It’s one thing for a head college football coach gifted with an extra month of practices to talk about the benefit of those sessions extending far beyond the current season. It’s another for the players themselves to see that side of things. That’s been the case for the 2022 Kansas Jayhawks, who will be making the first bowl appearance for the school in 14 years later this month at the Liberty Bowl in ...
You don’t have to be paying close attention to the Kansas men’s basketball season to realize that KU coach Bill Self has not been too reliant on his bench so far this season. But the numbers paint an even clearer picture. According to KenPom.com, Kansas ranks 305th nationally in bench minutes through the season’s first 10 games, with Self’s reserves playing just 25.6% of the time. That’s notably ...
Fresh off of the best offensive game of his Kansas career, it could be KJ Adams’ defense that matters most in the 8th-ranked Jayhawks’ Saturday showdown with No. 14 Indiana. But whether Adams is the one Kansas will turn to to try to slow down Indiana big man Trayce Jackson-Davis, who is having a fantastic season to date, remains to be seen. And his effectiveness against the 6-foot-9, 245-pound Hoosier is ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self pulled out an old trick during the Jayhawks’ practices leading up to last Saturday’s rout of Missouri in Columbia. And it’s one that dates all the way back to KU’s matchup with UAB in the Sweet 16 in St. Louis during the 2004 NCAA Tournament. That UAB team, which was seeded ninth and upset No. 1 Kentucky in Round 2, was led by head coach Mike Anderson, the former ...
Former Kansas football coach David Beaty has landed a new coaching gig with Florida Atlantic University, according to a report from FootballScoop.com. The report indicates that Beaty will join FAU coach Tom Herman’s coaching staff and have “a prominent role in shaping the offense.” His specific title has not yet been announced. The job will represent Beaty’s first full-time college coaching gig since ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team ended a nearly-10-year drought by breaking into the Associated Press Top 25 poll on Monday, at No. 22 overall. The Jayhawks, who topped Wichita State 72-52 at home on Sunday to move to 9-0 on the season, cracked this week’s Top 25 largely behind the strength of their 77-50 road win at No. 12 Arizona last week. The Wildcats (7-1) dropped eight spots to No. 20. Entering ...