Category Archives: National Basketball Association

Apr 16

Kevin Haskin: Longevity makes KU record intriguing for Self

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Musings at the mid-week:

■ The prospect that intrigues me about Bill Self is coaching longevity. At Kansas.

■ Through 10 seasons he is averaging 30 wins, sitting at 300 exactly. Phog Allen holds the KU coaching record with 590.

■ Rather than bandy about Self’s name for the NBA, how about he coaches at KU long enough to be its winningest coach?

■ He quickly dismisses any questions about win totals, and records, but at this pace …

■ I liked it when he expressed confidence about next season despite losing five starters.

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Apr 15

Quartet of seniors highlights KU basketball banquet

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LAWRENCE — The 2012-13 Kansas basketball team stood together in a ballroom full of flashing light bulbs and clapping hands.

It may be the last time they’re all in the same room.

As the applause began to lower in volume, Kansas coach Bill Self commanded this group for, what may also be, the last time.

“Everybody have a seat except our four seniors,” Self requested. “This may be the last time they have a chance to thank everybody.”

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Mar 20

Camo, neon aren’t college basketball fan favorites

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NEW YORK — It seems an unpopular position in college basketball is fashion forward.

The neon-colored jerseys and camouflage-covered shorts debuted by six teams in their postseason conference championships ahead of the NCAA men’s basketball tournaments weren’t well received in the press or social media, with critics particularly targeting UCLA, Kansas and Notre Dame because of the schools’ tradition-rich athletic histories. Louisville, Cincinnati and Baylor also got uniform makeovers from Adidas, and they didn’t go over so well, either.

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Jan 26

VIDEO: KU, OU coaches speak out on Suits and Sneakers

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On the court, the competition between the University of Kansas and University of Oklahoma head coaches Bill Self and Lon Kruger was fierce on Saturday. Off the court, though, the two came together to talk about a common enemy: cancer.
In an interview c… Continue reading →

Jan 21

Starting five: Key questions entering the Sunflower Showdown

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STARTING FIVE

Five questions to start with entering the 275th edition of the Sunflower Showdown, which tips off at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Bramlage Coliseum:

1. Can Travis Releford and Kansas slow Kansas State’s Rodney McGruder?

No player in the Big 12 is more dangerous right now than McGruder, the senior guard who has been named the conference’s top player four times in seven weeks. McGruder has scored in double figures in eight consecutive games and posted 20 or more points in four of those affairs.

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Nov 08

Tulsa starts anew with Danny Manning as coach

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TULSA, Okla. — When it comes to basketball, Danny Manning has done it all.
As a player, he experienced the best there is as an NCAA champion at Kansas and an NBA All-Star with the Los Angeles Clippers. He understands the worst there is, with three se… Continue reading →

Jul 28

Magic hire KU’s Vaughn as head coach

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Jacque Vaughn, a starting point guard at Kansas from 1993-97, has been named the coach of the Orlando Magic.
Vaughn, 37, will be formally introduced at a news conference on Monday.  He averaged 9.6 points in his four-year career at K… Continue reading →

Jul 18

KU’s Wesley to star in film on Wilt, Phog

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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 →

Jul 05

KU completes non-con hoops schedule

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LAWRENCE — Kansas did not want quite the same challenge early in its 2012-13 nonconference basketball schedule as it faced last season.
Then, the likes of Kentucky, Georgetown, UCLA and Duke comprised four of the first five games KU played before Tha… Continue reading →

Jul 05

Austin Meek: Brown still game for college hoops

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Larry Brown will speak honestly and say, at 71, he’s not in love with the games.
Brown has coached a million of them in what seems like a million places. He’s had more great basketball jobs than anyone, anywhere — Kansas and UCLA, the Knicks and … Continue reading →