Kansas beats Providence 66-61 to put Bill Self back in the Elite Eight. So what else is knew? “We’re ecstatic,” Self said. A blue-blood coach with a lifetime contract ought to be. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 26, 2022
Kansas, last No. 1 seed standing, reaches Elite Eight with late surge against Providence CHICAGO — Kansas is one win away from a spot in the Final Four. Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022
Kansas’ Bill Self not buying into theory that Jayhawks’ Sweet 16 foe has been lucky CHICAGO — Analytics guru Ken Pomeroy provided Providence College’s men’s basketball team a rallying cry recently when his metrics deemed coach Ed Cooley’s Friars the “luckiest” of the NCAA’s 358 Division I programs. Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022
NCAA Tournament: Big Ten title hopes down to Purdue, Michigan. One of these years … If the league is so great, what’s with the two-decades-long national-championship drought? Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 22, 2022
Kansas holds off Creighton to reach Sweet 16 for first time since 2018 FORT WORTH, Texas — Kansas men's basketball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since the 2017-18 season. Tribune News Service · Mar 19, 2022
Vahe Gregorian: After two 'blah' tournaments marred by COVID, Kansas embraces the moment KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Standing in a corridor of the T-Mobile Center after Kansas swamped West Virginia, 87-63, in the Big 12 tournament semifinals, Kansas Jayhawks senior Ochai Agbaji paused to consider the undercurrent of a moment that somehow seemed normal enough but actually was an anguishing few years in… Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022
Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn among three Big Ten players on AP All-America first team The Fighting Illini never had a first-team pick until Ayo Dosunmu made it last season when Cockburn was voted to the second team. Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 15, 2022
Midwest Region Breakdown: Battle-Tested Kansas Faces Unpredictable Road Bill Self’s team is brimming with confidence after its Big 12 title. But will a region full of talent challenge a Jayhawks squad poised to make a run? Sports Illustrated · Mar 14, 2022
Kansas claims at least share of Big 12 title by beating Texas in overtime, 70-63 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ men’s basketball team secured at least a share of its 16th Big 12 regular-season title in the last 18 seasons by defeating Texas, 70-63, in an overtime thriller at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday. Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2022
No. 6 Kansas starts week of 3 games with 74-64 loss at TCU FORT WORTH, Texas — No. 6 Kansas, which had hoped to go 3-0 this final week of the Big 12 regular season and claim an outright Big 12 championship, instead has started the pivotal stretch with a loss. Tribune News Service · Mar 2, 2022
No. 5 Kansas upended on road at No. 10 Baylor, 80-70 WACO, Texas — Defending national champion Baylor, which lost by 24 points to Kansas back on Feb. 5 at Allen Fieldhouse, gained revenge by toppling the Jayhawks, 80-70, on Saturday night at Ferrell Center. Tribune News Service · Feb 27, 2022
Ochai Agbaji helps lead Kansas to road win over West Virginia MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Kansas, the first-place team in the Big 12 Conference, took care of business against the league’s last-place team, West Virginia, on Saturday night at WVU Coliseum. Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2022
After thrashing Baylor, the Big 12 runs through Ochai Agbaji, and Kansas (again) Big surprise: It's Kansas's conference to lose. USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 6, 2022
No. 10 Kansas, with Agbaji back in lineup, drill Baylor, 83-59 LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 10 Kansas celebrated the return of Ochai Agbaji to the starting lineup by defeating the No. 8 Baylor Bears, 83-59, on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Tribune News Service · Feb 6, 2022
Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2022 No. 10 Kansas, minus two key players, wins at No. 20 Iowa State AMES, Iowa — Kansas senior guard Ochai Agbaji, who had started 97 consecutive games for Kansas, a stat that ranks No. 8 on KU’s all-time ironman list, was ruled out of Tuesday night’s game against Iowa State on Tuesday morning because of COVID-19 protocols.
Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022 Kansas Jayhawks basketball wins Big 12 double overtime thriller over Texas Tech, 94-91 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas followed its remarkable comeback victory over Kansas State on Saturday in Manhattan with a 94-91 double-overtime win over Texas Tech on Monday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Tribune News Service · Jan 23, 2022 Kansas claims wild 78-75 comeback victory at rival Kansas State MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bill Self tried to focus on the Kansas men’s basketball game against Kansas State and nothing else on Saturday afternoon, just two days after the death of his dad, Bill Self Sr.