Kansas point guard Devon Dotson, who on Monday afternoon declared for the 2020 NBA draft, has always shown toughness — even when he and his older brother, Dalen, were young kids back in Chicago. Like many siblings, Dalen and Devon competed at everything. But few battles grew as intense as ...
After two seasons of running the show as the point guard at Kansas, Devon Dotson is ready to test himself at the highest level. Just after noon on Monday, Dotson announced that he was entering his name into the 2020 NBA draft pool and plans to forgo his final two seasons at Kansas. "After ...
Who could ever forget the images of KU big man Udoka Azubuike waving his finger in the air after a big block during the 2019-20 Kansas basketball season? Among dozens of memorable moments from the 28-3 season cut short because of the COVID-19 crisis, that might be one of the more lasting ...
It’s been well documented for weeks why many analysts believed Bill Self’s top-ranked Kansas basketball squad was the team to beat heading into March. And the more than a dozen postseason accolades the Kansas players received — from Big 12 Player of the Year and two separate national ...
While the rest of the Kansas men’s basketball team has returned home to be with family, KU big men Udoka Azubuike and Silvio De Sousa are still in Lawrence riding out the pandemic. Kansas coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Thursday that he texts with both players often and talks with ...
There weren’t 30 better college basketball players than Kansas stars Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson in the shortened 2019-20 season. But at least that many prospects from the NCAA ranks and overseas are expected to get selected before the pair of Jayhawks in this year’s NBA ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self recently classified the current recruiting landscape as “an inexact science.” And it likely will stay that way through the end of May. After initially declaring recruiting to be in a dead period through April 15 to adjust for the COVID-19 pandemic, the ...
The 2019-20 NBA season remains on a prolonged pause as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its return seems more in doubt than a certainty. Regardless of whether he gets to play another game this season, former Kansas star Devonte’ Graham should find himself in contention for one of the ...
With games on hold because of COVID-19 and live sports reduced to replays of games gone by, the NBA is working on plans to create a H-O-R-S-E competition, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Wojnarowski’s report indicates that the shot-making competitions would be televised by ESPN, ...
The wait is over for former Oklahoma State basketball coach Eddie Sutton, who on Saturday morning was announced as one of nine members of the 2020 class headed into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The news delighted Kansas coach Bill Self, who himself was inducted into the Hall ...
Using the tagline, “We’re all in this together,” the Kansas men’s basketball program recently put together a five-minute video encouraging fans and people around the world to stay safe and positive during the pandemic. One by one, the Jayhawks appeared on the screen, most of them ...
Pay cuts taken by coaches in the Iowa State University athletic department this week will not be replicated at the University of Kansas for now, KU Athletic Director Jeff Long said. Despite the financial impact of cancellations brought about by the COVID-19 crisis, Long said Thursday he was ...
The first time Matt Watts realized his nephew Marcus Garrett could really play defense came when Garrett was 8 years old. Playing with kids his own age, for his uncle Nakia Gibbs’ parks and rec squad in Dallas, Garrett, now a junior at Kansas, wanted to make the jump to Watts’ team. One ...
Kansas junior Marcus Garrett on Wednesday backed up his status as the best defender in the Big 12 Conference by winning the national 2020 Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award. Garrett beat out Duke’s Tre Jones, Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans and Baylor’s Mark Vital to win this year’s ...
Kansas center Udoka Azubuike has added another honor to his long list of accolades from the 2019-20 season. Already the Big 12 Player of the Year, a multi-time All-American honoree and the NABC’s Defensive Player of the Year, Azubuike on Tuesday picked up a first team All-American ...
Future Jayhawk Bryce Thompson will go down in the KU record books and media guides as a McDonald’s All American — but unlike All Americans in years past, he won’t get the chance to play in the annual high school showcase game. The McDonald’s All American game, which was originally ...
One week after watching teammate Marcus Garrett become a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year award, KU senior Udoka Azubuike on Monday received national hardware for his work on the defensive end of the floor. The National Association of Basketball Coaches named Azubuike ...
Long after leaving Kansas following his senior season, former KU point guard Devonte’ Graham is still finding a way to rack up assists for the Jayhawks. And his most recent dime went to his former head coach. A week or so after Graham went viral by watching clips of past KU games and ...
The decision to cancel this year’s NCAA Tournament may have been made in a matter of days, but the move wiped out nearly a year’s worth of planning by those who broadcast the games. Bob Dekas, an 11-time Emmy winner who served as the lead producer for college basketball at CBS Sports for ...
Without any NBA games or March Madness to discuss, the crew from ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” decided to take a nostalgic approach earlier this week and have former players, including 1997-98 Kansas All-American Paul Pierce, assemble their all-time teams. The task was an easy one for Pierce ...