Unfortunately, the NCAA wasn’t able to crown a champion this spring due to health concerns. The mood quickly shifted from March Madness to March Sadness in the blink of an eye. Though the past month has been brutal for the sports world, better days are ahead. Eventually, we’ll get to see 68 teams battle for […]
Read MoreDick Vitale Reveals Early College Basketball Top 5 For 2020-21
We’re going to get college basketball back eventually, and when we do, ESPN basketball analyst Dick Vitale is going to be ready with his takes. On Wednesday, Dickie V revealed his early list of favorites in the 2020-21 college basketball season. While Power Five and Big East titans like Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Baylor and Villanova […]
Read MoreCBS Sports Airing 8 Classic NCAA Tournament Games Today
This weekend should have featured non-stop discussions about the Final Four and who has the best shot of winning the NCAA Tournament. Sadly, with the cancelation of the tournament and most other sporting events, all we can do is wonder about what could have been. But CBS Sports has a plan to keep us all […]
Read MoreKaidon Salter, 2021 4-Star QB, Names Top 11 Schools
Kaidon Salter – one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the 2021 class – has narrowed his list of schools down to 11. The Texas native currently ranks as the 10th highest-rated dual-threat QB and No. 244 overall prospect in the current cycle, courtesy of the 247Sports composite score. Salter’s one of the most sought […]
Read More‘Consensus’ College Basketball Preseason Top 10 Released
As we look way ahead to the 2020-21 college basketball season, we can already see early predictions and polls cropping up everywhere. Considering the circumstances though, it’s pretty fair for all of us to be focusing on the future a little more than usual. The lack of an NCAA Tournament doesn’t necessarily change any projections for […]
Read MoreNBC Sports Releases College Basketball Preseason Top 25
With the 2019-20 college basketball season concluding without an NCAA Tournament, we might as well set our sights on the 2020-21 season. This past year saw a bunch of NCAA Tournament regulars struggle mightily, while teams that were on the cusp of ending droughts finally break through. But are those teams expected to perform the […]
Read MoreKansas Schedules Massive College Basketball Games For 2022, 2023
Kansas basketball are scheduling a huge college basketball series for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. The Jayhawks and Gonzaga Bulldogs will be playing a home-and-home during those two seasons. Per Jim Meehan of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, the two college hoops powers will face off at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. in December 2022. The return game […]
Read MoreKansas Basketball Adds Pac-12 Opponent To Future Schedule
Unlike college football, prominent college hoops programs aren’t afraid to schedule marquee non-conference contests. Kansas’ latest scheduling addition has Jayhawks fans excited for next season and beyond. Kansas and USC have announced a future home-and-home series set to begin in 2020. The first contest between the Big 12 and Pac-12 programs will take place at […]
Read MorePaul Pierce Names His All-Time Kansas Starting 5
Choosing just five former Kansas players and picking an all-time starting lineup is no easy task. But former Jayhawk star Paul Pierce is up to the challenge. Pierce joined ESPN’s NBA Countdown alongside Maria Taylor, Jay Williams and Jalen Rose to talk hoops on Tuesday evening. With the NBA season currently postponed, Pierce had the […]
Read MoreESPN Releases Its 2020-21 Preseason Top 25 Poll
Since there’s no NCAA Tournament this year for college hoops fans to enjoy, it’s time for people to look ahead toward the 2020-21 season. Over the weekend, ESPN’s Jeff Borzello released his preseason top 25 poll. This past season was dominated by Baylor and Kansas. It’s not all that surprising to see that both programs […]
Read MoreKansas Coach Bill Self Tweets For 1st Time In 10 Months
Despite his big personality, Kansas head coach Bill Self tends to stay off Twitter. He opened his account all the way back in 2009 but barely uses it. Self tweeted only twice in all of 2019 before going into “Twitter retirement.” But with COVID-19 keeping just about everyone – including Kansas basketball coaches – at […]
Read MoreBetting Lines Released For Top College Football Games Of 2020
Fans are already looking forward to the upcoming 2020 college football season. LSU won last season’s national championship after a dominant performance over the Clemson Tigers. Which team will win it all this year? There are plenty of pivotal games for the 2020-21 season. Despite the season still being a few months away, FanDuel has […]
