A federal investigation into college basketball and a lawsuit from a former football coach in his first five months on the job presented unusual challenges for Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long. But, still, the task at the top of Long’s mind is the same one that has been a traditional worry for any KU athletic director. “To be candid, where I’m most concerned is filling the stadium,” said Long of ...
It’s been a little more than six weeks since Jalen Wilson first stepped foot on KU’s campus with the knowledge that he would be wearing crimson and blue next season. And in that short time, Wilson has immersed himself in all things Kansas basketball tradition. Talking about his adjustment to KU and Lawrence in a short video put out by the KU Basketball Twitter account on Thursday, Wilson zeroed in on some ...
The family of Max Falkenstien, in conjunction with Kansas Athletics, will host a celebration of life for the late KU broadcaster at 2 p.m. on Aug. 24 at the Lied Center on KU's west campus. Falkenstien, who died Monday at the age of 95, called Kansas basketball and football games on the radio for 60 years before retiring in 2006. Twenty-two of those years were spent as part of the dynamic broadcast team ...
This blog was updated at 3:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Still overseas in Greece, playing with the Netherlands national team in the U18 FIBA European Championship, Kansas freshman Tristan Enaruna's summer run with his countrymen came to an end on Wednesday. Enaruna, who helped the Dutch advance to the Round of 16 by averaging 19.3 points in 33 minutes per game during Group play, has been a key part of his ...
Add another head coach to the Bill Self coaching tree. Former Kansas walk-on Chase Buford, who played for Self at KU from 2007-10, has been named the head coach of the Wisconsin Herd, the NBA’s G League affiliate of the Milwaukee Bucks. Buford, 30, becomes the second head coach in Herd history and takes over fresh off a trip back to Lawrence, where he helped the Self Made alumni squad prepare for the TBT ...
With all of those way-too-early preseason polls now a thing of the past, it’s time to transition into the era of media types making their Final Four picks long before the 2019-20 college basketball season begins or the bracket is even formed. One such prognosticator made his picks public on Tuesday, when Andy Katz, of NCAA.com, pegged KU, Michigan State, Florida and Louisville as his preseason Final Four. ...