KUsports.com Headlines for November 9

--------------------------------------------------------------- [Suspended Kansas basketball coach Bill Self saw defensive improvement while watching from home]( [Kansas head coach Bill Self watches over practice on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Sprint Center.]( By: Matt Tait Suspended Kansas basketball coach Bill Self watched every second of Monday’s season-opening win from his home in Lawrence, and, not surprisingly, it was the ... Posted today at 7:13 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jayhawks land first football commitment in the Class of 2024]( [Kansas University football recruiting]( By: Matt Tait Still riding the wave of becoming bowl eligible for the first time in more than a decade, the Kansas football program picked up its first ... Posted yesterday at 9:52 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas women's basketball program lands commitment from local 5-star prospect S'Mya Nichols]( [Class of 2023 five-star recruit S'Mya Nichols will make an official visit to Kansas Sept. 23 and 24, 2022. ]( By: Matt Tait The Kansas women’s basketball program has picked up a commitment from five-star prospect S’Mya Nichols from nearby Shawnee Mission West High School. Nichols ... Posted yesterday at 6:02 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU OC Andy Kotelnicki on Devin Neal, Jason Bean & Texas Tech’s defense]( [KU OC Andy Kotelnicki on Devin Neal, Jason Bean & Texas Tech’s defense]( By: Matt Tait Posted yesterday at 3:50 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU players' Jason Bean, Devin Neal, Jared Casey, Lorenzo McCaskill talk about getting to 6 wins]( [Kansas RB Devin Neal on his workload & the significance of KU being bowl eligible]( By: Matt Tait Posted yesterday at 2:39 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU DC Brian Borland on preparing for another tempo team in Texas Tech]( [KU DC Brian Borland on preparing for another tempo team in Texas Tech]( By: Matt Tait Posted yesterday at 2:38 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU women's hoops squad ready to put on a show in encore season]( [Kansas head coach Brandon Schneider speaks to the media during Big 12 NCAA college basketball media day Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)]( By: Matt Tait With a new season opening Wednesday night, the Kansas women’s basketball team is looking to begin the 2022-23 campaign with the same kind of ... Posted yesterday at 2:31 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- The KUsports.com Ratings: [Veteran Jalen Wilson's big stat line gets KU's season off to a stellar start]( By: Matt Tait 1 – Jalen Wilson – You’ve known it for a while, you’ve heard it discussed throughout the preseason and you’ve even expected it to ... Posted yesterday at 10:38 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Acting head coach Norm Roberts breaks down KU’s win over Omaha]( [Acting head coach Norm Roberts breaks down KU’s win over Omaha]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 7 at 10:33 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Acting Kansas coach Norm Roberts said Monday's win brought back memories of his days as a head coach]( [Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts huddles up the players during a timeout in the second half, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse. Roberts is leading the Jayhawks on the court as Kansas head coach Bill Self serves a four-game suspension.]( By: Matt Tait Entering Monday’s season opener with fifth-ranked Kansas, Norm Roberts had been on the bench as a college head coach 290 times before. But even ... Posted November 7 at 10:29 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU’s Jalen Wilson, Bobby Pettiford & Gradey Dick talk after KU’s 89-64 win over Omaha]( [KU’s Jalen Wilson, Bobby Pettiford & Gradey Dick talk after KU’s 89-64 win over Omaha]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 7 at 10:09 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Strong start: Veteran Jalen Wilson leads 5th-ranked Kansas past Omaha 89-64 in season-opening win]( [Kansas forward Jalen Wilson (10) celebrates a three next to Omaha forward Frankie Fidler (23) during the first half, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse.]( By: Matt Tait One year after sitting out the season opener because of a suspension, Kansas junior Jalen Wilson got the 2022-23 season off to a roaring start ... Posted November 7 at 8:44 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kansas RB Devin Neal named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week]( [Kansas running back Devin Neal (4) cuts up the field past Oklahoma State running back Ollie Gordon (0) during the first quarter on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 at Memorial Stadium.]( By: Matt Tait Kansas running back Devin Neal’s monster performance in KU’s win over Oklahoma State earned him the Big 12 Conference’s Offensive Player of ... Posted November 7 at 2:34 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Kansas football coach Lance Leipold on bowl eligibility and this week's matchup with Texas Tech]( [Lance Leipold talks bowl eligibility and KU's next game at Texas Tech]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 7 at 2:20 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- Photo Gallery: [Kansas basketball v. Omaha]( View a gallery of images from Monday night's game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Omaha Mavericks. Posted November 7 at 1:24 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former Jayhawk Sharon Lokedi wins NYC Marathon]( [Sharon Lokedi, of Kenya, crosses the finish line first in the women's division of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) ]( By: J-W Staff & Wire Reports NEW YORK (AP) — Kenyans Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi, a former star distance runner at the University of Kansas, made huge splashes in their New ... Posted November 7 at 10:04 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU still deciding whether season's first 4 basketball games go on Bill Self's record or Norm Roberts' record]( [Kansas head coach Bill Self takes the court next to assistant Norm Roberts prior to tipoff against Pittsburg State on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse.]( By: Matt Tait With Norm Roberts operating as KU’s acting head coach for the next four games — in place of Bill Self, who will be serving a ... Posted November 6 at 3:25 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Acting Kansas coach Norm Roberts on what KU wants to get out of Monday's season opener]( [Acting Kansas coach Norm Roberts meets the media before KU’s season opener]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 6 at 2:47 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [KU's Bobby Pettiford and Zach Clemence break down Monday's season opener vs. Omaha]( [KU PG Bobby Pettiford on his health & the Jayhawks’ Monday clash with Omaha]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 6 at 2:44 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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