For seven days in September, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self watched a cast of newcomers and returning players run through everything boot camp had to offer without blinking. That, Self will tell you, is rare. Most years, there’s at least some kind of hiccup or adversity that adds to the challenge of what already is a tough and trying couple of weeks for the Jayhawks. But this year, according to Self ...
Rivals.com analyst Corey Evans caught up with five-star forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl this week and posted an update on Robinson-Earl’s recruitment on Thursday afternoon. The former Bishop Miege standout who transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., for his senior season, has long been at the top of KU’s wish list in the 2019 recruiting class and he is fresh off of an official visit to KU for Late ...
With the start of another Kansas basketball season now just three weeks away — KU opens exhibition play Oct. 25 against Emporia State at Allen Fieldhouse — it makes perfect sense for KU fans to be dreaming up starting lineups, marveling at KU’s massive frontline or even fine-tuning a few of those trash talk lines so they’re ready when — if? — Kansas makes it 15 consecutive Big 12 titles sometime this ...
His visit to KU for Late Night and subsequent good time made Wednesday’s news less surprising. But it is official nonetheless. Class of 2019 five-star center James Wiseman, of Memphis, narrowed his list to a final five on Wednesday and Kansas made the cut. Joining the Jayhawks in Wiseman’s final five were: Kentucky, Memphis, Vanderbilt and Florida State. It’s still too soon to know when a final ...
Officially listed as a point guard on various recruiting websites, [recent KU commitment Issac McBride, who officially chose KU over Auburn and Virginia on Monday,][1] views himself in a slightly different light. “I feel like I can play the 1 or the 2,” McBride said during a conference call with reporters on Monday. “Combo guard. I feel like I can come off screens, but I can also play on the ball some ...
This past weekend was a big recruiting period for the Kansas men’s basketball program, with several official and unofficial visitors making their way to Lawrence for last Friday’s Late Night in the Phog season tipoff. And while each of those recruits made some kind of news with their presence and reactions, one of the biggest bits of recruiting movement over the weekend came late Sunday night, when ...