Iowa State guard Jalen Coleman-Lands shoots a 3-point basket over Texas guard Courtney Ramey (3) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Ames, Iowa. Texas won 81-67.
To say the Kansas men’s basketball team might look a little different during the 2021-22 season than it did in 2020-21 would probably be a bit of an understatement.
In addition to all kinds of new faces, the team KU coach Bill Self will field for the upcoming season figures to have different styles and strengths at its disposal.
In our latest episode of Basketball Friends with Journal-World Sports Editor Matt Tait & “Rock Chalk Sports Talk” host Nick Schwerdt we take a look at one of those potential strengths.
In this episode we breakdown:
• What the recent additions mean for KU’s 3-point shooting
• Who might be the best shooters on this team and what will their roles be?
• How will the 2021-22 team stack up against some of KU’s best 3-point shooting teams of all-time?
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.