SAN DIEGO — As Kansas coach Bill Self recalls, it seemed great in theory for the Jayhawks to get to play the first weekend of the 2009 NCAA Tournament in center Cole Aldrich’s home state of Minnesota. “Until we played … North Dakota State and then they had 20,000 people at the game, or ...
SAN DIEGO — It has been far from a guarantee in recent seasons, and even throughout Bill Self’s 23-year tenure as head coach, that a Kansas men’s basketball team arrives for its first NCAA Tournament weekend ready to play at full strength. Two years ago on a Salt Lake City side street, ...
Updated 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Former Kansas player and assistant coach Jerod Haase has been hired as the head coach at UNC Greensboro, the school announced on Wednesday morning. "My family and I are thrilled to join the Greensboro community," Haase said in a press release. "In ...
Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson received an honorable mention from The Associated Press in its All-American selections, voted on by a panel of media members. An honorable mention means that Peterson was one of the next 10 players (and ties) selected after the AP filled its first, second ...
Like so many young players, Jayden Dawson became more of a focal point each successive year he played for Eric Behrens at Omaha Central High School. He could always shoot it, and he always had the right attitude — humble, quiet, still easygoing and friendly, as Behrens described him. It was ...
The East region of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, as Kansas coach Bill Self pointed out on Sunday, is difficult enough as to include both the No. 1 overall seed, Duke, and a No. 2 seed in UConn that not long ago was on the No. 1 line. Those are also two teams that already beat the fourth-seeded ...
Kansas, the No. 4 seed in the East Regional, will begin the NCAA Tournament with No. 13 Cal Baptist (25-8) on Friday in San Diego. The game is scheduled for 8:45 p.m. Central time and will be televised on CBS. Cal Baptist is in its 13th season under head coach Rick Croy, whose time as the head ...
