Top Headlines for March 22, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> KU SPORTS TOP HEADLINES [Preview: KU, Gonzaga to meet after contrasting first-round experiences]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — After a high-scoring first-round game against Samford so frenetic, so unrelenting, that Kansas coach Bill Self said postgame he had never been in another one like it, the Jayhawks have to turn around and battle for their ... March 22, 2024 @ 12:07pm [After first game as impromptu assistant coach, McCullar says it's 'terrible' not playing]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — On Thursday night, Kansas' injured guard Kevin McCullar Jr. experienced his first KU game since head coach Bill Self announced in a social media post that McCullar would serve as a sort of assistant coach during the NCAA ... March 22, 2024 @ 2:54am [Foul call threatens to overshadow Timberlake's big night]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — At a team outing last Saturday, Kansas coach Bill Self told NCAA Tournament debutant and sixth-year senior Nick Timberlake, as Self later relayed to the media, that Timberlake had a chance not to just to play in the ... March 22, 2024 @ 2:29am [Notebook: Timberlake starts in place of McCullar]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — Sixth-year senior guard Nick Timberlake got the start for Kansas Thursday night in place of Kevin McCullar Jr. It marked his sixth start of the season, all since McCullar began dealing with a bone bruise to his ... March 22, 2024 @ 12:44am [Photo Gallery: Kansas escapes Samford]( By: March 22, 2024 @ 12:33am [KU survives furious Samford run to advance in NCAA Tournament]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — Thursday night’s game was far from the kind of blowout Bill Self’s Kansas basketball teams often produce in their March openers, but then again it hasn’t been a typical KU season. The fourth-seeded Jayhawks overcame 12 ... March 21, 2024 @ 11:59pm [Grimes adjusts to new role, gets deeper look at offensive personnel]( By: Avery Hamel, Special to the Journal-World During Kansas’ first week of spring practice, new offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes is starting to get a feel for what sort of group he has this year. Grimes, who previously served as an offensive coordinator and tight ends coach for Baylor ... March 21, 2024 @ 3:59pm [Self issues social media statement condemning 'false narrative' about McCullar injury]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — Nine hours before his team was slated to open the NCAA Tournament, Kansas coach Bill Self took to social media to issue a written statement criticizing what he described as a "false narrative" surrounding guard Kevin McCullar ... March 21, 2024 @ 12:47pm [Jayhawks hope returning Dickinson can provide confidence boost]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — The day the Kansas men’s basketball team got its NCAA Tournament assignment, head coach Bill Self answered a question about his team’s overall confidence shooting the ball in practice by honing in on one specific ... March 20, 2024 @ 7:08pm [Photo Gallery: NCAA first round practices in Salt Lake City]( By: March 20, 2024 @ 6:21pm ['Speeding ticket' provided new offseason motivation for KU players]( By: Henry Greenstein The Kansas football staff wanted to foster an even more competitive environment over the course of the team’s unusually long eight-week offseason. So it started issuing citations to its players. On Feb. 28, early-enrollee freshman cornerback ... March 20, 2024 @ 10:39am [Preview: Jayhawks preparing for first-round clash with Samford]( By: Henry Greenstein Salt Lake City — Throughout the latter part of Kansas’ schedule — as the Jayhawks have been debilitated by injuries to their two best players, and slipped in the Big 12 Conference as a result — coach Bill Self has been repeatedly ... March 20, 2024 @ 9:30am [Jayhawks fight back in extras to win Border Showdown at Kauffman Stadium]( By: Avery Hamel, Special to the Journal-World Kansas City, Mo. — Catcher Jake English doubled to open the 10th inning, Collier Cranford brought pinch-runner Tyler Gerety home with a sacrifice fly, and Kansas held Missouri scoreless in the bottom half of the frame to beat its rival 4-3 ... March 19, 2024 @ 9:47pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044