WRITER: Matt Tait

Game day breakdown: Kansas basketball at Iowa State

Kansas Jayhawks (14-7 overall, 8-5 Big 12) vs. Iowa State Cyclones (2-13 overall, 0-10 Big 12) Time: 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021 Location: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa TV: ABC | 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. Follow the ...

Hot Like Fire: KU trio goes nuts in 97-64 Kansas victory over Iowa State

Because of COVID-19 issues, poor play and a whole bunch of losses, Iowa State’s 2020-21 basketball season has largely resembled something out of a horror flick. On Thursday, the Cyclones encountered a three-headed monster at Allen Fieldhouse and stood no chance, falling 97-64 to Kansas. It marked one of those rare nights this season when multiple Jayhawks were clicking at the same time. And KU’s trio of ...

Notebook: Back-to-back wins for the first time in more than a month leaves Jayhawks feeling good

Winning back-to-back games for the first time in more than a month put a few smiles on the Jayhawks’ faces following Thursday’s 97-64 win over Iowa State at Allen Fieldhouse. While looking back on the victory, Kansas coach Bill Self just kept going when listing off the names of the KU players who played well against the Cyclones. And Self was even in the mood to give some of his guys a hard time during his ...

Kansas freshman Bryce Thompson back at practice, eyeing possible Thursday return

Kansas freshman Bryce Thompson has started practicing again. Sidelined for the past several weeks and all but one of the Jayhawks’ past 11 games, with back and finger injuries, Thompson is nearing a return to the court and could play as soon as Thursday against Iowa State. “I don’t know that this will be the case, but I’m hopeful Bryce will be back,” Kansas coach Bill Self said on his “Hawk ...

Unranked Jayhawks ready to attack rare back-to-back battle with Iowa State

When you’ve been at a place as long as Bill Self has been at Kansas, it’s hard to find things you haven’t done or experienced. But one such adventure is on deck for Self and the Jayhawks, who will play Iowa State in back-to-back games later this week, Thursday at home (6 p.m. on ESPN) and Saturday in Ames, Iowa (2 p.m. on ABC). “We’re playing them back to back, so I better like it,” Self said ...

Matt Tait: Clint Bowen the perfect pick to lead LHS football

There are a couple dozen different reasons why Clint Bowen being named the next football coach at Lawrence High makes sense and should be celebrated. But one of those reasons, which Bowen hopes will tie him to some of the great Lawrence High coaches of the past, makes Bowen a dream hire for the Lions. After two-and-a-half decades of college coaching, which included caring for and leading kids who came mostly ...