Read MoreESPN Analyst Says Kansas Should Be Named National Champion
For the first time ever, the NCAA Tournament has been canceled. As a result, we won’t have an official college basketball national champion. However, at least one analyst thinks Kansas should be declared the champ. ESPN’s Myron Medcalf made this argument on Twitter this afternoon, shortly after the final AP poll of the year was […]
Read MoreESPN Computer Projects Entire 2020 NCAA Tournament
Decades ago, when the 2019-2020 college basketball season was still raging on, it was one of the craziest years we’d ever seen in the sport. We were very close to having three teams from outside of the power conferences as No. 1 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Ultimately, per Joe Lunardi, we would’ve wound up […]
Read MoreFinal College Basketball Coaches’ Poll Top 25 Released
The final college basketball Coaches’ Poll top 25 was released on Monday afternoon. A college basketball champion won’t be crowned this year due to the cancellation of March Madness. But ranked teams should still take pride in what turned out to be a tremendous regular season in 2019-20. To no surprise, Kansas checks in at […]
Read MoreBill Self Was Asked If KU Should Be Declared National Champs
The Associated Press is set to release its final poll for the NCAA Tournament-less 2019-20 college basketball season. Kansas was the No. 1 team in the nation when the NCAA pulled the plug and will presumably be No. 1 in the final poll. But does Kansas head coach Bill Self think that the Jayhawks deserve […]
Read MoreKansas Freshman Jalen Wilson Not Planning On Transferring
There is speculation floating around that Kansas freshman Jalen Wilson would transfer this off-season. But Jalen’s mother is putting that rumor to rest. The Kansas SF came to Lawrence as the No. 53 overall prospect and No. 13 SF in the 2019 cycle, according to 247Sports. Jalen was expected to be an immediate contributor for […]
Read MoreHere’s Who Jay Bilas Had As The Best Team In The Country Heading Into The NCAA Tournament
Unfortunately for those of us who love March Madness, the NCAA Tournament is not going forward this year. It is especially devastating for the teams that were expected to be major contenders for the national championship. Some hoped that the NCAA would consider moving the Tournament back to April or May, with the possibility that […]
Read MoreKansas Star Devon Dotson Reacts To No NCAA Tournament
We’re truly in unprecedented times with the cancelation of March Madness due to the coronavirus outbreak. Kansas star guard Devon Dotson is in disbelief. Dotson – one of the stars of the top-ranked Jayhawks – was gearing up for the Big 12 Tournament on Thursday before the conference canceled the event. But the cancelation of […]
Read MoreBill Self Clarifies Kansas’ NCAA Tournament Status
Athletic programs around the country are taking charge amidst the COVID-19 virus outbreak. Duke and Kansas have suspended all athletic activities indefinitely due to health concerns. It’s an unfortunate situation for college basketball programs everywhere, but it’s something that had to be done at this time. Kansas athletics director Jeff Long released a statement on […]
Read MoreESPN’s Joe Lunardi Shares Latest NCAA Tournament Projection
As of this moment, the NCAA Tournament is moving forward. Assuming nothing changes over the next week, we’ll have a bracket on Sunday, and March Madness is set to begin in Dayton on Tuesday with the start of the First Four. As a result, bracketology continues on. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi expressed his thoughts on the […]
Read MoreBill Self Reacts To NCAA Tournament Having No Fans
NCAA President Mark Emmert announced earlier today that fans will not be in attendance for this year’s NCAA Tournament. It’s a tough pill to swallow for sports fans around the country, especially since March Madness is truly one of the most wonderful times of the year. It’s tough to envision teams competing in an empty […]
Read MoreKen Pomeroy Releases His Big 12 Tournament Prediction
The 2020 Big 12 Tournament will get underway on Wednesday. Renowned statistician/analyst Ken Pomeroy has released his predictions for the event. Pomeroy’s specialty is numbers, and using his Log 5 method, he’s calculated each team’s probability of winning the Big 12 tourney. Not surprisingly, top-seeded Kansas has the best odds with a 55.5 percent chance. […]
Read MoreThe Big 12 Officially Unveils Bracket For Next Week’s Conference Tournament
The Sprint Center in Kansas City will play host to next week’s Big 12 Tournament. After today’s Big 12 hoops games, the bracket for the event is set. This may shock you, but Kansas is the No. 1 seed. After the Jayhawks’ incredible run of Big 12 regular season titles came to an end last […]
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