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Aldrich still awestruck after gem

Posted Sunday, April 6, 2008

Cole Aldrich still might not fully understand just what he did. Here’s the 6-foot-11 mound of a freshman forward. He just scored eight points and grabbed seven pivotal rebounds in Kansas University’s 84-66 national semifinal victory over North Carolina on Saturday night. Read more.

6Sports video: Aldrich ready for the 'Madness'

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Thursday's game against Portland State will be the first NCAA tourney game for KU's Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich. Read more.

Aldrich proves tough

Posted Thursday, March 13, 2008

Cole Aldrich looked like he was executing moves he learned in preseason boxing-conditioning workouts, bobbing up and down as he shuffled off the Allen Fieldhouse court. Actually, he was weaving over to the corner cut man — make that the team trainer — after suffering a right hand injury at a recent Kansas University basketball practice. Read more.

Aldrich shows off progress

Posted Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008

Just four months ago, the simplest of basketball tasks gave Cole Aldrich the most nerve-racking experience of his young career. Even recalling it, he bends his knees and starts shaking just to emulate how he felt in October at Late Night in the Phog, stepping to the charity stripe for the first time in front of a full Allen Fieldhouse crowd. Read more.

Aldrich makes most of minutes

Posted Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008

Cole Aldrich realizes he’s not playing as many minutes as several of his McDonald’s All-America Game contemporaries. Does that fact bother Kansas University’s 6-foot-11, 240-pound big man from Bloomington, Minn.? Not in the least. Read more.

Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook

Posted Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2008

Kansas University freshman Cole Aldrich’s parents, Walter and Kathleen, made the trip from Bloomington, Minn., to watch their son score five points and grab seven boards while playing 12 minutes in KU’s rout of Yale on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. Read more.

KU’s Aldrich on rise

Posted Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007

He was behind the play, and then he was the play. Kansas University reserve freshman center Cole Aldrich slammed home a missed shot with two hands to trigger a huge ovation from the crowd and the KU bench late in Saturday’s 88-51 victory against Ohio University in the Sprint Center. Read more.

‘Minnesota grunt’ identifies wild Aldrich

Posted Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007

Born on Halloween in 1988, perhaps Cole Aldrich was destined to be a little different, a little wild. The Kansas University freshman center from Bloomington, Minn., has been on campus only a few months, and though he has played just 86 minutes in nine games and averages a mere 3.6 points an outing, he’s establishing himself as a player who enjoys himself and makes his presence known. Read more.

Keegan: Aldrich atypical big man

Posted Thursday, Nov. 22, 2007

Watching young big men play basketball can be such an exercise in frustration, even at the major-college level. So many tend to grab a rebound and bring it down below their waists, making themselves 6-footers. They fumble the basketball, demoralizing teammates. They like to showcase their guard skills and avoid the combat zone underneath. Read more.

6Sports video: Aldrich season's likely star

Posted Monday, Oct. 22, 2007

6'11" freshman Cole Aldrich is eager for the Jayhawk basketball season to start. The Jayhawks open the exhibition season on November 1 against Pittsburg State. Read more.

KU signees have nine points in loss

Posted Monday, July 9, 2007

Kansas University men’s basketball signees Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich combined for nine points in the Global Games All-Americans’ 86-72 loss Saturday to the United States U19 World Championship team at Moody Coliseum. Read more.

6Sports video: Aldrich, Reed participate in Global Games

Posted Thursday, July 5, 2007

You won't see them in a Kansas uniform until Late Night in the Phog, but this evening KU freshmen Cole Aldrich and Tyrel Reed played their first meaningful hardwood minutes since coming to KU last month. Read more.

6Sports video: Reed and Aldrich to play on US All-American Squad

Posted Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Incoming KU freshmen Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich will be a part of this week's Global Games. Both 'Hawks will play on the US All-American Squad. Read more.

Beginning to bond

Posted Sunday, June 10, 2007

With the high schoolers occupied during a scrimmage at Bill Self’s Elite basketball camp Saturday, Kansas University’s incoming freshmen used the 45 minutes to hoist 600 jump shots. Read more.