Kansas freshman Devon Dotson has seen so many different looks this week during KU’s preparation for the West Virginia’s vaunted full-court pressure that it temporarily threw off his ability to count correctly. “We’ve been doing different drills,” said Dotson, who will face the Mountaineers for the first time at 1 p.m. Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va. “I think we did 9-on-5, 8-on-5, 6-on-5, just ...
It’s common, in football, for head coaches and offensive coordinators to script the first 15 offensive plays of a game and has been for years. The strategy not only brings a sense of calm and cohesion to the game plan and opening drive but also allows the offense something extra to really focus in on during its practices leading up to game day. Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is willing to do the same ...
Story updated at 8:15 p.m. Thursday A Kansas City-based attorney representing Kansas basketball forward Silvio De Sousa released a statement on De Sousa’s behalf Thursday afternoon and its message was simple. “It’s time for the NCAA to be fair to Silvio and immediately reinstate his eligibility,” wrote Scott Tompsett, of Tompsett Collegiate Sports Law in Kansas City, Mo. In a brief phone interview ...
If Kansas' men's basketball players focus on the right aspects of the game, good things are bound to follow. That's what KU basketball coach Bill Self believes, and it's an idea he's constantly preaching to his team. Thus far this season, there has perhaps been no better example of that philosophy playing out than sophomore Marcus Garrett, who dropped a career-high 20 points in Monday night’s win over ...
According to a Monday report from Seth Davis of The Athletic, the Kansas men’s basketball program is prepared to rule KU sophomore Silvio De Sousa ineligible and request that the NCAA immediately reinstate him. Davis’ report, which cites multiple sources who claim KU is prepared to “formally acknowledge to the NCAA that a violation took place,” answers the question that KU officials would or could not ...
For all of the power and prestige that the burnt orange brand represents throughout college athletics, the Kansas men’s basketball team sure has found a way to give the Longhorns the short end of the stick. Thanks to an anxiety-ridden, down-to-the-wire 80-78 victory by No. 7 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night, the Jayhawks now have won 10 in a row over Texas (10-7 overall, 2-3 Big 12) and 15 of the ...