Manhattan — The dream ending was there for the taking. And Kansas couldn’t hold on to it. OK. So maybe calling it a dream is a little dramatic. But given the nightmare that has been Kansas football for the last decade, winning in Manhattan on Saturday certainly would have qualified as a dream come true. But the Jayhawks could not get it done. Saturday’s 21-17 heartbreaker at Bill Snyder Family ...
Isaac “Mackey” McBride plans to waste no time making his commitment to the Kansas men’s basketball program official. McBride, a 6-foot, 180-pound combo guard from Little Rock, Ark., [who orally committed to KU last month,][1] Tweeted on Thursday night that he would sign his letter of intent at Noon next Wednesday. Wednesday marks the first day of the early signing period, which runs through Nov. 21, ...
I ran into Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long on Tuesday night in Indianapolis, and while chatting with him before KU’s basketball victory over Michigan State we talked a little football, too. Specifically, Long asked — joking I’m sure — if I had any tips for him as he began the process of leading KU’s hire of yet another football coach. I laughed off the inquiry in the moment but have been ...
As he left the Bankers Life Fieldhouse locker room for the last time on Tuesday night, Kansas freshman Devon Dotson walked with a bounce in his step and a smile on his face. Thrilled to have overcome some understandable pregame butterflies to help lead No. 1 Kansas to a 92-87 victory over No. 10 Michigan State in his first college game, Dotson talked with reporters in the hall about all of the elements of the ...
As he predicted he might, Kansas coach Bill Self went 10 deep during Tuesday’s victory over No. 10 Michigan State in Indianapolis. And the luxury of KU’s added depth played a huge role in determining the outcome of the top-ranked Jayhawks’ season opener. “It won the game for us,” said Self of using Marcus Garrett, Charlie Moore, Mitch Lightfoot, K.J. Lawson and David McCormack off the bench in ...
In order to fully comprehend just how impressive Kansas' Quentin Grimes was in his KU debut on Tuesday night, one needs only to think back to the Josh Selby game. You know the one I’m talking about — partly because it was so big-time and partly because there weren’t many that matched it after Selby’s debut. In that one, [a home victory over USC on Dec. 18, 2010, Selby exploded for a game-high 21 ...