LAWRENCE — On Jan. 22, 1974, Digger Phelps brought No. 1-ranked Notre Dame to face Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse.
Basketball fans might not recognize the date, but they’ll know what happened three days earlier.
That day — Jan. 19, 1974 — was the day Phelps and the Irish upset UCLA 71-70 to end the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.
Musings past the mid-week:
■ Going into Big 12 play, the lowest output for Kansas in a basketball victory was 69 points.
■ Over the past four games, the Jayhawks have netted 60, 61, 64 and 59 points.
■ The league is down, which means coaches are going to try hard to muddy it up against KU.
■ The Jayhawks comply sometimes by making their own mud. Travis Releford, for one, can flat defend.
■ Try finding mud anywhere else these days. Walked past a lake, pond, river or stream lately? Sad.
■ Makes me almost want to shovel snow. Almost.
Kansas will celebrate Senior Night under the lights when Iowa State visits Memorial Stadium on Nov. 17.
A 6 p.m. kickoff was announced Monday for KU’s final home game. Fox Sports Net will carry the TV broadcast. KU plays at Texas Tech at 11 a.m. Saturd… Continue reading
LAWRENCE — It’s not unusual for Dayne Crist to talk to his friends and teammates from his high school days. However, during Kansas’ bye week, Crist changed the topic of that typical conversation.
Crist talked with his friends about trying to get … Continue reading
Greg Gurley and Chris Piper, analysts for Kansas basketball broadcasts on radio and television, will swap roles next season.
Gurley will replace Piper as KU’s radio analyst, while Piper will provide color commentary for the Jayhawk IMG Television Netwo… Continue reading
Veteran character actor Kip Niven and Kansas Jayhawks basketball player Justin Wesley will star in the upcoming film, “Jayhawkers,” which tells the story of how Forrest “Phog” Allen recruited Wilt Chamberlain.
Niven, a KU graduate, will portray… Continue reading
Veteran character actor Kip Niven and Kansas Jayhawks basketball player Justin Wesley will star in the upcoming film, “Jayhawkers,” which tells the story of how Forrest “Phog” Allen recruited Wilt Chamberlain.
Niven, a KU graduate, will portray… Continue reading
Let’s hope everyone with a stake in college athletics was listening when former FBI director Louis Freeh issued his damning report of the Penn State football program and its crooked culture Thursday morning.
Every coach and administrator should keep … Continue reading
Bill Self can coach, but how’s his softball swing?
Fans will find out July 8, as the Kansas basketball coach will be part of the lineup at the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game at Kauffman Stadium. Other celebrities on the roster include act… Continue reading
Former Kansas guard Sherron Collins will sign copies of a book about KU basketball Saturday at Dillons grocery stores in Topeka and Lawrence.
Collins, a member of the 2008 national championship team, will be at the Dillons at S.W. 29th and Urish in Top… Continue reading