Kansas coach Bill Self used the word “disappointed” when talking about [freshman Issac McBride’s decision to leave the program last week.][1] But don’t for a second let that lead you to believe the Jayhawks are in bad shape at point guard moving forward. For one, they still have Devon Dotson, who has only gotten better this offseason and proved during his freshman year that he was capable of playing ...
There were dozens of Kansas football players who embodied everything former KU coach Mark Mangino was about as a football coach. But few of them did it with the likable blend of character, class, passion and dogged pursuit of safety Darrell Stuckey. On Thursday, [KU announced that Stuckey would be added to the school’s Ring of Honor][1] at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium during a ceremony on Oct. 26, ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team’s quest to begin a new Big 12 title streak officially will get under way on Jan. 4 at Allen Fieldhouse against West Virginia. The Jayhawks' NCAA-record streak of 14 straight Big 12 regular season titles came to an end last season, when Kansas State and Texas Tech shared the title, two games ahead of KU, which finished third. KU's clash with West Virginia in early January ...
The first three weeks of Kansas football have provided an interesting case study in riding the proverbial roller coaster. Twists and turns, peaks and valleys and thrills and chills all have been a part of the Jayhawks’ 2-1 start under new head coach Les Miles. But 2-1 is 2-1 and, at least in the eyes of the oddsmakers in Las Vegas, the Jayhawks — a 4.5-point home underdog to West Virginia in Saturday’s ...
It’s been a busy stretch of recruiting for the Kansas basketball coaching staff, who traveled around the country last week to check in on some of KU’s top targets in the 2020 class and beyond. Last Monday marked the first day of an open recruiting period that leads up to Nov. 13, the first day of the early signing period, and coaches nationwide made sure to get out on the road to catch up with some of the ...
The weight room gains of dozens of current and future Jayhawks eventually will be traced back to a dog named Hunter. Years before new Kansas basketball strength coach Ramsey Nijem became the youngest strength coach in the NBA, it was Hunter, a black lab/pit bull mix, whose digging in Nijem’s Bay Area backyard uncovered a gold chain that Nijem thought was lost forever. While dozens of classes, three ...