The Kansas men's basketball program is no stranger to high-profile players receiving serious praise before a season even begins. And Kansas coach Bill Self believes returning junior Jalen Wilson could be the next name added to the list of Jayhawks who have received preseason accolades entering a season. Asked recently if he thought Wilson's decision to return to KU for another season positioned the versatile ...
Years from now, when Kansas basketball fans look back at the night Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun were drafted into the NBA, they may remember June 23, 2022, as the start of KU’s next memorable draft run. For years, Kansas coach Bill Self watched his KU players get picked in the NBA draft with consistency and regularity. The Jayhawks landed at least one player in every draft but one during a 12-year ...
The first 10 days of Dan Fitzgerald's time as the head baseball coach at Kansas were spread between a number of tasks. After all of the smiles and handshakes and introductions, it was time to work. And work he did. For a while, he went at it alone. That's because he was still in the process of putting together his coaching staff. Fitzgerald recently told the Journal-World that, although he had people in mind ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has always been big on how players fit with teams, styles, personnel and philosophies. That’s what made his review of the landing spots for first-round NBA draft picks Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun stand out a little more than normal on Thursday night. “I think it’s a great fit for both of them,” Self said during a Zoom call from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New ...
Although little can be learned from the most recent updates, it’s worth noting that the Independent Accountability Resolution Process on Tuesday added four new entries to KU’s timeline on the IARP’s website which documents the movement in KU’s infractions case. All four entries occurred in March of 2022, with two of them coming during the Jayhawks’ run to the NCAA title. On March 3, when KU ...
Kansas basketball junior Jalen Wilson wholeheartedly believes that he would’ve been drafted on Thursday night if he had decided to keep his name in the NBA draft pool. Instead, he chose to return to Kansas for his junior season and now he plans to watch this year’s draft closer than ever, with two of his KU teammates and best friends projected to be selected in the 58-pick draft in Brooklyn, New York. ...