Yardbarker: Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas hammers overmatched Tennessee Tech

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:33:19 -0500

Cole Aldrich had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Tyshawn Taylor added 18 points and No. 1 Kansas overwhelmed Tennessee Tech for a 112-75 victory Friday night.

No. 1 Kansas crushes overmatched Tennessee Tech

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:18:00 -0500

Cole Aldrich had 14 points and 10 rebounds, Tyshawn Taylor added 18 points and No. 1 Kansas overwhelmed Tennessee Tech for a 112-75 victory Friday night.

Top-ranked Kansas extends home win streak to 44

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:00 -0500

Marcus Morris and Xavier Henry each scored 19 points, leading No. 1 Kansas to an 89-59 victory over Oakland, Mich. on Wednesday night that stretched the nation's longest home-court winning streak to 44 games.

ESPN/USA Today men's basketball poll: Kansas Jayhawks No. 1, Villanova Wildcats to No. 4

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:51:28 -0500

North Carolina, which lost to Syracuse in the 2K Sports Classic Championship last weekend, dropped sharply in the latest ESPN/USA Today men's college basketball top 25 poll, slipping from No. 4 to No. 12.

Kansas Jayhawks still within reach of bowl game

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:36:59 -0500

Heading into what could be his final week as head coach at Kansas, Mark Mangino might still position the Jayhawks for a school-record third straight bowl game.

Former Kansas Running Back Says He Felt Wrath of Mangino

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0500

by Terrance HarrisFiled under: Kansas, Big 12, FanHouse ExclusiveFormer Kansas running back Jocques Crawford believes Jayhawks football coach Mark Mangino has anger issues and is prone to unleash his abusive behavior on his players. Crawford says he witnessed Mangino's wrath first hand during his lone season with the program in 2008. Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins launched an investigation into his head coach's behavior Monday after it came to his attention that Mangino had poke...

Next on 'Burning Kansas' Week: Ex-Jayhawks hang Mangino out to dry

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:46:43 -0500

When the great mystery behind the players-only meeting with administration and subsequent investigation into "concerns" about Kansas coach Mark Mangino turned out to be a complaint by a senior linebacker that Mangino had poked him in the chest and been an all-around meanie during a practice earlier this season, you could almost hear the old-schoolers scoffing in unison. "Poked in the chest? Bryant had the starting tackles hold us down while he kicked dirt down our throat! Lomb...

Next on 'Burning Kansas': Ex-Jayhawks hang Mangino out to dry

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:46:43 -0500

Your Daily Mark Mangino Harassment Update

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:58 -0500

Former Kansas football players are coming out of the woodwork now to tell the us all how awfully "inappropriate" Mark Mangino is when he yells at his players. It's clear that when it comes to emotional devastation, he's the king. Raymond Brown, a wide receiver who was a senior last season, said Mangino would "say personal, hurtful, embarrassing things in front of people," which kind of makes Jayhawk football players sound like sensitive little daisies. Until you le...

New West Coast League Teams Sign First Players

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0500

From the West Coast LeagueThe West Coast League expansion Walla Walla Sweets and Cowlitz Black Bears have signed their first players. The Sweets signed three Kansas Jayhawks players, a team widely considered a candidate for Omaha in 2010. The Sweets signed sophomore catcher James Stanfield, who started 13 games last season for the Jayhawks, and contributed a big hit in the NCAA tournament. They also inked freshman infielder Jordon Dreiling and infielder Kevin Kuntz. Kuntz is the son of former...

Players say Mangino provoked them physically, verbally

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:47:33 -0500

Sporting News staff reports Tuesday's news that Kansas coach Mark Mangino is being investigated by the athletic department was followed Wednesday by a story in the Kansas City Star describing the incident that triggered the probe. Citing sources, The Star said Mangino poked linebacker Arist Wright in the chest during a walkthrough practice the day before an Oct. 17 game at Colorado. At the time, the Jayhawks were 5-0. When Wright told athletic director Lew Perkins about the i...

