Pressed into extended action [because of an ankle injury to junior guard Marcus Garrett on Saturday against Villanova,][1] Kansas freshman Christian Braun bobbled the ball on one second-half possession and didn’t blink. The moment was the perfect illustration of the type of poise and confidence Braun displayed in helping Kansas nearly claim a hard-fought road win against the 18th-ranked Wildcats in front of ...
After a 10-0 start to the 2019-20 season, the Kansas women's basketball team is on the Associated Press Top 25 radar. For the second week in a row, KU coach Brandon Schneider's team received votes for a spot in the Top 25, with the Jayhawks earning a single vote a week ago and grabbing four votes in this week's poll. KU, which won at Saint Louis over the weekend, will close out its nonconference schedule on ...
Kansas center Udoka Azubuike is pretty sure how he would have responded if, two years ago, you had told him he would still be in Lawrence for his senior season with the Jayhawks in 2019. “I would probably have cussed at you,” Azubuike recently told the Journal-World. “I didn’t expect it. But it’s life, you know? A lot of stuff happens. A lot of situations happen. And you just have to live with it. ...
Philadelphia — The No. 1 spot at the top of the college basketball polls will remain a revolving door for at least another week thanks to top-ranked Kansas’ 56-55 loss to No. 18 Villanova on Saturday at Wells Fargo Center. Just three days after his team became the fifth squad to slide into the No. 1 spot in the polls this season, Kansas coach Bill Self accurately predicted that his Jayhawks would not be ...
No X-ray was taken on [the injured right ankle of Kansas junior Marcus Garrett,][1] according to KU coach Bill Self. In a text message to the Journal-World on Sunday evening, Self also said that Garrett was “doing better.” Injured late in the first half of [Saturday’s 56-55 loss to No. 18 Villanova,][2] Garrett left the floor with around four minutes remaining in the half and did not return to the ...
Philadelphia — Kansas coach Bill Self needed just three words to communicate his thoughts on his team’s late-game execution in Saturday’s 56-55 loss to No. 18 Villanova at Wells Fargo Center. “It was awful,” Self noted. After a grind-it-out affair in which both teams shoot less than 44% and Villanova attempted a school-record 41 3-pointers, the top-ranked Jayhawks found themselves up four with the ...