KUsports.com Headlines for December 11

[With 'so much to build on,' KU volleyball upbeat about program's future]( [Kansas volleyball players, including outside hitter Caroline Bien (smiling), celebrate after a point during the Jayhawks' NCAA Tournament win over Oregon, on Dec. 2, 2021, in Omaha, Neb.]( By: Benton Smith Still feeling the sting of a season-ending loss at Pitt in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16, members of the Kansas volleyball team at least ... Posted today at 10:15 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former Michigan State CB Kalon Gervin commits to KU football]( [In this AP file photo, Northwestern wide receiver Bryce Kirtz, left, reaches in vain for a pass as Michigan State cornerback Kalon Gervin defends during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Evanston, Ill., Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Gervin announced on Dec. 10, 2021, he plans to transfer to Kansas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)]( By: Benton Smith A former starting cornerback at Michigan State, Kalon Gervin’s venture into the transfer portal has landed him at the University of Kansas. Posted yesterday at 4:13 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Lawrence High kicker Grant Glasgow plans to walk on with KU football]( [Kansas University football recruiting]( By: Benton Smith After booting the football for Lawrence High, Grant Glasgow’s new gridiron home will be just a few lengthy kickoffs north, at the University of ... Posted yesterday at 2:54 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Smithology: [Rivalry with Missouri means as much to KU's Christian Braun as it does to fan base]( [Rivalry with Missouri means as much to KU's Christian Braun as it does to fan base]( By: Benton Smith Prepare yourself for even more snarls and swagger from Kansas junior Christian Braun. He won’t be able to hold back. Not with that black ... Posted yesterday at 2:14 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Game day breakdown: No. 8 Kansas basketball vs. Missouri]( [Kansas seniors, from left to right, Ochai Agbaji, David McCormack and Remy Martin were recently named preseason all-Big 12 picks by the conference's coaches, with Martin earning the preseason player of the year nod. ]( By: Matt Tait A look at some of the keys for eighth-ranked Kansas in today's border-rival clash with Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse. The matchup will be the ... Posted yesterday at 1:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kenny Logan Jr. KU football's lone representative on AP All-Big 12 teams]( [Kansas safety Kenny Logan Jr. (1) celebrates after making a fourth down stop against Oklahoma State in the first quarter, on Oct. 30, 2021.]( By: Benton Smith Just one Kansas football player — Kenny Logan Jr. — made the Associated Press All-Big 12 team this year. Posted December 9 at 6:28 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Passage of time the biggest reason KU is set to renew its rivalry with Missouri on Saturday]( [Kansas head coach Bill Self gets at his players during the second half of the Showdown for Relief exhibition, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2017 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri.]( By: Matt Tait With the first official basketball game against Missouri in more than 3,500 days now just hours away, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was asked ... Posted December 9 at 5:47 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Missing Mizzou? How Kansas basketball fans coped with the absence of their border rivals during the past 9 years]( [Kansas fans during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)]( By: Matt Tait The best way many Kansas fans have been able to describe what was missing with Missouri out of their lives for the past nine years ... Posted December 9 at 5:07 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Kansas basketball guard Ochai Agbaji on the excitement surrounding Saturday's clash with Missouri]( [Kansas basketball guard Ochai Agbaji on the excitement surrounding Saturday's clash with Missouri]( By: Matt Tait Posted December 9 at 4:13 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Kansas basketball coach Bill Self previews KU's rivalry renewal with Missouri on Saturday]( [Kansas basketball coach Bill Self previews KU's rivalry renewal with Missouri on Saturday]( By: Matt Tait Posted December 9 at 4:10 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU guard Christian Braun on playing Mizzou and growing up in a mostly-Missouri family]( [KU guard Christian Braun on playing Mizzou and growing up in a mostly-Missouri family]( By: Matt Tait Posted December 9 at 4:09 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU volleyball's NCAA Tournament run ends in Sweet 16 at No. 3 Pitt]( [Members of the Kansas volleyball team come together during the Jayhawks' Sweet 16 match at Pitt, on Dec. 9, 2021, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.]( By: Benton Smith A hot start proved to be brief and ultimately unsustainable Thursday for a Kansas volleyball team trying to upset the NCAA Tournament’s No. 3 ... Posted December 9 at 2:49 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Offensive breakthrough taking KU volleyball to new heights, and unexpected spot in Sweet 16]( [Kansas volleyball teammates Jenny Mosser, Rachel Langs and Camryn Turner celebrate after a KU point during a second-round NCAA Tournament match versus Creighton at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha, Neb., on Dec. 3, 2021.]( By: Benton Smith Even as he watched his Kansas volleyball team steadily improve before his eyes as the postseason drew near, head coach Ray Bechard thought the Jayhawks ... Posted December 8 at 6:15 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trust in freshman setter Camryn Turner has paid off for Sweet 16-bound Kansas volleyball program]( [KU setter Camryn Turner locks in on the ball during a point in the Jayhawks' four-set win over Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021 at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. ]( By: Matt Tait In late August, following the Kansas volleyball program’s season-opening loss to Loyola Marymount at Purdue, Kansas coach Ray Bechard ran into setter Camryn Turner ... Posted December 8 at 2:34 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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