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KU’s Mitch Lightfoot on importance of attacking the rim in loss to Baylor
No. 9 Kansas couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 77-69 loss to No. 2 Baylor Monday night in the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. Kansas (10-4, 4-3 Big 12) had two players finished in double figures, including 17 points from sophomore guard Christian Braun. Junior guard ... Continue reading
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Christian Braun after leading Jayhawks with 17 points in road loss to Bears
No. 9 Kansas couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 77-69 loss to No. 2 Baylor Monday night in the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. Kansas (10-4, 4-3 Big 12) had two players finished in double figures, including 17 points from sophomore guard Christian Braun. Junior guard ... Continue reading
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Kansas coach Bill Self following 77-69 road loss to No. 2 Baylor
No. 9 Kansas couldn’t overcome a slow start in a 77-69 loss to No. 2 Baylor Monday night in the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas. Kansas (10-4, 4-3 Big 12) had two players finished in double figures, including 17 points from sophomore guard Christian Braun. Junior guard ... Continue reading
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Getting to know: Baylor basketball
After getting the weekend off, No. 9 Kansas is set to face No. 2 Baylor in a Big Monday matchup in Waco, Texas. Tipoff is slated for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN. The Jayhawks (10-3, 4-2 Big 12) had their home game ... Continue reading
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Jayhawks drop 3 spots to No. 9 in latest AP poll
The Kansas men’s basketball team remained in the Associated Press Top 10 this week, falling three spots to No. 9 after a mid-week loss at Oklahoma State last week. Kansas now has appeared in the AP poll for an NCAA Division I record 229 consecutive weeks, this ... Continue reading
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Getting to know: Iowa State basketball (postponed)
KU-IOWA STATE POSTPONED Saturday's home game between No. 6 Kansas and Iowa State was postponed Friday evening because of COVID-19 protocol issues within the ISU program. No make-up date has been announced, but the schools plan to work with the Big 12 Conference to reschedule the game. ... Continue reading
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What slump? KU’s Christian Braun will keep on shooting, making winning plays
For shooters on Bill Self’s teams, there’s a five-letter word that’s just as bad as any four-letter swear word: “slump.” “I don’t like it if a guy were ever — a shooter — to ever admit that he’s in a slump,” Self said Friday. And to his ... Continue reading
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Mitch Lightfoot on why Jayhawks need to improve their transition defense
No. 6 Kansas will host Iowa State Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff will begin at 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Jayhawks (10-3, 4-2 Big 12) are coming off a 75-70 road loss to Oklahoma State. Iowa ... Continue reading
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Christian Braun believes Jayhawks need to take more pride in their defense
No. 6 Kansas will host Iowa State Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff will begin at 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Jayhawks (10-3, 4-2 Big 12) are coming off a 75-70 road loss to Oklahoma State. Iowa ... Continue reading
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Kansas coach Bill Self speaks to reporters ahead of matchup with Iowa State
No. 6 Kansas will host Iowa State Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Tipoff will begin at 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Jayhawks (10-3, 4-2 Big 12) are coming off a 75-70 road loss to Oklahoma State. Iowa ... Continue reading
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Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on his team’s defense: ‘We’ve got to get back to guarding’
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has always demanded that his teams play great defense. But after watching Oklahoma State carve up KU’s D and hit KU for 37 points in transition during Tuesday night’s loss in Stillwater, Okla., Self believes it’s time for his current team to ... Continue reading
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A quick examination of why Kansas freshman Jalen Wilson looked a little off in KU’s last 2 outings
Given the way he started the season, exploding onto the college basketball scene as one of the country’s top breakout players, Jalen Wilson’s past two games have not exactly lived up to the standard he set for himself. In a [close-call KU win over Oklahoma][1] at home ... Continue reading
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Basketball Friends | Kansas basketball still searching for an identity?
Check out the first episode of a new weekly KU basketball video series featuring yours truly and Nick Schwerdt, host of KLWN's "Rock Chalk Sports Talk." Continue reading
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Poor execution late in loss at Oklahoma State leaves Kansas coach Bill Self searching for stronger minds
Even after Oklahoma State tied the game with a late and somewhat unlikely 3-pointer by junior guard Isaac Likekele on Tuesday night, Kansas coach Bill Self believed his team was in prime position to win. The fact that they didn’t, [and instead came home with a 75-70 ... Continue reading
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The David McCormack we heard about before the season has finally arrived
Raise your hand if you thought in December David McCormack would be playing at an All-Big 12 level in January. And be honest. When the Jayhawks’ starting big man was going 1-for-9 versus Kentucky or 5-for-12 against Creighton or 3-for-10 at Texas Tech, there wasn’t much evidence ... Continue reading
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KU Sports Extra: Jayhawks’ comeback bid falls short at Oklahoma State
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHqUKL-9dts&feature=youtu.be Continue reading
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Big Dave’s double-double nets top spot after 75-70 loss at Oklahoma State
**1 – David McCormack —** It wasn’t always pretty and he might have become a little trigger happy in the first half, but the KU big man delivered a monster line of 24 points and 12 rebounds while providing Kansas with [the closest thing it got to ... Continue reading
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David McCormack after leading Jayhawks with 24 points in loss to Cowboys
After trailing by as many as 16 points in the second half, No. 6 Kansas put together a furious comeback to take the lead over Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Tuesday night. In the end, though, it wasn’t enough. The Jayhawks dropped a 75-70 decision on the ... Continue reading
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Ochai Agbaji on KU’s comeback bid falling short at Oklahoma State
After trailing by as many as 16 points in the second half, No. 6 Kansas put together a furious comeback to take the lead over Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Tuesday night. In the end, though, it wasn’t enough. The Jayhawks dropped a 75-70 decision on the ... Continue reading
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Kansas coach Bill Self on what went wrong in 75-70 loss to Oklahoma State
After trailing by as many as 16 points in the second half, No. 6 Kansas put together a furious comeback to take the lead over Oklahoma State in Stillwater on Tuesday night. In the end, though, it wasn’t enough. The Jayhawks dropped a 75-70 decision on the ... Continue reading
