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Cliff’s Notes: Charlie Weis press conference, 12/20/12

Here is the Cliff's Notes version from Kansas football coach Charlie Weis' comments at his press conference today. • Full audio has been posted. • **Weis met with some of the older returning players on the Sunday after the season.** He talked to several of them about the direction of ...

KU dominating opponents in dunks

It might sound simple, but a huge reason for the Kansas men's basketball team's success so far has been making close shots while allowing very few. Hoop-Math.com's numbers list KU as the best layup/dunk/tip-in defensive team in the nation, with opponents only making 43 percent of those ...

Cliff’s Notes: Bill Self press conference, 12/13/12

Here is the Cliff's Notes version from Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self's comments at his press conference today. • Full audio has been posted. • **Self said this Belmont game is a good RPI game.** It's picked to win its division of the Ohio Valley conference. KU schedules the ...

Who feeds Jeff Withey the best?

I'll admit it. I'm fascinated by how Kansas center Jeff Withey scores his field goals for KU. This started last year when Ken Pomeroy, in one of his blogs, said Withey "was assisted on short 2s like few other post players." The numbers in Hoop-Math.com back this up. Last year, 78 ...

Cliff’s Notes: Bill Self press conference, 12/6/12

Here is the Cliff's Notes version from Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self's comments at his press conference today. Full audio has been posted. • **Self said this year's Colorado team is probably the best one that coach Tad Boyle has had there.** Andre Roberson has emerged as one ...

Layup defense and how it affects KU’s perimeter players

There have been a few good pieces lately on Kansas center Jeff Withey's impact defensively, but I wanted to point out another facet that KU coach Bill Self touched on briefly during his Hawk Talk radio show Monday night. Almost entirely because of Withey, KU's opponents simply are not ...