The 2017-18 college basketball season ended on Monday night with Villanova as the last team standing.
The Wildcats rolled through the 2018 NCAA Tournament, knocking off all six of their victims by double digits and winning by an average of 17.6 points per game, including a 16-point win over Kansas in the Final Four.
While that loss ended KU’s season, it did not end the reason to talk Kansas basketball. There’s still plenty on interesting topics at our disposal, including current players possibly turning pro, recruiting and, of course, a look ahead to the 2018-19 season.
In my latest meeting of the minds with Nick Schwerdt, we address all of those things and more. Give it a listen!
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.
