It’s official: March Madness 2021 will include fans. In a news release announcing the decision on Friday, the NCAA indicated that the various venues in and around Indianapolis that will host this year’s NCAA Tournament will be allowed to fill 25% of capacity for all rounds of the tournament. The event capacity will include all participants, essential staff and family members of each participating ...
The current standings show Kansas just two games back of Baylor in the race for the 2020-21 Big 12 men’s basketball title. Not bad for a team with five conference losses that is chasing a team that has none. Ah, COVID. When will you run out of ways to blow our minds? Two games back with three to play — with one of them coming against the team you’re chasing — certainly would be an interesting ...
While it’s unlikely that the 23rd-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team will hold No. 15 Texas Tech to 40 points or fewer on Saturday in a clash of Top 25 teams at Allen Fieldhouse, the recent trend surrounding the Jayhawks says it’s possible. OK, so that may be a bit of a reach. But in addition to riding a four-game winning streak, the Jayhawks also are enjoying a streak of four consecutive games in which ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Thursday night on his weekly “Hawk Talk” radio show with Brian Hanni that KU has had conversations about adding a game to its schedule for the week between the end of the regular season and the start of the Big 12 tournament. Nothing is imminent. And the Jayhawks may not do anything. But the option to add one more nonconference game exists because of the canceled game ...
It’s been a rough few years for some of the more popular streaks associated with the Kansas men’s basketball team. The Jayhawks’ NCAA-record streak of consecutive Big 12 regular season titles ended at 14 in 2019. And, just over a week ago, KU’s streak of consecutive weeks ranked in the Associated Press poll ended at 231 weeks, another NCAA record. Wednesday’s 59-41 victory over K-State, however, ...
The defense was good, the offense was good enough and the result was more or less what No. 23 Kansas wanted — a 59-41 victory over Sunflower State rival Kansas State in Manhattan on Wednesday night. The win — KU’s fourth in a row and the 13th straight loss by K-State — was the result of the Jayhawks continuing to keep their emphasis on the defensive end above everything else. “I think what our team ...