Some of the best female basketball players from across the state gathered in Allen Fieldhouse last week for Bonnie Ball, the elite basketball camp run by women’s coach Bonnie Henrickson. Sixty-five players attended Henrickson’s camp, now in its ninth year. The camp is designed for knowledgable players with experience on varsity teams in high school, [...]
After spending 10 seasons at Kansas as one of coach Bill Self’s assistants, Joe Dooley is leaving to become the Florida Gulf Coast head coach. Florida Gulf Coast’s Director of Athletics, Ken Kavanagh, announced the move Wednesday and a press conference to introduce Dooley is scheduled for Monday at 1:30 p.m. “It’s been a great [...]
One year after taking a team with only one returning starter to the national title game, coach Bill Self made a bold statement about this year’s squad that advanced to the Sweet Sixteen during the team’s annual banquet Monday evening. After his team finished 2-2 during its summer trip to Europe last August, Self couldn’t [...]
It is decision time for the 12 teams of the WNBA. Tonight at 7 p.m. each organization will decide which college seniors they are willing to bet the future of their franchises on in the 2013 WNBA Draft. The Phoenix Mercury might as well have already announced their first selection, as it is sure to [...]
The media, teammates and practically everybody in America have exalted Louisville’s Kevin Ware as a hero. Meanwhile, Kansas fans (alongside much of the nation) have labeled Elijah Johnson as a villain after a silly intentional foul and the act of passing up a potential game-winning layup. Ware is a good basketball player and a seemingly [...]
Sitting inside Allen Fieldhouse on a dark, overcast Lawrence afternoon, coach Bill Self couldn’t contain his smile as he quipped about how he expected freshman guard Ben McLemore to announce he would return for his sophomore year. That remark drew quite a few laughs as the Jayhawks’ all-time leading freshman scorer had already revealed his [...]
On Tuesday, April 9, freshman guard Ben McLemore made his announcement to go to the 2013 NBA Draft at a press conference in Allen Fieldhouse.
Freshman guard Rio Adams is no longer part of the Kansas basketball team. “Anrio and I met today and discussed his feelings and how they have apparently changed,” Coach Bill Self said in a statement. “We discussed everything and talked openly. Together we’ve come to the conclusion that it is in his best interest to [...]
Before we get started, let’s take a moment to appreciate how ridiculous this all truly is: how ridiculous it is that I am writing a farewell column for a fake Twitter account, how ridiculous it is that the Kansan agreed to let me do this, and most of all, how ridiculous it is that you [...]
Freshman guard Rio Adams announced on his Twitter account, @WarLordRio, Tuesday night he is transferring to another school, which coach Bill Self later confirmed to the Lawrence Journal-World. According to his Twitter account, Adams expects the University to grant him a release from his scholarship sometime Wednesday. The Seattle native scored a career-high 11 points [...]
ARLINGTON, Texas — As a journalist, it’s a cardinal sin to to write with any bias toward a team. As a journalist, it’s also a cardinal sin to lie. As a student of the University of Kansas, I must break that first rule. I won’t lie to you. Sitting in front of my computer in [...]
NORFOLK, Va. — Skylar Diggins beat Kansas. She scored 27 of the 30 points that cost Kansas the game, and she’s responsible for at least 18 more of Notre Dame’s points from her nine assists. Without Diggins, I think Notre Dame and Kansas would have been evenly matched, and Kansas might even be better than [...]
It had been a sweet ride for the Kansas Jayhawks until Sunday. Before Sunday’s showdown with the No. 1 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Jayhawks hadn’t shot under 45 percent and on top of that, hadn’t allowed an opponent to shoot over 38 percent in the tournament. That all flipped in a chance to [...]
In the final minute of the 93-63 loss by Kansas to No. 2 Notre Dame in the Sweet 16, senior point guard Angel Goodrich sat on the bench staring down at the ground. To the right of Goodrich, senior teammate Monica Engelman gazed straight ahead with a look of disappointment. Senior forward Carolyn Davis covered [...]
The No. 12-seeded Kansas women’s basketball team did its best to outrun No. 1 seeded Notre Dame on Sunday, March 31, in its Sweet Sixteen game in Norfolk, Va., but fell short in the 93-63 loss to the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame senior guard Skylar Diggins threatened the Jayhawks from the start. She scored 22 [...]
The Kansas Jayhawks started hot against Notre Dame, shooting 7-for-9 in the opening five minutes of the game before the first media timeout. It did not last, as Notre Dame senior point guard Skylar Diggins pushed her team to a 40-27 halftime lead. The No.2 ranked Notre Dame Irish offense showed its firepower by keeping [...]
