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With head coaching job vacant, Jayhawks endorse Emmett Jones

With the future of the Kansas football program in limbo, some Jayhawks on Wednesday night began publicly drumming up support for Emmett Jones to become the team’s next head coach. The endorsements for Jones, KU’s third-year receivers coach, began hitting the Twittersphere hours after Jeff ...

The case for D.J. Eliot as KU’s interim head coach

At some point in the next 24 to 48 hours, the Kansas football program is expected to at least have an interim head coach in place, even if that person ends up merely keeping the seat warm for a yet to be determined replacement for Les Miles. As KU Athletic Director Jeff Long weighs his options ...

Jayhawks’ nearly fell all the way into complacency trap before escaping vs. UTEP

When the Kansas basketball program announced last week it was adding Thursday’s nonconference game against UTEP to the schedule to bridge the gap between a much anticipated rematch with Baylor and next week’s Big 12 tournament, the news might as well have come attached with a Star Wars GIF ...

How the Jayhawks’ February resurgence compares with nation’s best teams

In the business of college basketball, whether your team has been flexing all season or took a detour on the struggle bus at some point, it better be trending upward when March rolls around, because what transpires in the postseason is what everyone will remember anyway. That’s why there is ...

Mitch Lightfoot a surprise star late in KU’s marquee win over No. 2 Baylor

It took a lot of heroes in some fire red throwback Kansas uniforms for the No. 17 Jayhawks to knock off No. 2 Baylor inside Allen Fieldhouse Saturday night. So of course KU’s signature 71-58 victory needed a blockbuster level plot twist. On a night when KU big man David McCormack annihilated ...

Jayhawks might be catching No. 2 Baylor at perfect time to pull off an upset

If everything had gone according to plan, it would be hard to talk yourself into the idea that this Kansas team could beat this year’s Baylor team anywhere, including at Allen Fieldhouse. As it turns out, though, the Jayhawks just might be catching BU at an opportune time for an upset. Few ...