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The college basketball world was shocked by the recent news of Virginia basketball head coach Tony Bennett announcing his retirement. It was a big surprise as Bennett has had a ton of success with the Cavaliers, and the announcement came right before the start of the season. At the end of the day, Bennett didn’t […]

The Kansas basketball program is getting closer to the start of the 2024-25 regular season. Bill Self will do all he can to help the team excel. Nevertheless, Self must think about which players will redshirt during the season, and he provided insight into freshman forward Flory Bidunga and guard Rakease Passmore’s decisions. “I don’t […]

The Kansas basketball team has had a good offseason in terms of the transfer portal, and it was needed. The Jayhawks didn’t have a great season last year by their standard as they didn’t win the Big 12 and they also didn’t make it out of the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Those are […]

The Kansas basketball team had to end a scrimmage early on Tuesday as Elmarko Jackson went down with an injury. The team was scrimmaging in front of campers, and Jayhawks head coach Bill Self decided to call it when Jackson went down. Originally, Self told the campers that Jackson was going to be fine, but […]

The near future looks bright for the Kansas basketball team as head coach Bill Self was able to retain some key pieces of last year’s squad, and the Jayhawks have some talented freshmen coming in as well. One thing is certain, there is no shortage of big men for Kansas. Hunter Dickinson will be back […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are always expected to be a legitimate title contender not just in the Big 12 but on the national stage, thanks in large part to the excellent coaching of Bill Self. The Kansas basketball head coach can also be credited for the program’s success on the recruitment and transfer fronts. That is […]

The Kansas basketball team should be one of the best teams in college basketball next season as they are returning a lot of key talent, and they have also had a good offseason in the transfer portal. The Jayhawks are going to have the talent on the roster to take them far, but we thought […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self knows his conference is about to get even harder. Self is calling the new look Big 12 a ‘monster’ of a league. “It’s going to be a monster of a league” 👀@KUHoops coach Bill Self joined @TheAndyKatz to speak on Kansas’ offseason and the strength of the new look @Big12Conference […]

Bill Self’s net worth in 2024 is $30 million, but it is about to get higher. The coach of the Kansas Jayhawks is one of the most accomplished college basketball coaches of the 21st century, and he has been rewarded as one of the highest-paid coaches in the sport for a while now. His new […]

Kansas basketball fans have been wondering whether or not they will see Hunter Dickinson back in Lawrence next season, and he finally made a decision on Friday. Dickinson will be back with the Jayhawks next year, and he announced his decision in a perfect Twitter exchange with Kansas head coach Bill Self. “Hey @H_Dickinson24, have […]

The Kansas basketball team is coming off a tough 2023-24 season. The Jayhawks finished with a record of 23-11, which placed them sixth in the Big 12. They also exited March Madness early with a second-round 89-68 loss to Gonzaga. Nevertheless, Head Coach Bill Self projected a big improvement for Kansas’ future roster. Self understands […]

Kansas basketball put up a decent fight in the first half against Gonzaga. However, the Bulldogs totally ran away with it after outscoring the Jayhawks 46-24 in the second half. After the game, head coach Bill Self made an eye-opening admission on the state of his team. During the postgame press conference, Self was asked […]

Samford basketball stormed back from 22 points down in the second half and had a chance to upset fourth-seeded Kansas late in their first-round matchup of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. When A.J. Staton-McCray blocked Nic Timberlake while down one point with 14.7 seconds left, the Bulldogs thought they had an opportunity to go the other […]

The Kansas basketball Jayhawks came into the NCAA Tournament as a wounded Goliath, one battered not by a slingshot, but rather an injury bug that is sidelining top player Kevin McCullar Jr. for the entirety of March Madness. A Round of 64 matchup with the relentless Samford Bulldogs left them incredibly vulnerable to the fatal […]

Each of the last two seasons, you could make a case that Kansas Jayhawks guard Kevin McCullar Jr. has been one of the best players in the Big 12 conference, and certainly, the most important player on the Kansas roster. Unfortunately for the Jayhawks, who won the National Title in 2022 without McCullar — he was still […]

This is just not the year for the Kansas basketball program. Coach Bill Self has faced a lot of adversity throughout the season, and it looks to be getting worse with the NCAA Tournament nearing. The Jayhawks still got a bid to March Madness despite these struggles due to the help of Hunter Dickinson and […]

Kansas basketball is entering the 2024 NCAA Tournament with more questions possibly than answers. Several analysts don’t expect the team to even get past the first round, since the team is dealing with injuries to Kevin McClullar Jr. and Hunter Dickinson. Kansas though is a team with such a rich history and tradition, that you […]

The Kansas Jayhawks and head coach Bill Self had a poor finish to the 2023-24 season and into the Big 12 Tournament. Despite that, the Jayhawks, with a 22-10 record, were selected as a No. 4 seed in Midwest Regional. But the biggest question facing Kansas is the health of their top two players in […]

The Kansas basketball team went out in the second round of the Big 12 tournament in a 72-52 loss to Cincinnati, and amid the absence of Kevin McCullar Jr. and Hunter Dickinson, Bill Self explained the reason that the team lost after the game. “I thought that we were bad offensively,” Bill Self said, via […]

