His front-court teammate called him the player of the game and, not five minutes later, his coach said he was merely OK. That was Kansas junior Mitch Lightfoot’s Saturday night during the Jayhawks’ 63-60 squeaker against New Mexico State, and few players on this KU roster are better equipped to handle that kind of hot-and-cold critique about the same body of work. KU junior Dedric Lawson was not painting a ...
Defensively, the second-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team was far from perfect. But the Jayhawks did hold New Mexico State to 60 in a three-point win on Saturday night at Sprint Center. “If you’re going to give up 60 points, you should win the game, which we were fortunate we did,” Kansas coach Bill Self said Saturday night after a not-so-inspiring three-point win over New Mexico State at Sprint ...
No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks (7-0) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (7-1) Time: 7:30 p.m. | Location: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri TV: ESPN2 | 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 @bentonasmith & ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The gauntlet of good resumes continued Saturday night for the second-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team, which survived a scare from New Mexico State, 63-60, at Sprint Center. The Aggies (7-2) were the sixth KU opponent already this season that ranked in the KenPom Top 100 (at No. 92), with only Vermont (114) and Louisiana (133) sitting outside of double digits in KenPom’s ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The play call was simple enough, and it wound up saving Kansas during a 63-60, grind-it-out victory over New Mexico State on Saturday night. “Five side” is the name of the inbounds play underneath the basket, and it is designed to get junior forward Dedric Lawson a shot in the paint. With a guard in each corner, Lawson on the block away from the ball and KU forward Mitch Lightfoot ...
At 6-foot-10, 265 pounds, Kansas freshman David McCormack is the closest thing, sizewise, that the Jayhawks have on the roster to replace injured junior Udoka Azubuike, who is expected to be sidelined at least a couple of weeks with a severe ankle sprain. But just because McCormack weighs in five pounds lighter and an inch shorter than KU’s mammoth starting center does not mean he will inherit all of ...