Less than an hour after KU's 21-point victory over Stanford in Sacramento just before Christmas, Kansas coach Bill Self offered a brutally honest but hopeful assessment of where his team stood entering conference play. Two games and 12 days later, many of the same things Self was concerned ...
It was one of those signature Kansas blitzes in Allen Fieldhouse. The visiting team starts to melt under the pressure of the noise, the sheer talent of the opposition, the name on the home jerseys, and the game flips.In 43 seconds midway through the second half Tuesday night, a 13-point ...
Two streaks ended Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse and another might be in jeopardy after the Red Raiders snapped a 16-game losing streak to Kansas and won for the first time ever in Lawrence.Yes, it's still early. And, sure, the 10th-ranked Jayhawks still have 16 games to figure it out in ...
Texas Tech coach Chris Beard was brutally honest during his postgame session with the media following Tuesday's 85-73 victory over 10th-ranked Kansas.“In no way did I expect to beat Kansas on their home floor, but I did expect to play hard and play well,” Beard said. “I did have some ...
No one on the Kansas basketball team thought winning in the Big 12 would be easy this season, and Texas Tech made sure to remind the Jayhawks of that Tuesday night, in KU’s conference home opener.The No. 18-ranked Red Raiders did more than give the No. 10 Jayhawks a battle, the men in black ...
No. 10 Kansas Jayhawks (11-2) vs. No. 18 Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-1) Time: 8 p.m. | Location: Allen Fieldhouse, LawrenceTV: 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 ...
Tuesday’s Big 12 home opener for the Kansas men’s basketball program — 8 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse — all of a sudden, is a clash between Top 20 teams.That’s because Texas Tech, on the heels of its blowout victory over Baylor last weekend, jumped four spots in this week’s AP poll, ...
Silvio De Sousa's first official game as a Jayhawk featured a seat in the stands and a brand new, black warm-up suit.Friday's Big 12 opener in Texas was not exactly the kind of debut De Sousa or the Jayhawks had hoped for when they learned just before Christmas that he would be eligible to join ...
Austin, Texas — Not all of the visitors’ best work Friday night took place beyond the 3-point arc on a night Kansas shot 17 of 35 from long distance in a 92-86 victory over Texas. The most spectacular moment of the night for Kansas, courtesy of Lagerald Vick, occurred way above the rim on a ...
For a head coach and group of players still searching for an identity, simple statistics seem to suggest the Kansas men's basketball may already have one. The Jayhawks have made 11 or more 3-pointers in eight of the 13 games they have played this season and now are shooting .422 from 3-point ...
Piecing together a highlight reel of images from a year of KU sports that involved Frank Mason III is more difficult than one might think. Not because Mason didn’t make for nice photos. Quite the opposite. In fact, Mason was so prolific a presence that you could almost make the whole thing ...
Austin, Texas — There were a bunch of reasons to wonder whether 11th-ranked Kansas could kick off its quest for a 14th consecutive Big 12 title on the right foot Friday night at Frank Erwin Center against Texas.And the Jayhawks had 17 answers during a 92-86 victory that was not quite as close ...
Austin, Texas — Playing against him or watching him from the stands, it’s always a good idea to keep at least one eye on Texas freshman big Mohamed Bamba, who brought his 7-foot-9 reach from Harlem, home of basketball magicians, to the Big 12 for one year of highly entertaining ...
Austin, Texas — Marcus Garrett sure has impeccable timing.After making the first start of his career in KU's home opener this season against Tennessee State on Nov. 10, Garrett picked up his second start on Friday night in the Jayhawks' Big 12 opener at Texas.Garrett, who entered Friday's ...
As Kansas opened Big 12 play Friday night at Frank Erwin Center, it didn’t take long for Texas freshman Mohamed Bamba to establish himself as a force inside defensively, what with his 7-foot-9 wingspan and active hands and feet.So the No. 11 Jayhawks used one of their greatest strengths, ...
No. 11 Kansas Jayhawks (10-2) vs. Texas Longhorns (9-3) Time: 8 p.m. | Location: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas TV: ESPN2 | 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 ...
With Big 12 Conference play opening Friday night for the 11th-ranked Kansas men's basketball team in Austin, Texas, the time has come to consider the Jayhawks' chances of extending their record-tying streak of 13 consecutive regular season conference titles to 14 and standing all alone, ahead ...
Over the course of the past several days, Silvio De Sousa completed the academic work necessary to graduate early from high school, relocated from Bradenton, Fla., to Lawrence, and experienced his first basketball practice at the University of Kansas.The 6-foot-9 power forward, though, won’t ...
Back-to-back victories over Omaha and Stanford last week led to some upward movement in the Associated Press poll for the Kansas men's basketball team. After dropping during each of the past two weeks — from No. 2 to No. 13 and then again from No. 13 to No. 14 – the Jayhawks began their ...
Former Kansas center Joel Embiid has officially taken over the NBA and he's not afraid to let everyone know about it. But there's one man who saw it coming long before the player they now call The Process ever actually suited up for an NBA game. That man is Kansas coach Bill Self and Self ...