Believe it or not, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is already talking about playing zone defense. It’s not exactly what you think. Self and his team still want, and plan, to hang their hat on man-to-man defense. But because of the makeup of this year’s roster, there already has been more talk about possibly playing zone than at this point in the season during any of Self’s previous 16 years at Kansas. ...
There still is a long way to go before Kansas basketball coach Bill Self settles in on a set rotation and decides which players will fill which roles for the 2019-20 Jayhawks. But after listening to Self talk at the team’s annual media day on Wednesday, you’d have to be crazy to think freshman guard Christian Braun won’t be a part of the fun. “I think he’s better than what we probably thought he ...
It takes about 10 seconds for anyone talking to him to get a feel for why the Kansas football players like new offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon so much. Funny and full of knowledge, interesting and intelligent, confident and dedicated, Dearmon put all of those traits on display Thursday afternoon at the KU football facility while meeting with the media for the first time since being promoted to O.C. last ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Wednesday that it was not his intent to taunt the NCAA or anyone else with the promotional video and performance by Snoop Dogg at Late Night last week. The rapper’s performance, which featured pole dancers, profanity-laced lyrics and fake $100 bills shot from a money gun into the crowd toward players and recruits, has been a hot topic nationally since last Friday. But so ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Wednesday spoke favorably about the new law in California that allows student-athletes in the state to profit on their name, likeness and image, calling the law “a very, very positive step” that puts the pay-for-play issue “on the front porch of everybody involved with the NCAA.” One day after Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski backed the law at an ACC event, Self offered ...
It’s been nearly two years since Joe Dineen Jr. and the rest of the Kansas football captains walked to midfield at Memorial Stadium and [refused to shake hands with the Oklahoma Sooners and future Heisman Trophy winner Baker Mayfield][1] after the opening coin toss. Evidently, that’s long enough for Mayfield to forget how he felt about that move. After that game, a 41-3 drubbing by the Sooners in ...