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5 months
Lance Leipold told RJ Young that he tells players "If we make all our decisions strictly based on money and transactional relationships, I don't know if we'll ever be fulfilled or happy, and if I'm going to say that to our players I better make sure I'm walking that walk myself."
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Jason Bean is now second to Todd Reesing in all-time KU passing touchdowns
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No one in the stadium, including we in the press box, is able to follow what is going on because the referees are unmiked and the penalties are so deeply confusing
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3 months
Here's a clip of Bill Self's announcement just now that Kevin McCullar will miss the NCAA Tournament.
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Hunter Dickinson: "I could probably save a baby in Bloomington" and still get booed.
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Self on Jamari McDowell: We recruited him to be a program guy and to play over time, and right now he's on track to do that.
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6 months
They were not lying — this is an incredibly steep arena
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Per a KU press release, "Mike Kimbell and his wife Michelle, and Kay (Kimbell) Almanza and her husband Dan, have committed $10 million in support of the Gateway District project and David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium."
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Dickinson: "I don't think I've ever had a 20 and 20 before, but obviously, when you've got the best PG in the nation, the best 3 in the nation, they help me out a lot."
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7 months
KU Athletics has announced a $35 million gift for the Gateway District from Brad Garlinghouse.
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2 years
@NandovMovies The Seth Rogen thing in Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers?
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1 year
The most crucial #KUbball news of the day: Hunter Dickinson and roommate Michael Jankovich are still looking for their first win in Fall Guys ("Maybe tonight might be the night!"). Apparently KJ Adams is pretty good at the game.
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8 months
OU coach Brent Venables, a Salina native and K-State grad, today: “I love that there’s pride restored in being a Kansas guy … I like that there’s pride and success happening in Lawrence, Kansas. I think it’s good for the Big 12.”
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7 months
Leipold on "Border Patrol" today said the trainer told him Bean is progressing well, but it's not clear when during this week he'll be available. "At the same time, we know Cole will be ready to go, and that's probably the direction we're going to have to plan on at this moment."
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8 months
Leipold on Hawk Talk stresses once again that he and Kelly expect coaching at KU to be the last job he has.
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6 months
This is a section in the KU game notes
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Jalon Daniels on Isaiah Marshall on radio last night: "That kid’s a baller ... He’s able to make plays, he’s very cerebral when it comes to the game, and to be able to see the development that he’s going to have under coach Leipold is going to be tremendous.”
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1 year
Tomorrow will be my first day as the sports editor of the Lawrence Journal-World ( @LJWorld , plus @KUsports )! I'm thrilled to get the chance to serve as the primary beat reporter for Kansas football and men's basketball while overseeing the rest of our sports coverage.
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9 months
Lance Leipold said on the Austin American-Statesman's "On Second Thought" podcast that he told Jalon Daniels that if Jalon finishes his career at Kansas there's no reason he couldn't have a statue alongside John Hadl and Gale Sayers.
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9 months
Lance Leipold said postgame that they didn’t know there was an issue with Jalon Daniels until they arrived for the game today. His understanding was that Daniels aggravated his back while preparing at the hotel.
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3 months
The work never stops, but at some point the games do, so I just wanted so say thanks to everyone who followed along during my first season on the KU beat!
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8 months
Big get for the Jayhawks; was previously committed to Oregon State.
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8 months
Big cheers for the KU football team during a timeout here at Allen Fieldhouse. Just saw Quentin Skinner and Kenny Logan in attendance.
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3 months
Kevin McCullar before Jan. 22: 50.4% shooting, 38.4% from deep, 84.2% FT Kevin McCullar beginning Jan. 22 (first day Self mentioned he was battling a knee bruise): 36.6% shooting, 26.8% from deep, 68.5% FT
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7 months
Jalon Daniels confirms that he's staying at Kansas.
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3 months
Why would you chant "overrated" if your team is No. 1 in the country?
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3 months
Self said the most challenging part of this season has been “not knowing day to day what your hand is.” Later added “maybe we should have been a little deeper.”
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3 months
The Self interview hasn't aired yet, but Brian Hanni reports on pregame radio that Bill Self said Parker Braun is not 100% and that it's kind of like they have 6.5 players
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QBs coach Jim Zebrowski today on Jalon Daniels: "He’s moving at a perfect pace. It's been fun. It’s fun to see him actually throwing a football again."
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8 months
The decision on KU's infractions case will come out at 1 p.m. Central Time with a press conference an hour later.
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4 months
Self on McCullar on GameDay: "He's going to try to go." "He's practiced the last two days, has been as close to full speed as you can and been pain-free. We're going to see what he can do today."
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7 months
Self said on his pregame show interview this evening that "we're not near done" with recruiting. #kubball
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5 months
Kelvin Sampson started his press conference by saying a blindfolded person could play better defense than his team did today.
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4 months
Here's what ESPN's Jay Bilas (left) and Jay Williams (right) said this afternoon about the strength of the Big 12 and its chances of producing a national title contender: #kubball
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3 months
Both of KU’s transfer commitments have occurred while I am on pleasant neighborhood walks. I don’t know if this means I should spend more time on walks or never leave my apartment #kubball
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4 months
Just saw on KU's website that Allen Fieldhouse is closing for a while beginning March 7.
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8 months
Travis Goff today, on 810 WHB's "The Program," didn't confirm whether the IARP is coming out tomorrow but said, "If it is it's going to be a good day, because we're anxious to move forward and have gotten past this cloud that's been over us in many ways for about 6 years."
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7 months
Just listened to new #KUfball OC Jeff Grimes on ESPN Central Texas' "The Matt Mosley Show." In brief, he said the continuity of Lance Leipold's staff and Leipold's proven track record of building winning teams were what made Kansas appealing. Also praised the returning talent.
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7 months
Jason Bean practiced today and "took a lot of reps," Andy Kotelnicki said.
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4 months
Dickinson: I kind of gained some more confidence today because I went on Twitter and saw someone compare us to the Chiefs. (Added that he does not like the Chiefs.) They had a rough stretch during the regular season and came through when it mattered the most.
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2 months
Wisconsin transfer guard Sania Copeland has committed to Kansas women's basketball, according to her Instagram. She is a native of Kansas City, Kansas, and started for the Badgers this season.
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2 months
There it is. Evans averaged 15.5 points and 4.9 rebounds for North Dakota State this past season.
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Elle Evans
2 months
the next chapter ❤️💙 @KUWBball
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Big 12 officiating head Curtis Shaw is talking about how much harder it will be to take charges. "The defense must be set and stationary before the offensive player's plant foot touches the ground." From a sample size of 100 previous charges, 96 would now be blocks, Shaw says.
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9 months
Leipold on coaching jobs said he and Kelly are happy and don't want to relocate Landon. "You can never say never in this game because you never know exactly what happens internally or externally, but it's our expectation that we finish my career at the University of Kansas."
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Henry Greenstein
5 months
KU moves quickly to fill a hole on its offensive line. Bumgardner won the Rimington Award for the top center in Division II.
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Shane Bumgardner
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More to Prove #RockChalk
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Self: "I've never had two All-Americans both be out at the same time but I know that we should be much better this week than what we have been."
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6 days
Nice acquisition here for Dan Fitzgerald's crew... first-team all-conference reliever with a 3.00 ERA in 60 innings last season
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Leipold on Sean Snyder (who is about to speak on "Hawk Talk"): "I hope we can keep him part of this staff for an awful long time."
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9 months
Breaking: Kansas men's basketball player Arterio Morris has been formally charged with rape. More to come from me and @Chris_Conde_
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11 months
I seem to have stumbled upon the schedule for Puerto Rico! ()
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Goff said on "The Program" of the football game against Oklahoma on Oct. 28, "My expectation is that thing sells out here in really reasonable short order and then we got one of the best atmospheres in the country."
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Per an ESPN Events press release, KU men's basketball will play Duke in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at T-Mobile Arena as part of what they are calling the Vegas Showdown
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7 months
Kansas volleyball does indeed get a No. 4 seed and will host Omaha Thursday at 7 p.m. The other portion of their regional is Penn State vs. Yale.
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6 months
UNLV's Barry Odom apologized on behalf of his team for the way the game ended. He also said the officials did a great job regulating the game.
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7 months
KU has hired Xavier head coach Nate Lie as its new soccer coach, per release.
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9 months
Interesting from Gundy on the KU run game: He calls Kotelnicki a "traditional wishbone guy" with run plays "tied into triple option." "They've revolutionized it a little bit, from pulling guards, and pulling guards and tackles, and still running option off the backside of that."
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Leipold: People are surprised by the noise and the level of fan involvement when they come to our games. Said he was pleased with the crowd even if he can't pay much attention to it.
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4 months
Also, here's Jay Williams on Bill Self. #kubball
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8 months
Four-star prospect Rakease Passmore announced his commitment to the KU men's basketball team.
