Kansas basketball coach Bill Self recently classified the current recruiting landscape as “an inexact science.” And it likely will stay that way through the end of May. After initially declaring recruiting to be in a dead period through April 15 to adjust for the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA last week extended the dead period to May 31. That means no in-person contact for coaches and recruits until at ...
Kansas golfers Andy Spencer and Drew Shepherd are both slated to graduate in May. They’ve been teammates and roommates for the past four years. And now that the NCAA has granted spring sports athletes an extra season of eligibility, they’re both facing unexpected decisions about whether to play another year of college golf or move on with their lives. It’s a decision that could have implications not ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team during the 2019-20 season endured another rough run through its Big 12 Conference schedule. But, as a whole, KU Athletic Director Jeff Long called KU’s fifth season under head coach Brandon Schneider “a small step forward.” “As I evaluate programs, I say, ‘What is it that we don’t have that prevents us from being competitive in women’s basketball,’” Long ...
With games on hold because of COVID-19 and live sports reduced to replays of games gone by, the NBA is working on plans to create a H-O-R-S-E competition, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Wojnarowski’s report indicates that the shot-making competitions would be televised by ESPN, would include “several high-profile players” and would play out in isolation, with the competitors going head-to-head ...
The wait is over for former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton, who on Saturday morning was announced as one of nine members of the 2020 class headed into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The news delighted Kansas coach Bill Self, who himself was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017 and has spent parts of the last 10-plus years making the case to whoever would listen that Sutton ...
Using the tagline, “We’re all in this together,” the Kansas men’s basketball program recently put together a five-minute video encouraging fans and people around the world to stay safe and positive during the pandemic. One by one, the Jayhawks appeared on the screen, most of them from their hometowns, sharing their gratitude for those in the health care industry and other essential workers who have ...