The Kansas basketball squad has a lot to do if they want to win the NCAA Tournament. They have had the worst season in the Bill Self era but hope is not at all lost. They can still gain momentum through the Big 12 conference tournament and carry it over to the big dance. It […]

Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self announced on Monday that star players Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. will not be participating in the Big 12 tournament this week due to injuries, per Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Self also mentioned on his radio show Hawk Talk that he anticipates both Dickinson and McCullar Jr. […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self is sharing updates about his team’s injured players. Kansas may be without a few of its stars for the Big 12 tournament, as Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. are both battling tough injuries. Dickinson suffered a shoulder ailment during the team’s loss to Houston on Saturday. “[Dickinson] dislocated his […]

Kansas basketball is about to return to the NCAA Tournament for the 34th year in a row. The Jayhawks have struggled more this season than in recent memory but remain one of the most consistently strong teams in the country. The team has a 22-8 record and is trying to reach the NCAA Final Four […]

Kansas basketball has had an uncharacteristically difficult season. The Jayhawks didn’t win the Big 12 conference regular season title, and the team has the most losses in conference of any team the school has had since the 1980s. The Jayhawks are headed to the NCAA tournament, but they are definitely vulnerable. Here are a few […]

Kansas senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. returned to action after sitting out four of five basketball games due to a bone bruise in his left knee. In his comeback games against Baylor and Kansas State, he scored a combined 39 points. Late in the Jayhawks’ 90-68 victory over the Wildcats on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse, […]

Kansas basketball played their final home game of the season on Tuesday night as they celebrated their seniors with a big win over rival Kansas State basketball. The game wasn’t close for very long, and the Jayhawks ended up cruising to a big win. Much like any rivalry game, there was some controversy at the […]

The Big 12 conference has gotten tougher over the years. Heading into March Madness and the conference tournament, Houston is the consensus top team in the nation. One would think that the prestigious Kansas basketball program would be right there with them at the second spot but they are not. Bill Self and Hunter Dickinson’s […]

Kansas basketball’s Kevin McCullar Jr. is revealing what head coach Bill Self said to the team following a loss to Baylor on Saturday. The Jayhawks suffered their seventh conference loss of the season to the Bears. “It’s March now, he told us, it’s going to come to a time and point now where you just […]

The Kansas basketball team fell on the road to Baylor basketball on Saturday, and the Jayhawks fell to 9-7 in Big 12 conference play with the loss. Those seven losses are the most that Kansas has surrendered under head coach Bill Self ever, and it is the most he has ever had in his entire […]

The Kansas Jayhawks have been one of the best teams in the country this season, but they’ve suffered a major blow recently in the form of a knee injury to star guard Kevin McCullar Jr. The Jayhawks have played inconsistent basketball as of late and recently head coach Bill Self suggested McCullar’s injury could be […]

Iowa women’s basketball superstar Caitlin Clark, the newly crowned scoring queen in women’s college basketball history, launches three’s from distances that most men’s basketball players wouldn’t dream of. She also hits an extraordinarily high percentage of them. During the 2022-23 season, Clark hit 42.9 percent of three’s from 25 to 30 feet, per Ben Pickman of […]

The Kansas Jayhawks basketball team dropped its seventh game of the season on Tuesday, losing to BYU 76-68. This is the fifth game the team has played without star Kevin McCullar Jr. after he suffered a knee injury in a loss to Kansas State. The Jayhawks also lost to Texas Tech during this stretch, and […]

It was a frustrating night for the No. 7 Kansas basketball team as they fell at home to the unranked BYU Cougars Tuesday night, 76-68. Jayhawks head coach Bill Self spoke after the game and was candid in talking about the team’s performance, especially expressing how he felt about the contest before tip-off. The Kansas […]

The Kansas basketball team picked up a much-needed road win on Saturday against #25 Oklahoma basketball. The Jayhawks have not been playing well away from home as of late, and they went down big early against the Sooners. Kansas trailed by double digits in the first half, and it looked like their road woes were […]

The Kansas basketball team had high hopes coming into the 2024 Big 12 basketball season and now they’re in a position where they will be forced to fight for their conference championship lives. Hunter Dickinson, the Michigan transfer and star big man, got real on what it will take to chase down the conference’s current […]

Monday hasn’t been a great day for Bill Self and Kansas basketball. The Jayhawks started a new week on the road in Lubbock for a matchup versus the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and it turned out to be a complete disaster for Kansas. Self seemed so frustrated over how the game was turning out that […]

The Kansas basketball team is clearly very good as they are currently ranked #4 in the country, but they have some big consistency issues that are plaguing them a bit. After a huge home win against then #4 Houston on Saturday, the Jayhawks lost in overtime at unranked Kansas State basketball on Monday. Kansas has […]

The Kansas basketball team lost their third road game in a row on Monday night as they fell in overtime against Kansas State basketball. It was obviously a tight game as it was all tied up at the end of regulation, but there was a point in the second half when  the Jayhawks led by […]

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self isn’t getting down following his team’s close overtime loss to Kansas State on Monday. Self is choosing to remain positive and look at what his team did right in the close game. Bill Self less than concerned about his team after an OT loss in Manhattan, it would appear. "This […]