WRITER: Matt Tait

Villanova coach Jay Wright ready to return to Allen Fieldhouse, but only for this one game

To the starry-eyed Kansas basketball fan, Jay Wright’s walk into Allen Fieldhouse for Saturday’s 11 a.m. clash with top-ranked Kansas might inspire visions of the Villanova coach someday taking a similar stroll out of the home team’s tunnel onto James Naismith Court. That scenario, of course, would only be possible if or when current KU coach Bill Self ever decided to leave the place he’s spent the past ...

Although it still stung, Kansas coach Bill Self found a pleasant surprise while rewatching KU's Final Four loss to Villanova

Kansas coach Bill Self and Villanova coach Jay Wright have differing thoughts when watching the replay of last year’s Final Four meeting between the two programs in San Antonio. And they might not quite be what you would expect. Self, who said Thursday that he had not watched the replay of KU’s 95-79, season-ending loss until he started putting together the scouting report for this weekend’s clash with ...

Matt Tait: MacVittie commitment KU football's first step to continuity at the QB position

All right, all right, all right. I know what you’re thinking. And I’m here to tell you to stop. Look, I don’t blame you if you roll your eyes and quietly think to yourself, "Here we go again," every time Kansas lands a commitment from a transfer quarterback. Hey, you might be right. But before you worry too much about how many touchdowns he’ll throw, what his completion percentage will be or what he ...

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self provides update on Udoka Azubuike's ailing right ankle

There is no change in junior center Udoka Azubuike’s status [for this weekend’s 11 a.m. Saturday showdown with Villanova at Allen Fieldhouse,][1] but Kansas basketball coach Bill Self provided an update on the big man’s injured ankle during “Hawk Talk” on Tuesday night. “I think he can put some (weight) on it. The swelling is still there, but it’s gone down a tremendous amount,” said Self of ...

Kansas vs. Villanova may look different this time, but Saturday's showdown features plenty of meaningful storylines

While most of Jayhawk Nation is billing Saturday’s 11 a.m. showdown with No. 17 Villanova at Allen Fieldhouse as a rematch of last year’s Final Four meeting in San Antonio, the Jayhawks themselves are viewing things much differently. “I just see it as another game on the schedule,” said KU junior Dedric Lawson, who leads the team in scoring (19.1), rebounding (10.6) and assists (23) entering ...

Jayhawks jump back into top spot in AP Top 25

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2018/dec/08/kansas-basketball-v-new-mexico-state/125748/ With no team positioned to jump them into the top spot during the past seven days, the Kansas men’s basketball team returned to the No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday. The Jayhawks, winners of eight in a row to open the 2018-19 season, received 57 of the 65 first-place votes, with Duke (4), ...