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4 months
Self said that KU made significant, "not that subtle" changes to its ball-screen defense at halftime and the team was smart enough to execute them.
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3 months
For the first time, ESPN bracketology is projecting the KU men's team to Salt Lake City for the first weekend
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Henry Greenstein
21 days
Also spotted: Clements, Ford, Bumgardner, Baynes, Cabeldue, Casey, Arnold and Grimm, or at least people with those numbers and positions.
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Derek Johnson
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#KUfball getting some love in the new College Football 25 gameplay trailer Devin Neal with the hops
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Self says he's been thinking about next season for the last month. Not during games, but in general. "We could have done a much better job as a staff putting more guys out there that we could play."
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Self on injuries: "We got great news yesterday with Hunt. There's no surgery. He did not tear his labrum. Actually he's far better off than what the doctors and the trainers even imagined." However, Dickinson won't play this week, but will start practicing next week.
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3 months
Brian Hanni and Bill Self are the latest to acknowledge Twitter burner accounts.
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2 months
It really can't be overstated how successfully this staff has gotten transfers to return to their home state... all four transfers across these last two cycles have been from Kansas
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Kansas Women's Basketball
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SIGNED ✍️ Welcome to it, @HarshawBrittany 🫶 Sophomore | Guard | Andover, KS
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Jason Bean, Rich Miller, Devin Neal and Mike Novitsky are here #kubball
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Leipold mentions Taylor Davis, Logan Brantley, Calvin Clements and Johnny Thompson Jr. as younger players who are getting work in the bowl practice. Also the freshman corners, "physical guys who play with great energy."
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Not sure if he’ll play, but KJ Adams is here warming up with his teammates.
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Leipold on "Hawk Talk" says Bean practiced some today and is definitely in a better spot than he was earlier in the week.
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Kevin McCullar goes down as the hero with a deep go-ahead 3 and four late free throws as KU rallies late to win 75-71 at Assembly Hall. Quite the comeback.
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Nick Timberlake said he wasn't planning on thanking the burners before the game, but he was feeling confident and decided to do it. "I think the people loved it."
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Brian Hanni and Bill Self are the latest to acknowledge Twitter burner accounts.
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I think Nick Timberlake just gave a shoutout to burner accounts on Twitter?
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Dickinson: “I’m used to the opposing fans being this loud and more boos than cheers, and it was real fun for me to have people on my side for once."
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Bill Self statement on Johnny Furphy's decision, per the KU basketball Instagram.
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KU football just completed its Desert Edge trifecta when three-star edge rusher Deshawn Warner announced his commitment. First defensive lineman in the class of 2024 for the Jayhawks, 14th prospect to commit overall.
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Lance Leipold said on Hawk Talk he believes Plumlee will start at QB for UCF.
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5 months
He was answering a question about what has made him stay at Kansas. Here's the full interview, which also has some good stuff about Jeff Grimes, Devin Neal and more.
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3 months
That's now 15 of the last 17 with three ranked wins for these Jayhawks.
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Kansas Softball
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Conference series clinching dub ✅ #RockChalk
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Brian Borland's title will remain "defensive coordinator," per KU Athletics.
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KU women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider teased on "Hawk Talk" tonight that "We do have a commitment from a third young lady in the portal who will come out tomorrow.” Added it will help address the team's primary needs of depth, perimeter length and 3-point shooting.
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Big cheer for Lance Leipold as he and Kelly are shown on the video board.
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Luke Grimm was a level of open we have only seen from Mason Fairchild thus far this year
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Goff mentioned on "The Program" the possibility of hosting high school football from the state of Kansas in the revamped stadium. They are also working on a configuration for soccer.
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Yormark says the conference is working on an early extension to keep the tournament in KC through 2031.
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9 months
Indiana released its basketball schedule today and the Dec. 16 game against #KUbball in Bloomington will be at 11:30 a.m. Central Time (12:30 p.m. local).
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Bill Self said he's anticipating Kevin McCullar and Jamari McDowell being available on Saturday. Depends how Kevin feels through practice today and Friday. Not sure of the exact minutes/role Kevin will play, though.
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Timberlake: I've been on the losing side of a lot of these games before, playing high-majors at Towson. It feels good to be on the other side.
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7 months
Bean is running with the first team in the scrimmage portion of warmups, for the record.
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Jesse McLaren
1 year
This scene made me think of a specific bit on I Think You Should Leave, so I put the audio under it and-
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