Say What? Tait’s weekly appearance on Rock Chalk Sports Talk

By Matt Tait     Sep 19, 2018

Thanks to the Kansas football program’s two-game winning streak and 2-1 record heading into Big 12 play, my past few appearances on Rock Chalk Sports Talk with Nick Schwerdt have included heavy doses of football talk.

And there was some of that on this most recent segment, with Kansas slated to take on Baylor in Waco on Saturday in the Big 12 opener.

But there was also some legit hoops news to get to and we jumped right in to talk about KU landing an oral commitment from four-star shooting guard Christian Braun, of Blue Valley Northwest, earlier this week.

Schwerdt and I broke down Braun’s game, his fit for Kansas and what the news means for the rest of KU’s 2019 recruiting class, which now has one player in the bag but could grow to as many as four or five by the time it’s all said and done.

Whether it’s football talk or hoops news you’re looking for, you’ll find it in the segment below so give it a listen.

You also will learn about Schwerdt’s quest to come up with a new rankings system for high school recruits. We already have the star system and the overall ranking numbers. But Nick’s looking to add a third measurement to the game.

Good idea? Bad idea? You be the judge.

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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.