After a few weeks of deferring comment to others and proclaiming that his thoughts could not and would not be shared until the appropriate time, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Wednesday night shared a prepared statement regarding KU’s involvement [in the college basketball fraud trial that ended Wednesday afternoon with a guilty verdict for all three defendants.][1]
[The statement,][2] which Self read ...
Already slated as a first team all-Big 12 selection and the conference’s newcomer of the year, Kansas junior Dedric Lawson reeled in the biggest preseason fish in the pond on Tuesday.
Lawson, a 6-foot-9 forward who transferred to KU from Memphis, has been named a preseason first team All American by the Associated Press, the AP revealed Tuesday morning.
Lawson, along with his brother, KU sophomore K.J. ...
At this point, as long as you’ve been paying attention at all, you know where the expectations sit for Kansas forward Dedric Lawson.
Internal expectations? They’re there. KU coach Bill Self has said they’ll need Lawson to do a little bit of everything for the Jayhawks this year and Lawson himself has high hopes and sees big things ahead during his first year as a Jayhawk.
Expectations from the KU fan ...
After a three-day break following closing arguments last Thursday, the federal trial on corruption in college basketball will be in the hands of the jury beginning today.
But the verdict, whenever it is read, is not expected to have any impact on the immediate future of the Kansas basketball program. Even though much testimony in the trial has included allegations about actions involving KU, no university ...
For the third time in the history of the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll, Kansas will enter a season ranked in the top spot.
KU received 37 of a possible 65 first-place votes in the first AP poll of the 2018-19 season released on Monday, edging out Kentucky for the top spot.
“Obviously, we lost a lot off last year’s team with Devonte’ (Graham), Svi (Mykhailiuk) and Malik ...
The next man up on the 2018 He Will, He Won’t, He Might countdown is junior center Udoka Azubuike, who returned to Lawrence for his third KU season with something to prove.
After flirting with turning pro following his solid sophomore season, Azubuike heard enough from NBA scouts — and was mature enough to listen — to make the decision to return to Kansas for at least one more run with the Jayhawks.
In ...
