With COVID-19 cases rising and temporary shutdowns taking place throughout college basketball, Kansas coach Bill Self and Gonzaga coach Mark Few decided to check in with each other on Sunday night, four days ahead of the season opener between the two teams. “Mark said, ‘So far, so good ...
The University of Kansas is extending its policy of having no fans in the stands at home athletic events through Dec. 5, Chancellor Douglas Girod announced Monday afternoon. Last week, the university announced that no fans would be allowed for the rest of November. In a letter posted on the ...
With the season opener against top-ranked Gonzaga now less than a week away, all signs continue to point to the Kansas men’s basketball team being on pace to open the 2020-21 as scheduled — or is it rescheduled? — in Fort Myers, Fla., on Thanksgiving. But it’s what happens after that ...
Nothing about Wednesday night's NBA draft went the way former Kansas point guard expected it to go. But after working with his agent and family [to find the best landing spot after unexpectedly going undrafted,][1] Dotson took to Twitter on Thursday night to show that he was doing just fine. ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2020/nov/19/331474/ So much for easing into the season. Forget those friendly exhibitions in Allen Fieldhouse of years past, in which Kansas pulverizes in-state programs. This is 2020. There is no normal. And the Jayhawks’ first game in more than eight months ...
The Charlotte Hornets took arguably the most well-known prospect in this year’s class when they selected point guard LaMelo Ball with the third pick in the 2020 NBA Draft on Wednesday night. From a Kansas basketball perspective, though, it was hard not to wonder what that meant for ...
Former Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike has a new home and those who brought him there believed he was “the best player available” on Wednesday night, when the Utah Jazz made him the 27th overall pick in the NBA draft. “We felt at the end of the day (that) Dok was the best defensive player ...
It’s easy to listen to Kansas basketball coach Bill Self talk about Devon Dotson not getting drafted being a good thing and question if Self is being real or trying to put the best possible spin on a tough situation. But [Dotson’s ultimate landing spot with Chicago][1] as an undrafted ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self characterized Wednesday night’s NBA draft as “bittersweet” for fans of the KU program. Early in the night, the Jayhawks watched center Udoka Azubuike land in the first round at No. 27 overall to Utah, proving that all of the hard work he put in during ...
After hearing for four years that he was unlikely to become a first-round NBA draft pick, that was exactly where Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike wound up on Wednesday night. The Utah Jazz made the 7-foot center the 27th overall pick in Wednesday’s 60-pick draft, landing him firmly in the first ...
Wednesday night, nearly five full months after they were expecting to know, former Kansas basketball All-Americans Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson finally will find out where their NBA careers will begin. It’s draft day in the NBA. Five weeks after the pandemic-altered 2019-20 season ...
Story updated at 8:53 p.m. Tuesday: The University of Kansas’ chancellor announced Tuesday that no fans will be allowed at home sporting events for the rest of November because of the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the region. This news will affect two volleyball ...
Indy or bust! That could be the rallying cry for everyone who plays men's Division I college basketball this season now that the NCAA has announced it is in talks with city and state officials to host the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis. Nothing is official yet — NCAA ...
Kansas’ men’s basketball team will get straight back to business when the 2020-21 season kicks off on Thanksgiving, Nov. 26. But there are a lot of new faces on the team and a handful of veterans whose roles will be changing and evolving. In this section, we’ll take a look at Kansas’ ...
With family members surrounding him inside the Sunrise Christian Academy gymnasium, four-star Class of 2021 forward Zach Clemence made his commitment to Kansas official on Saturday morning by signing his national letter of intent. "This day has been great so far," Clemence told Jacob ...
You've seen them at Royals games and other college and pro venues across the country, and now you can be in one. Kansas Athletics announced this week that it would provide KU fans the opportunity to have a fan cutout of themselves placed inside Allen Fieldhouse for the 2020-21 basketball ...
Limited by an ankle injury for the first couple of months of practice, Jossell first got on the court with his new teammates for an official practice on Nov. 4. That delay no doubt added to an already steep learning curve for the KU newcomer. But KU coach Bill Self said Jossell actually ...
Spoiler alert for the quickly approaching college basketball season: David McCormack is not Udoka Azubuike. No one should expect McCormack, now a junior in the Kansas front court, to suddenly be able to pull off everything Azubuike did a year ago just because he is stepping into the sizable ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has led a lot of talented players and seen some pretty remarkable individual performances during his time on the sidelines. But the one he saw from junior college transfer Tyon Grant-Foster during practice might rival any of them. “Yesterday, he got on a ...
Wise beyond his years, Mitch Lightfoot is ready to severely rein in his 3-point firing tendencies. What’s that? You don’t recall the Kansas forward taking copious amounts of jumpers from beyond the arc? Well, that’s because Lightfoot’s 3-point binge transpired behind closed doors, ...