Lincoln, Neb. — After getting torched by Arizona State in its last game out for 95 points and several drives right to the basket, the Kansas men's basketball team knew it needed to get tougher defensively if it wanted to get back on the winning track.So did the Jayhawks deliver better defense ...
Lincoln, Neb. — The basketball was in the air for a brief eternity, a moment that makes basketball fans age a year per second. Wide-open Kansas senior Svi Mykhailiuk, mired in a mini shooting slump, had launched it from deep in the left corner, right in front of the visitors’ bench at ...
Lincoln, Neb. — During the week leading up to Saturday's Nebraska game, one that followed back-to-back losses to Washington and Arizona State, Kansas coach Bill Self and the Jayhawks implored sophomore center Udoka Azubuike to do more.By the end of Saturday's 73-72 squeaker over Nebraska at ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — It had been a while — nearly five years, in fact — since Kansas basketball lost three games in a row. Playing at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday, the No. 13-ranked Jayhawks were determined to keep it that way. In a sloppy game that never swung too much in one direction ...
No. 13 Kansas Jayhawks (7-2) vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-4) Time: 7 p.m. | Location: Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska TV: FOX Sports 1 | 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 ...
The Douglas County District Attorney’s Office will not file sex assault charges from a report that a 16-year-old girl was raped a year ago at the University of Kansas men’s basketball dorm.The investigation and inquiry into the case has concluded, and a sexual assault suspect was never ...
Nobody was surprised to hear, after Sunday’s loss to Arizona State, that Kansas guard Malik Newman had suffered a concussion.As he sat on the Allen Fieldhouse floor, eyes squinting then shutting, Newman had the look of a boxer trying to regain a clue as to where he was and what he was doing ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Thursday offered updates on three Jayhawks who have yet to play a minute for the team this season. He followed them up with an explanation for why constant questions about Sam Cunliffe, Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa were worth addressing week after week, ...
Take us inside what your mind, Sam Cunliffe, will be like at the moment coach Bill Self calls on you to resume your career Saturday in Lincoln, Nebraska, after a full year as a practice player for Kansas.“The first thing I’ll be thinking is, ‘I’m off the ball, my man’s not going to ...
Monday afternoon, a little more than 24 hours after watching the Jayhawks get torched by Arizona State at Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas basketball assistant Norm Roberts grabbed a couple of KU's younger players and had a conversation about defense. The 13th-ranked Jayhawks did not practice on Monday ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self did not earn his Hall of Fame jacket or eclipse the 600-win mark by being wishy-washy throughout his career. But after watching his team suffer back-to-back losses last week to Pac-12 teams Washington and Arizona State, he appears to be considering tweaking the ...
Rare back-to-back losses for Kansas this past week cost the Jayhawks 11 spots in the Associated Press Top 25.Previously ranked No. 2 in the nation, KU’s men’s basketball team dropped all the way down to No. 13 in the new rankings released Monday.Kansas (7-2) first lost to unranked ...
When three Arizona State players and Sun Devils coach Bobby Hurley stepped into the Allen Fieldhouse media room to field questions about their 95-85 victory over No. 2 Kansas on Sunday afternoon, three of the four were wearing ASU warm-up shirts that simply read, “Guard U” on the front of ...
With no Josh Jackson on the scene to come to the defensive rescue of blown-by teammates and no Landen Lucas to lend timely help, Kansas has more defensive vulnerabilities than is typically the case.But it’s more than that. Fatigue brought on by high minutes for key starters makes it tougher ...
Back-to-back men's basketball losses don't happen all that often at Kansas, so when they do the aftermath often includes some harsh words and serious reality checks.Such was the scene on Sunday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse, where the second-ranked Jayhawks fell, 95-85, to No. 16 Arizona State ...
The nation’s No. 2-ranked team, the Kansas Jayhawks lost their second game in a row Sunday afternoon, as No. 16 Arizona State easily survived a 13-point first-half deficit to shoot its way to a 95-85 victory at Allen Fieldhouse.ASU (9-0) fell behind 15-2 out of the gate but more than survived ...
No. 2 Kansas Jayhawks (7-1) vs. No. 16 Arizona State Sun Devils (8-0) Time: 1 p.m. | Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas TV: 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 ...
Physically, Udoka Azubuike has all the advantages. He’s taller, wider and thicker than all of his teammates. For a man his size, he runs the floor swiftly and has impressive agility and explosiveness.He has shown impressive discipline and work ethic in squaring into good shape.So when he ...
Kansas coach Bill Self is in search of a dog. But not because he lost the family pet or is trying to get rid of pesky cats in his neighborhood. Instead, Self is searching for dogs because the longer the season goes on and the more difficult the competition becomes, the more Self and the ...
A water valve malfunction on the third floor of the south side of Allen Fieldhouse left as much as 3 feet of standing water in some areas and sent water pouring down to the ground floor. A KU official said the valve failed between 5-6 p.m., but it was clear that water did not reach the ...