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The Kansas Jayhawks just pulled off one of the biggest comebacks of the years after they mounted a furious come-from-behind victory over North Carolina in the NCAA title game on Monday night. It was an epic victory for Kansas which have now secured their fourth national title in the history of the program. It wasn’t […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are the national champions. It wasn’t an easy road, though, and they had to pull off an incredible second half comeback to take down a feisty North Carolina Tar Heels squad led by first year head coach Hubert Davis. Naturally, the NBA world was tuned in throughout the showdown, with the likes […]

Kansas finally ended its NCAA title drought and captured its first trophy since 2008 after completing a come-from-behind win over North Carolina on Monday night, 72-69. Kansas made a fiery rally in the second half to erase a 15-point deficit, making it the biggest comeback victory in NCAA championship game history, surpassing Kentucky’s 10-point rally […]

Have you seen the movie Any Given Sunday? The one wherein a star football player, played by Jamie Foxx, vomited before every game. Well, life imitated art on Monday night in the NCAA title game after North Carolina guard Puff Johnson puked on the floor. With just a little over four minutes left in a […]

North Carolina Tar Heels coach Hubert Davis is hyped. How hyped is he? Well, you just need to watch his in-game interview during the national title game against the Kansas Jayhawks to know that. With just seven minutes remaining in the first half and North Carolina getting off to a 22-18 lead, Davis expressed his […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are looking to cap off a sensational 33-6 season with a national championship on Monday night in their showdown vs UNC. Led by head coach Bill Self, senior guard Ochai Agbaji and junior guard Christian Braun, the Jayhawks are looking to bring home their first title since 2008. However, a national championship […]

Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan is undoubtedly the best player the North Carolina Tar Heels ever produced. Naturally, a lot of fans expect to see him on Monday night when UNC take on the Kansas Jayhawks for the NCAA Tournament title game. If he does make an appearance, though, Hubert Davis doesn’t want him to […]

North Carolina forward Armando Bacot was among the heroes for the Tar Heels in the dramatic Final Four win against rival Duke on Saturday. Bacot rose to the occasion with 11 points and 21 rebounds, as he set the record for the most double-doubles by an ACC player in a season with an astounding 30. […]

Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks are a win away from booking their tickets to the national title game of the 2022 March Madness. Winning the game this Saturday is going to be easier said than done for the Jayhawks, though, as they will be up against a dangerous unit in the form of the […]

For the past few weeks, the 2022 NCAA Tournament has seen solid performances from various players and teams across the country. The playing field has now been trimmed down to the Final Four squads set to vie for the national championship this season, including the Duke Blue Devils, Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, and […]

The Kansas Jayhawks got off to a slow start against Miami on Sunday, heading into the locker room at halftime down by six. The team bounced back in a huge way during the second half, completely dominating the Hurricanes 47-15 in the final 20 minutes of play. After the Elite Eight NCAA Tournament win, head […]

The Kansas Jayhawks entered Sunday’s Elite Eight matchup against the Miami Hurricanes looking for their 16th Final Four appearance. It would be the fourth under head coach Bill Self since he took over in 2003. Things were not looking very good at halftime, as the Jayhawks trailed 35-29. Then the second half happened. Kansas outscored […]

For the 15th time in the school’s history, the Kansas Jayhawks earned a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It is the ninth time it has happened under coach Bill Self’s watch since he joined the program in 2003. They will face off against Texas Southern. The Tigers defeated the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders […]

The sixth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are slated to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Basketball Tournament at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City. The Mountaineers are coming off of a rather disappointing 2021-2022 season that saw them finish last in the conference with a 16-16 (4-14) regular-season record. Despite […]

The #6 Kansas Jayhawks entered Tuesday night’s contest against the TCU Horned Frogs percentage points ahead of Baylor for the Big 12 regular season title. They are looking to clinch at least a share of the Big 12 conference title for the 16th time over the last 17 seasons. Unfortunately for coach Bill Self and […]

This should be an exciting Big-12 matchup for Tuesday night! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with a Kansas-Oklahoma prediction and pick. After losing to No. 25 Texas Tech, Kansas bounced back with two huge wins against pretty good teams. Kansas is now ranked No. 7 in the nation and have a […]

This should be an exciting Big-12 matchup for Tuesday night! It’s time to continue our college basketball odds series with an Iowa State-Kansas prediction and pick. Iowa State has had an interesting last few weeks. They reached as far as No. 8 in the nation but fell back to No. 15 after losses to top-ranked […]

The fall of the Big 12 continues. If you thought what the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners are doing with the SEC is strange, this apparently potential Kansas Jayhawks-Big Ten marriage might get you flustered. Mike Vernon has reported that “Kansas has a call set up with the Big Ten.” With Oklahoma and Texas looking […]

What a great day it is to be Bill Self. As Self is approaching nearly 20 years as the head coach at Kansas, the school decided on Friday to slap a good old lifetime contract on the 15 time Big 12 Conference champion coach. Kansas signs #KUbball head coach Bill Self to lifetime contract More […]

