No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (0-0) vs. No. 10 Michigan State Spartans (0-0) Time: 6 p.m. | Location: Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis TV:ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @TomKeeganLJW @bentonasmith & @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. Size matters Michigan State coach Tom ...
For the 14th time in the history of both storied programs, Kansas and Michigan State will square off, this time to open another college basketball season filled with hope and excitement for both sides. Two champions, at the Champions Classic, will be ready to do battle at 6 p.m. Tuesday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with the victor getting an early lift to its 2018-19 season. Kansas, with ...
The offseason has passed, the preseason is behind us and the exhibition games have come and gone. Bring on the regular season. The Kansas men’s basketball team is just four days away from opening play for real. And the Jayhawks, in true KU fashion, will do so against a tough opponent on a huge stage. We’ll have much more on Tuesday’s Champions Classic clash with Michigan State in Indianapolis in ...
Not long after the 2017-18 season ended, and Kansas fans, players and coaches began looking ahead to the season that would follow, one of the first visions that came to mind for many was Memphis transfer Dedric Lawson working his wizardry to get easy buckets for junior center Udoka Azubuike. And then, Thursday night happened, and the two KU big men flipped the script. Now, it’s anybody’s guess what will ...
Ahead of Thursday’s 79-52 loss to top-ranked Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse, Washburn coach and former KU walk-on Brett Ballard was asked a few dozen times how he felt about returning to his old stomping ground. But Ballard, who also worked on KU coach Bill Self’s staff for seven years after graduating in 2003, said his plan all along was to wait until after the game was over to decide how he felt. “It did ...
Kansas center Udoka Azubuike gets dozens of text messages every day, but it was one that came late last week that had a major impact on his bounce-back performance during Thursday’s 79-52 Kansas victory over Washburn in the exhibition finale. The text came from KU junior Dedric Lawson, who, a week ago, had just exploded onto the scene with a 31-point, 15-rebound debut, while Azubuike limped his way to two ...