New York — Raised in the tradition-rich Duke basketball program, Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski is well-aware of what life as a blue blood is like. And this week, the man Duke fans lovingly called “Wojo” is on the other side of it. Before his Marquette Golden Eagles (3-1) hit the road to face second-ranked Kansas (3-0) in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Barclays ...
New York — It Kansas senior took Lagerald Vick exactly one game — and maybe a return to the comfy confines of game night at Allen Fieldhouse — to understand his role on this KU basketball team. And now that he’s found it, Vick appears to be more comfortable than ever, as confident as anyone and playing with a purpose and passion. “It's always more fun when things are going well,” KU coach Bill ...
Hey, KU fans. After a wild week and a crazy Sunday, it’s time for another edition of “Ask Us Anything,” and what better way to kick things off than by starting with a Les Miles question? Miles, you surely know by now, was officially introduced as the newest Kansas football coach on Sunday evening. The response from the KU fan base has been overwhelmingly positive and there is a real feeling around ...
A funny thing happened on the way to hiring Les Miles. The outgoing Kansas football staff left him just one committed player in the 2019 class. And it might have been the best thing that ever could have happened. Sure, in a perfect world, you’d like to have a much more complete recruiting class by the time the early signing period rolls around in mid-December. But it’s been ages since the KU football ...
Kansas senior Lagerald Vick earned Big 12 player of the week honors on Monday after recording career-highs of 32 and 33 points in KU victories over Vermont and Louisiana last week. It marked the second consecutive week that a Jayhawk had taken home the honor, with redshirt junior Dedric Lawson earning the nod last week after a strong showing in KU's season-opening victory against Michigan State. Vick made ...
Les Miles is the new head football coach at Kansas, and all anyone wants to talk about is if the partnership between the national champion known as “The Mad Hatter” and one of the longest suffering college programs in NCAA history is going to work. There’s plenty of time to get to that. And we will in the coming hours, weeks, months and years. But jumping to that question and talking today about bowl ...