Life has a way of reminding people about what’s actually important and what’s ultimately of far less consequence. On a Monday afternoon that many of us would’ve spent scrutinizing the still fresh NCAA Tournament bracket, and maybe even getting into occasionally heated debates about ...
During a conference call with reporters Monday afternoon, Kansas coach Bill Self said from his home in Lawrence that his players believed they were “built” to make a run to a national title. But Self also said anyone prepared to hand the Jayhawks any kind national championship hardware as ...
Looked to by many as one of the strongest leaders on the 2019-20 Kansas basketball team, junior guard Marcus Garrett recently shared some of his thoughts and emotions about the abrupt end to KU’s season. “It was a great season,” Garrett said. “We had a lot of fun. We did great things ...
For the past couple of days, Kansas basketball fans, along with fans of the college game in general, had held out hope that Selection Sunday might still be worth celebrating even with no NCAA Tournament to play beyond it. The thinking was this: Even though the tournament will not be played ...
The end of any Kansas basketball season brings with it questions about the immediate futures of a handful of Jayhawks. Despite the odd ending, the aftermath of the 2019-20 season is no different. While seniors Udoka Azubuike and Isaiah Moss are done, a couple of underclassmen could have ...
Walking around Lawrence on Friday, you never would have known that the Kansas basketball season came to an abrupt end on Thursday, with the Big 12 and NCAA canceling the postseason. KU fans, decked out in red and blue garb, made their way through their regular routines at bars, restaurants ...
After testing the NBA waters following his freshman season at Kansas, point guard Devon Dotson’s decision about what to do after Year 2 has arrived sooner than anyone could have imagined. With college basketball’s postseason being called off Thursday over concerns of the spread of the ...
You thought watching your favorite team get upset in the first or second round of the NCAA Tournament was tough. Welcome to the truest form of March Sadness. The idea of any basketball being played this weekend or in the weeks to come toppled, domino style, beginning Thursday morning. As ...
Kansas point guard Devon Dotson needed just one word to describe his emotions after learning Thursday afternoon that the 2020 NCAA Tournament had been canceled amid concerns over the rapid spread of the coronavirus. “Nightmare,” Dotson posted on Twitter. This, a couple of hours after the ...
Story updated at 5:53 p.m. Thursday The NCAA canceled its men's and women's basketball tournaments on Thursday because of the spread of coronavirus, putting an abrupt end to the season less than a month before champions were to be crowned. The unprecedented move comes a day after the NCAA ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas basketball fans who on Thursday traveled from all across the state to cheer on the top-ranked Jayhawks in the Big 12 tournament had to find other ways to occupy their time. Late Thursday morning, roughly two-and-a-half hours before Kansas was to tipoff against ...
University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long said in a statement Thursday that all athletic-related travel is canceled indefinitely, and home and away athletic events have been suspended in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The statement came shortly after all NCAA conference basketball ...
Story updated at 12:01 p.m. Thursday The Big 12 and the other four Power Five conferences have canceled their basketball tournaments, putting the NCAA Tournament in doubt. Within minutes of each other, The Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, ACC and Pac-12 — the five most high-profile conferences in ...
Kansas City, Mo. — There will be basketball played at Sprint Center this week, but how big of a role fans and a couple of Jayhawks will play remains to be seen. Roughly an hour before Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced a limited-access fan policy for the final seven games of the Big ...
Kansas City, Mo. — At Sprint Center on Wednesday afternoon for a pre-Big 12 Tournament shootaround in front of thousands of empty seats, the No. 1-ranked Kansas Jayhawks got a little preview of what the unconventional version of March Madness that awaits them. At least in terms of the ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Most fans planning to attend the Big 12 men's basketball tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Kansas City won't be allowed into the games because of concerns related to coronavirus, the Big 12 announced Wednesday afternoon. After five hours of conversations and ...
Story updated at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday NCAA tournament games will not be open to the general public because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus. NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both the men's and women's tournaments, which begin next week, ...
The first signs of the new coronavirus’ impact on Big 12 basketball arrived Tuesday afternoon, when the conference announced that locker rooms would be closed to reporters at this week’s Big 12 tournament at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Citing a desire to “ensure the safety of ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2019/nov/27/330427/ It’s normal for players on Bill Self’s Kansas basketball teams to wind up on All-Big 12 teams in March, but not once in his previous 16 seasons did Self coach a team with two stars so productive that either could easily have won ...
Make it two for two for Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike, who was named the Associated Press Big 12 Player of the Year on Tuesday. And this one was close. After earning the Big 12’s top prize from the conference coaches on Sunday, Azubuike was named the Big 12’s top player by a panel of ...