The outlook for Kansas freshman Gethro Muscadin during the 2020-21 season changed dramatically in mid-October, when KU senior Silvio De Sousa announced he was leaving the team. Just like that, Muscadin went from a likely redshirt candidate with little chance at playing any kind of real role to a valuable part of KU's front court rotation. As such, the pressure for Muscadin to get up to speed sooner rather ...
No matter how talented or how many stars they bring to town with them, every freshman basketball player at the University of Kansas goes through some type of an adjustment period. Bryce Thompson, a five-star freshman guard from Tulsa, Okla., recently walked us through his. “So say I break my defender down at the top of the key. I get down through the paint and Dave (McCormack) steps up,” Thompson began ...
The Kansas men's basketball team will open the season against perennial powerhouse Gonzaga, but it will be a day later than many expected. KU on Friday officially announced its season-opening game with Gonzaga, slated for Nov. 26 — Thanksgiving Day — in Fort Myers, Fla., at Suncoast Credit Union Arena. Tipoff is slated for 12:30 p.m., and the game will be shown on FOX Sports. The game is the first for KU ...
Back in March, in the aftermath of the shocking cancelation of the 2020 postseason, the conversation around Kansas basketball quickly shifted to the 2020-21 season. No matter how a season ends, talk about the season ahead always seems to surface. One of the most popular topics that is always addressed is what the next team's starting lineup will look like. I'll be honest: I had Harris in a lot of my lineups. ...
The Kansas men's basketball team is no closer to setting its rotation for the upcoming season today than it was when practices first began a few weeks ago, but that's not because KU coach Bill Self is without options. “It's a different guy every day right now,” Self said during a Zoom meeting with the media on Thursday, when asked who had stood out the most during recent team scrimmages. “There's been ...
National reports of Indianapolis as the site for KU's Champions Classic game with Kentucky, slated for Dec. 1 on KU's official schedule, surfaced Thursday, but there still has been no official announcement confirming that. “I do believe that the game is going to happen,” Kansas coach Bill Self said Thursday. “I do believe it'll be a neutral site. But I don't think anything's been settled yet.” That ...