Thanks to some red hot shooting from the outside and lockdown defense in the second half, the third-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team did not need its home crowd of 2,500 fans to help pull it through another down-to-the-wire war with West Virginia. But if the Jayhawks had needed the extra energy from their home fans, Kansas coach Bill Self believed it would have been there. “I thought the crowd was ...
Junior forward David McCormack delivered the kind of showing third-ranked Kansas believed it would need from him to knock off No. 7 West Virginia on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. But more important than the 10 points and 11 rebounds McCormack recorded in a season-high 32 minutes on the court, was something he said off of it after the victory. Asked if Tuesday night’s game was the most comfortable he ...
Another battle with West Virginia at Allen Fieldhouse ended with the third-ranked Jayhawks running away from the visitors, 79-65, to move to 8-1 on the season, 2-0 in Big 12 play and 9-0 all-time at home against the Mountaineers. On a night when even a seven-point lead didn’t seem like much of a cushion most of the way, the Jayhawks surged ahead by outdoing the Mountaineers on the glass and out-shooting Bob ...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made what’s normally a no-brainer for college basketball coaches and players alike something to think twice about in 2020. But both Kansas coach Bill Self and West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said recently that they planned to allow their players to head home for the holidays following Tuesday’s 79-65 KU victory. Normally, the Jayhawks play their final game before Christmas on the ...
No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (7-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) vs. No. 7 West Virginia Mountaineers (7-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) Time: 8 p.m. Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan. TV: ESPN2 | 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. Rebound, rebound, ...
Everybody seems to have an opinion on why the College Football Playoff got it wrong this year or why the system is broken. I just have a question: What’s new? Sure, there have been seasons when it has been much more clear who the four best teams in college football have been. But there have been other seasons that have been equally as messed up. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame are this year's ...