Marcus Garrett's list of preseason honors grew by one on Monday, with the Bob Cousy Award naming the Kansas senior to their preseason watch list. Garrett, who last week was named to the preseason all-Big 12 team, is the reigning Naismith Defensive Player of the Year and the Jayhawks' top returner from last season's 28-3 team. As a junior in 2019-20, the versatile guard from Dallas led the Big 12 in assists ...
I’d like to introduce you to KU’s mystery man for the 2020-21 season. You know his name. You’ve even seen him play. But, yet, you still don’t quite know what to make of him heading into his second season with the program. The reason? He didn’t exactly play in his first season, logging just a minute or so in the season opener against Duke and then suffering what became a season-ending injury within ...
Former Oklahoma basketball coach Billy Tubbs, one of the most popular villains of the 1980s in the world of Kansas basketball, died Sunday at age 85. Tubbs, whose fast-paced, in-your-face brand of basketball made opponents squirm and OU fans squeal with delight during his time with the Sooners from 1980-94, was as popular for his crazy antics on the sideline and in celebrations as he was for his coaching ...
Although there still is no official word on the season-opening event that would pit Kansas against Gonzaga and Saint Joseph’s in late November in Fort Myers, Fla., Kansas coach Bill Self said Friday that he and Gonzaga coach Mark Few were “committed to playing each other.” “So hopefully that’ll all come to be,” he added. “I know they’re in the negotiating stages and trying to finalize some ...
Add Kansas basketball coach Bill Self to the list of people in the area who are in full support of Kansas City, Mo., making a push to become the temporary home of the Toronto Raptors. Self was asked on Friday about the Raptors’ potential need to relocate for the 2020-21 NBA season because of travel restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, and he did not hesitate to offer his opinion about the ...
For the first time in 10 years, a program other than Kansas has been picked to win the Big 12 men’s basketball title in 2020-21. The Baylor Bears, many people’s preseason pick to be the No. 1 team in the country, edged out KU at the top of the Big 12 coaches poll on Thursday, picking up six more points (79-73) and four more first-place votes (7-3) than the second-place Jayhawks. It marks the first time ...