WRITER: Matt Tait

Kings of the Wings? Kansas picked to have the best collection of hybrid playmakers in all of college basketball

The 247 Sports network recently ranked [the top wings in college basketball entering the 2022-23 season,][1] and Bill Self’s defending national champion Kansas Jayhawks landed in the top spot. A case could probably be made for a couple of other schools to be there, but the Jayhawks are certainly worthy. With experienced veterans Jalen Wilson and Kevin McCullar Jr. leading the charge, Kansas is at least ...

Kansas junior Jalen Wilson sees 'glimpses' of KU operating even faster on offense next season

In the seven weeks following his decision to return to school for his junior season, Kansas forward Jalen Wilson has been asked for his thoughts on just how good the 2022-23 Jayhawks can be. Each time, and without hesitation, Wilson has said something along the lines of: “We’re going to be good.” The latest such occasion came this week, when Wilson appeared on a podcast with NCAA.com’s Andy Katz to ...

Kansas freshman Gradey Dick says team chemistry is already a strength for 2022-23 Jayhawks

Kansas freshman Gradey Dick was in Los Angeles this week to take part in a celebration honoring 12 nominees for the male and female Gatorade High School Athlete of the Year award. The honorees — six men and six women from eight different sports — were winners of the national Gatorade Player of the Year award in their respective sports. Earlier this year, Dick was named both the National Gatorade Player ...

Former Jayhawk Christian Braun ribs new Nuggets teammate Colin Gillespie about Final Four win

Former Kansas guard Christian Braun was solid in his debut with the Denver Nuggets’ Summer League team earlier this month after being selected by the team with the No. 21 overall pick in June’s NBA draft. In addition to showing off his all-around game and the always-on approach that made him an all-Big 12 performer and national champion at Kansas, Braun’s impact extended to the bench, where he showed ...

Power swings to Big 12 amid Pac-12 ‘fracture’

After a relatively quiet couple of weeks on the conference realignment stage, things could again be heating up. According to reports [from ESPN.com’s Pete Thamel][1] and [CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd,][2] among others, the Big 12 Conference has officially informed the Pac-12 that it is not interested in a complete merger. That news, provided it’s true, swings the control back to the Big 12 and puts the ...

Could an unequal revenue sharing model calm the conference realignment waters or is it too late for that line of thinking?

As conversations continued about the Big 12 Conference and Pac-12 seeking to survive and thrive, a thought popped into my head while watching the final hole of the British Open, of all things. Why not pay schools what they earn instead of having the television rights revenue equally distributed among all of the members of the conference? It might be a bit of a challenging and even controversial approach. And ...