Early Tuesday morning, before the hoopla and hysteria took over Finals Week in Lawrence, Kansas coach Bill Self sent a text to number one high school prospect Andrew Wiggins who was set to sign his letter of intent at 11:15 a.m. “Have a great day,” Self said. Wiggins shot back a simple “thank you,” with [...]
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 [...]
Carolyn Davis will step onto the court today in the moments before the most important game of her life, knowing that this is where her path was leading all along, to this Sweet 16 matchup with Notre Dame. Whether it is a destination or just another stop on the road will be determined today. Most [...]
Norfolk, Va. — The University of Kansas is the only school to have its men’s and women’s basketball teams make their separate ways to the Sweet Sixteen in the past two seasons. And while most Kansas basketball fans made tentative plans for a trip to Atlanta, Bonnie Henrickson’s team tentatively practiced for a trip that easily [...]
The Kansas Jayhawks have made history as only the second 12 seed to ever make the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. Last season the Jayhawks made their way to the Des Moines regional semifinals, where they fell to the Tennessee Lady Volunteers 84-73. Kansas will play will play its second [...]
ARLINGTON, Texas — When it came down to it, when the Jayhawks had their last shot to perform a miracle and send Cowboys Stadium into a crimson and blue frenzy, Kansas coach Bill Self put it to a vote. The Jayhawks had been in this situation plenty of times before: late in the game, clock [...]
