It was supposed to be the Kansas size that overwhelmed and swallowed up visiting Fort Hays State during Thursday’s exhibition opener at Allen Fieldhouse. Instead, it was the menacing KU defense that paced the Jayhawks to an 86-56 victory. Led by a combined six steals from starting guards Ochai Agbaji and Marcus Garrett, Kansas ripped off a 17-4 second-half run to gain separation and then cruised from ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas sophomore Devon Dotson rolled his ankle during a recent KU practice and has spent the past couple of days with a walking boot on his right foot. KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World that the injury was “nothing serious” and that Dotson was listed as day to day. With KU opening exhibition play on Thursday night against Fort Hays State at Allen Fieldhouse, there’s a ...
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Wednesday defended his text message conversations with now-convicted former Adidas consultant T.J. Gassnola. Without providing new details about the text exchanges that were entered as evidence during the recent federal trial on corruption in college basketball, Self, speaking at Big 12 media day at Sprint Center, explained that he believed the ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas sophomore Devon Dotson rolled his ankle during Tuesday’s practice and has spent the past couple of days with a walking boot on his right foot. His status for Thursday’s game exhibition opener against Fort Hays State — 7 p.m. on ESPN+ at Allen Fieldhouse — is uncertain. “He probably will not play,” KU coach Bill Self said Wednesday at Big 12 media day at Sprint Center. ...
With so many games automatically placed on the schedule through early season tournaments and conference challenges, putting together an exciting home slate has become tougher for the Kansas men’s basketball program in recent years. That fact, among others, inspired the creation of a new six-game series with longtime rival Missouri, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World late Monday night, [shortly after ...
After transferring to Houston following his freshman season at Kansas, guard Quentin Grimes will be eligible to play for the Cougars during the 2019-20 season. Jeff Goodman, of WatchStadium.com, reported on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon that a waiver filed by Houston requesting that Grimes be declared eligible to play immediately had been granted. According to Goodman, Grimes "won (immediate) eligibility on ...