Looked to by many as one of the strongest leaders on the 2019-20 Kansas basketball team, junior guard Marcus Garrett recently shared some of his thoughts and emotions about the abrupt end to KU’s season. “It was a great season,” Garrett said. “We had a lot of fun. We did great things – went undefeated on the road, won the Big 12 outright. I felt like we had chemistry kind of like no other.” At a ...
During a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon, Kansas coach Bill Self said from his home in Lawrence that his players believed they were “built” to make a run to a national title. But Self also said anyone prepared to hand the Jayhawks any kind national championship hardware as a result should be prepared to place “a huge asterisk on both sides of it.” “This would be the one particular ...
For the past couple of days, Kansas basketball fans, along with fans of the college game in general, had held out hope that Selection Sunday might still be worth celebrating even with no NCAA Tournament to play beyond it. The thinking was this: Even though the tournament will not be played because of growing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, it still would be fun to see what the bracket would have ...
Former Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland was on the course this week when the PGA Tour decided to postpone the 2020 season through the Masters because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. Like people from all walks of life, Woodland was bummed. But it wasn’t just the unexpected break in his season that had the 2019 U.S. Open champion reeling. He also was down about missing out on watching his ...
The end of any Kansas basketball season brings with it questions about the immediate futures of a handful of Jayhawks. Despite the odd ending, the aftermath of the 2019-20 season is no different. While seniors Udoka Azubuike and Isaiah Moss are done, a couple of underclassmen could have decisions to make. According to his mother, however, freshman wing Jalen Wilson is not one of them. “Jalen loves KU and ...
After testing the NBA waters following his freshman season at Kansas, point guard Devon Dotson’s decision about what to do after Year 2 has arrived sooner than anyone could have imagined. With college basketball’s postseason being called off Thursday over concerns of the spread of the coronavirus, the focus now shifts to what’s next. While that question carries with it a fair amount of uncertainty for ...