Both Kansas Memorial Stadium instead of ...
When the 2020-21 men’s basketball schedule was finalized, Saturday’s home showdown with Baylor was a game that every Kansas fan circled immediately. At the time, most thought the game could determine the Big 12 champion and be in the running for game of the year in college basketball. It wasn’t quite that, but for No. 17 Kansas, the 71-58 win over the second-ranked and previously unbeaten Bears might ...