The first time Matt Watts realized his nephew Marcus Garrett could really play defense came when Garrett was 8 years old.
Playing with kids his own age, for his uncle Nakia Gibbs’ parks and rec squad in Dallas, Garrett, now a junior at Kansas, wanted to make the jump to Watts’ team.
One problem: Watts’ team featured players a lot older than Garrett, who on Wednesday was named college basketball’s ...
Pay cuts taken by coaches in the Iowa State University athletic department this week will not be replicated at the University of Kansas for now, KU Athletic Director Jeff Long said.
Despite the financial impact of cancellations brought about by the COVID-19 crisis, Long said Thursday he was confident that Kansas Athletics Inc., KU's nonprofit corporation, would complete the school year with a balanced budget. ...
Kansas junior Marcus Garrett on Wednesday backed up his status as the best defender in the Big 12 Conference by winning the national 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award.
Garrett beat out Duke’s Tre Jones, Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans and Baylor’s Mark Vital to win this year’s title as the best defensive player in college basketball. The announcement was made just after 11 a.m. on a live stream ...
Future Jayhawk Bryce Thompson will go down in the KU record books and media guides as a McDonald’s All American — but unlike All Americans in years past, he won’t get the chance to play in the annual high school showcase game.
The McDonald’s All American game, which was originally slated for Wednesday night in Houston, was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I kind of expected it because ...
Kansas center Udoka Azubuike has added another honor to his long list of accolades from the 2019-20 season.
Already the Big 12 Player of the Year, a multi-time All-American honoree and the NABC’s Defensive Player of the Year, Azubuike on Tuesday picked up a first team All-American distinction from the Senior CLASS Award.
Marquette’s Markus Howard was the recipient of this year’s Senior CLASS Award, ...
One week after watching teammate Marcus Garrett become a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award, KU senior Udoka Azubuike on Monday received national hardware for his work on the defensive end of the floor.
The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Azubuike the top defender in the nation this year for his dominance on the glass and as a shot blocker.
In 31 games, the 7-foot ...