This is no April Fools’ Day joke: North Carolina Tar Heels head coach Roy Williams is retiring. North Carolina put out this release on Thursday: After 33 years as a Hall of Fame head coach, our beloved Tar Heel Roy Williams is announcing his retirement. Thank you for all you have done and meant to […]

The USC Trojans will take on the Kansas Jayhawks in a highly touted second-round matchup on Monday night. This game features two teams on different trajectories right now. The reeling Jayhawks will be forced to fight through their struggles against a red-hot Trojans squad. Both groups will have a tall task with the plethora of […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are out of the Big 12 Tournament due to a positive COVID-19 test. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported Kansas, following a win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Thursday, had a player test positive for the virus. Norlander also reportedly said that the player participated in the win over the Sooners. BREAKING—Kansas […]

The No. 2 Baylor Bears suffered their first loss of the season against the 17th-ranked Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday, falling 71-58 on the road. In response to his team’s first defeat of the college basketball season, Scott Drew said that COVID-19 protocols led to Baylor’s demise on Saturday. “We were the No. 1-shooting team in the […]

Of course Bill Self would be chill with an asterisk riddled national championship banner hanging from Allen Fieldhouse. After all, the world is going to hell in a handbag. It only makes sense. “This would be the one year I would be in favor of it [the championship being awarded via the AP Poll] without […]

During his 17-year NBA career, Metta World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, had a reputation as an energetic, hot-headed and tough player. He was a key component of the infamous “Malice at the Palace” that occurred in 2004 when he was on the Indiana Pacers. It may not be as prevalent as it is […]

Despite the fact that the heralded Kansas Jayhawks had the game well in-hand, their cross-state rival Kansas State Wildcats didn’t simply let the clock run out. Instead, players from both Kansas and Kansas State collided along the baseline en route to an all-out brawl erupting to close the contest. With just seconds remaining in the […]

The San Antonio Spurs are a mere 14-19 on the season, and there have been some rumblings that Gregg Popovich may call it quits after he coaches in the 2020 Olympics. There have even been some rumors that Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self could be in line to take over for Pop, and it’s […]

Five-star guard Bryce Thompson was down to a final four of schools in his recruitment, which included the Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma Sooners and Oklahoma State Cobowys. With the first signing period of the 2020 recruiting class underway, he has decided on the school where he’ll be taking his talents. He is […]

Bryce Thompson, a five-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, has narrowed his potential landing spots list to just four schools. Let’s get down to brass tax. Five-star combo guard Bryce Thompson is down to his final four schools in his recruitment according to a tweet he posted. The four schools include […]

The Streak died at age 14, a victim of fate and karma, not tragedy. Last season, for the first time since 2004, Kansas didn’t finish on top of the Big 12 standings. Injuries, attrition and a dysfunctional roster led to the Jayhawks finishing behind co-champions Kansas State and Texas Tech and a second-round NCAA Tournament […]

The Kansas Jayhawks did not win or share the Big 12 Conference title last season, marking the first time since 2005 that’s happened. However, the media selected the program to win the title and start a new streak in the preseason. While the program’s chance of ending their one-year drought looks good, here are three […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Other than the Court of Public Opinion, no one has been found guilty based on perception. In legal terms, “perception” equals reasonable doubt. What appears to be misconduct becomes a judgment call. Just because you’re thinking of flipping off the driver who cut you off, you’re not guilty of road rage […]

Javonte Brown, a four-star big man out of the 2021 college basketball recruiting class, has narrowed his potential landing spots list down to just three schools. Brown has officially narrowed down his choice of schools to three according to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers. The 6-foot-11, 230-pound junior (class of 2021) out of Maryland is down […]

Frank Anselem, a 4-star prospect in the 2021 recruiting class, has received an offer from Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks, according to Jake Weingarten of Stockrisers. The 6-10 center, who attends Prolific Prep in California, continues to rack up offers as one of the best players at his position. Anselem also holds offers from […]

When the Big 12 Conference has its men’s basketball media day in Kansas City Wednesday, a major announcement will receive considerable attention. Monday, Kansas and Missouri announced that it had agreed to a six-game renewal of the Border Showdown, starting next season. The cessation of hostilities and the renewal of the rivalry was met with […]

Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self isn’t happy with the narrative going around that the college basketball coach is trolling the NCAA. Following the governing the governing body of college sports sending the school and coach a formal notice of allegations, the official Kansas Jayhawks Twitter account tweeted the following: Big Late Night in the Phog […]

Gethro Muscadin, a four-star big man out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is slated to be seen by the Kansas Jayhawks on Thursday. In fact, it will be head coach Bill Self who will see the young man. This news was relayed to the masses on the mean streets of Twitter by Rivals […]

Alex Tchikou, a 4-star forward in the 2021 recruiting class, has picked up an offer from Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks. The 6-11 power forward, who attends Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, continues to rack up a ton of interest on the recruiting trail as one of the best players at his position. Baylor, […]

Isaiah Todd, a five-star prospect out of the 2020 college basketball recruiting class, is down to just the Kansas Jayhawks and Michigan Wolverines. He’s projected to be an NBA-level player. The kid broke the news himself on the mean streets of Twitter by way of a nifty tweet: https://twitter.com/zaytodd/status/1181166896512667648 Obviously, as the picture indicates, he’ll […]