More sights and sounds from the Jayhawks at Pearl Harbor

By Matt Tait     Nov 9, 2016

The Kansas basketball teamtoured the USS Chafee at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickman near Honolulu
on Wednesday, and, in doing so, provided a wonderful opportunity to observe the Jayhawks away from their area of expertise — the basketball court.

KU’s coaches, players, managers and support staff toured the ship for roughly 45 minutes, getting lessons about the ship’s history, its operations and stories from several active Naval officers.

The tour included an up-close look at the destroyer’s weapons system, operating instructions for the 15,000-pound anchor, a trip inside the control room, where the captain’s chair sat proud at the front of the ship and handshakes and smiles from the Jayhawks to the military men and women and plenty of smiles right back.

The opportunity to tag along provided great images, both of still photographs and videos, for Nick Krug and I to grab and there’s no doubt that we both also immensely enjoyed the experience in such an historic environment.

In case you’re not a Twitter follower or didn’t have an opportunity to hop on Twitter yet today, here’s a quick look at some of the videos that we posted during the tour. Nick broke off and went with the players and I stuck with KU coach Bill Self and his staff.

PREV POST

Jayhawks arrive in Hawaii

NEXT POST

49725More sights and sounds from the Jayhawks at Pearl Harbor

Author Photo

Written By Matt Tait

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.