WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas coach Bill Self on the Big 12 race: 'K-State is in the driver's seat'

Ten days ago, after his team’s road loss at Kansas State, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was in no mood to talk about the Big 12 race and his team’s pursuit of a 15th consecutive Big 12 regular season title. Four days ago, after an overtime win at TCU, Self characterized the Jayhawks as being “way back” in the conference title race. And on Thursday, during his weekly news conference at Allen ...

Status of injured KU sophomore Marcus Garrett still in question

The hope all along was that injured sophomore Marcus Garrett would return by Saturday’s home game against West Virginia. But that timeline appears to be moving back just a little. KU coach Bill Self, during his weekly “Hawk Talk” radio show Tuesday night, said the sophomore guard and regular KU starter was still dealing with up-and-down days during his recovery from a high ankle sprain he suffered on ...

National honor the latest indicator of freshman point guard Devon Dotson's rapid development

Mere hours after turning in what Kansas coach Bill Self said “may have been his best game,” freshman point guard Devon Dotson was named the national freshman of the week by CBS Sports and the U.S. Basketball Writers Association. Dotson, who played all 45 minutes and dropped a career-high 25 points and 10 rebounds in KU’s overtime win at TCU on Monday night, averaged 18.7 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.7 assists ...

Jayhawks' locker room a reflection of just how big Monday's road win at TCU really was

Fort Worth, Texas — Freshman guard Ochai Agbaji was out of breath when he took his seat for the postgame meeting with the media following 14th-ranked Kansas’ 82-77, overtime victory at TCU on Monday night. And, sure, dropping 20 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in 41 minutes probably had something to do with it. But the effort Agbaji expended on the reptilian-scaled floor at TCU’s Schollmaier Arena during ...

Mature mindset kept KU sophomore K.J. Lawson ready for Monday's big moment in win over TCU

The circumstances had to present themselves just right for Kansas sophomore K.J. Lawson to be in the position to hit two of the game’s biggest shots during KU’s recent road win over TCU. But once they did, there was not a player on the Kansas roster who questioned whether the sophomore wing would come through. On the floor in the final minutes of Monday’s 82-77, overtime victory at TCU because of ...

Game day breakdown: Kansas basketball at TCU

Kansas Jayhawks (18-6 overall, 7-4 Big 12) vs. TCU Horned Frogs (17-6 overall, 5-5 Big 12) Time: 8 p.m. | Location: Schollmaier Arena, Fort Worth, Texas TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Not going to be home for the game? Sign up for ESPN+ and watch your Hawks on the go. Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait ...