Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji (30) puts up a 3-pointer over Washburn guard Azeem Ross (3) during the second half on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 at Allen Fieldhouse.
It’s already been a crazy offseason for the Kansas men’s basketball program, and Basketball Friends with Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & “Rock Chalk Sports Talk” host Nick Schwerdt is aiming to try to make sense of all of it in the weeks ahead.
From players coming and going to a new lifetime contract for Bill Self, assistant coach Jerrance Howard heading to Texas and a new boss in the KU athletic department, we’ll take a look at all of the changes that are now impacting this program after KU’s 2020-21 season.
First up, KU junior Ochai Agbaji tossed his name into the NBA draft pool last week. In this episode we breakdown:
• What that means for Agbaji
• What that means for the Jayhawks
• What factors go into the decision to stay in the draft or return to school
• Whether Agbaji’s situation is reminiscent of any past Jayhawks
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
