Notebook: Kansas basketball to open next season with MSU in Champion’s Classic

If you doubted KU going into the West Virginia game, you weren’t alone, and you weren’t crazy.

Bill Self admitted he used to look ahead in the Big 12 schedule, but not anymore.

Here’s another interesting tidbit on Bill Self’s windbreaker he wore in Morgantown.

Kansas will open up the 2018-19 season with Michigan State in the Champions Classic.

Jo Jo White on what it means to be a Jayhawk, reprinted in the LJW with permission.

Matt Tait recalls Wilt Chamberlain’s return to Allen Fieldhouse 20 years ago.

The women’s basketball team suffered a disappointing loss at home to one of the worst teams in the Big 12 in Texas Tech, a team the Jayhawks had already beaten once this season.

Coach Brandon Schneider had a Bruce Weber-esque postgame news conference, lashing out at his players, calling them immature and not ready to compete. Uh, that’s YOUR job, coach, to get the ready to compete.

The Kansas football department, headed by KSU alum Sheahon Zenger, has hired a Missouri grad to coach the offensive line.

In other news...

Every Texas Tech player wore #1 during pregame warmups last night in support of UT’s Andrew Jones.

Nick Saban wants to hire former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze. The SEC won’t stop him, but will he allow him to have a cell phone, though?

Is collusion happening in MLB right now?

Here’s a timeline of the Paul Pierce/Isaiah Thomas saga.

A minor league hockey club played a game in front of zero fans.