Former Jayhawks Running Back Accuses Mangino of Emotional and Physical Abuse

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:19:01 -0500

Former Kansas Jayhawks running back Jocques Crawford has accused Mark Mangino of emotional and physical abuse on twitter. Here are the highlights from Crawford’s tweets to blogger Jack Nealy, coming within the past half-hour. The typing is exact, just converted to paragraph mode for ease of reading. We’ll update more as it becomes available. My man I [...]

Player-admin powwow accelerates deterioration of Mangino era at KU

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:11:51 -0500

After capping an 11-1 regular season with an Orange Bowl win in 2007, mounting another eight-win campaign last year and a ripping off a 5-0 start this season, things aren't going so hot for Kansas lately: The Jayhawks are on the verge of missing a bowl game after a five-game skid that includes losses at Colorado and Kansas State, three of the four lowest-scoring efforts in 36 games with Todd Reesing as the starting quarterback and a temporary benching of Reesing at Texas Tech, all of whi...

Kansas Jayhawks program faces internal investigation

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07:54 -0500

Kansas has launched an internal investigation related to a personnel matter within coach Mark Mangino's football program, the university confirmed Tuesday.

Kansas Jayhawks run away with top spot in AP Top 25 poll

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:19:05 -0500

Kansas is a runaway No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll.

Kansas Jayhawks team fights: Prosecutors will not file charges against football, basketball players

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:38:13 -0500

Prosecutors said Friday they will not file charges against Kansas football and men's basketball players connected to a series of fights between the two squads in September.

Kansas’ Marcus Morris Destroys Pittsburgh State’s Andy Smith

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:15:45 -0500

While everyone’s talking about Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich and Xavier Henry, don’t sleep on Kansas’ Marcus Morris. While his twin brother, Markieff, is also on the squad, he hasn’t done anything like this. Wow. He should send a formal apology to Pittsburgh State’s Andy Smith.

ESPN Interview with Bill Self, Jayhawks Are Not a Good Practice Team Yet

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:22:00 -0500

Is that where you feel your team is right now?? Have you heard that term before? From ESPN yesterday, Bill Self talking to Dana Jacobson about Kansas Jayhawks basketball, he described his team as "not a a good practice team yet." I would venture that late October / early November, most coaches would characterize their teams the same way. Here is the full interview if you want to see it:

I've often read from teaching, coaching, and even parenting articles that you should always start strict at the beginning of the season, and slowly ease up later when the situation warrants it. The idea being that it is much easier to ease up later than to start easy and go hard later.

On the other hand, after being away for so long, most players by nature aren't in the right mental state at the beginning of the season and therefore maybe they need more time to get into the right state of mind. Accordingly, you would then start the season with practices slightly easier, and gradually start tightening the screws as the season really gets started.

What do y'all think about it?? Or are you the kind of coach that only has one mode: all out all the time.

Anyways, just some philosophical thoughts about starting the season to think about. For more practice tips and strategies from Coach Self, take a look at Bill Self's DVD on Better Practices. The Jayhawks will start the season as pre-season favorites to the 2009-2010 season.

Sherron Collins not a fan of John Wall

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:26:24 -0500

We've yet to see John Wall play a single collegiate basketball game, and already the consensus is that he'll be one of the best players in the country. Given his high school highlights and off-the-charts athleticism, this prediction is about as safe as it gets. John Wall is going to be good. There's no getting arohnd it. Except Kansas point guard Sherron Collins -- probably the title-holder for best point guard in the country, at least until Wall makes a run at the title -- isn&#...

Sometimes Being Undefeated Is Meaningless

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:01:00 -0500

Last week the Kansas Jayhawks sat in the poll at 5-0 and ranked. Their 5-0 ranking looked nice and pretty until you took a look at whom they actually played on the field. Week 1: Northern Colorado (2-5) Week 2: @UTEP (2-4)Week 3: Duke (3-3)Week 4: Southern Miss (4-3)Week 5: Iowa State (4-3)Not all 5-0 records are as good as 4-1 records and this was the case for Kansas, yet the Coaches still decided to rank them ahead of Oregon, amongst others, whose lone loss was at Boise St. and whom had alr...