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Where there’s smoke, there’s a coach being ejected. That was true during at least one moment in Tuesday’s game between Bill Self’s No. 14 Kansas Jayhawks and the unranked Arizona State Wildcats at the Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Ariz. …
No. 14 Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self has nothing but respect for No. 5 Houston Cougars counterpart Kelvin Sampson. After the Jayhawks defeated Houston on Monday, 69-56, at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan., Self made his thoughts clear on …
More fans started to turn on Darryn Peterson on Monday for sitting out Kansas’ biggest game of the year. The Jayhawks star was not in the lineup for his team’s clash against the Wildcats at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. The …
Kansas head coach Bill Self gave some unfortunate news on Tuesday regarding the status of freshman Darryn Peterson. The Kansas Jayhawks finally Peterson back on the floor for two straight games after he missed seven in a row with a hamstring injury. …
Fans of the Kansas Jayhawks were not happy with the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee for ranking Houston ahead of the Jayhawks in their seedings. The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee made Alabama the No. 1 overall seed. The Crimson Tide are in …
Kansas coach Bill Self was not with the team Thursday for the first game of the Big 12 Tournament, and the school released a report on his status after that game was over. In an official statement, the school denied reports that Self had suffered a …
Kansas looked dead in the water during the first half of Monday’s national championship game, but they proved their mettle with an impressive comeback. The Jayhawks got out to an early 7-0 lead against North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament …
Roy Williams’ allegiances are not as divided as one might think for Monday’s national championship game. Williams coached both Kansas and North Carolina during his Hall of Fame career, but he does not have to think hard about who he would …
Kansas may have entered this year’s NCAA Tournament as the least-heralded No. 1 seed, but they sure have turned out to be the best team in the Big Dance thus far. The Jayhawks whipped the Villanova Wildcats 81-65 on Saturday to lock up a spot …
The Kansas basketball program is one of the teams involved in the ongoing federal investigation into corruption within college basketball, but head coach Bill Self is not going to lose his job over it. How do we know that? It’s literally …
Kansas parted ways with athletic director Jeff Long on Wednesday, and one of the school’s most iconic athletes has interest in taking over the position. Former Jayhawks basketball star Danny Manning told C.J. Moore of The Athletic that he has …
This college basketball season has been unlike any other in recent memory, especially for some of the premier, blue blood programs. The best, most accomplished program in each of college basketball’s top four conferences are having their worst season …
The 2020 NBA Draft was an unusual one, so it probably shouldn’t be too surprising that it produced some unusual results. One notable oddity was how little of a factor the “blue blood” programs from college basketball were in the …
It’s hard to believe we’re nearing college basketball’s home stretch already. Conference play seemingly just started, but teams are already separating themselves in the standings and making their case for tournament bids and seeds. With the entirety …
It has not been a good calendar year for the Kansas basketball program, and Bill Self knows it. Things have been a mess for Kansas since the team’s second round loss to Auburn in last year’s NCAA Tournament, including off-court …
The Big 12 on Wednesday announced suspensions for players involved in Tuesday night’s fight between Kansas and Kansas State. No surprise, Silvio De Sousa received the harshest penalty — a 12-game suspension. His teammate, David McCormack, …
