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Why Bill Self isn’t feeling any extra pressure entering the NCAA Tournament

As his Kansas basketball team geared up this week for an inherently pressure-packed situation, playing in the win-or-your-season’s-over NCAA Tournament, head coach Bill Self pondered the importance of the moment — not just for his program, but the entire athletic department. From Self’s ...

The Jayhawks are entering the NCAA Tournament with a rebounding problem

Entering the NCAA Tournament without their best rebounder, Jalen Wilson, and not expecting a whole lot from their top big man, David McCormack, the Jayhawks have a rebounding problem on their hands at quite an inconvenient time. At full strength, No. 3 seed Kansas wouldn’t have to devote an ...

Jayhawks have too much to worry about to look ahead in tough West region

At a program with the college basketball pedigree of Kansas, one of the time-honored traditions of Selection Sunday for coaches, players, fans and media alike is inspecting the rest of whatever region the Jayhawks ended up in and gauging just how difficult their road to the Final Four will ...

Jayhawks still have some hope at conclusion of rough week for KU

One of these years — one would hope — the Kansas basketball team will actually get to experience a complete weekend at the Big 12 tournament again. The pandemic improved to 2-0 against the Jayhawks in Kansas City, Mo., with Friday’s news of a positive COVID-19 test on the KU roster, a ...

Mitch Lightfoot plans on keeping KU in win column while David McCormack is out

Kansas had to play without its best big man in its postseason debut Thursday night at the Big 12 tournament. But at least the Jayhawks had one true post player to throw at Oklahoma — and a confident one at that. Before the Jayhawks even tipped off at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., ...