After a Tuesday afternoon practice at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence — at 1 p.m., no less, the same time as tip-off in their Round 1 NCAA Tournament game Thursday against Penn — the No. 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks hopped on a bus and headed south to Wichita, site of this year’s first and second round Midwest regional games.
Arriving at the team hotel in Downtown Wichita, at about 8:30 p.m., the Jayhawks filed in, one by one, and checked into their rooms that they hope they’ll be in for the next few days.
In addition to media sessions and an off-site practice, KU will host an open practice at Intrust Bank Arena from 12:30 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
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.
