Notebook: KU was not prepared for Baylor

Benton Smith writes that the KU defense was not prepared for Baylor. I mean, this really isn’t a surprise, but some of these quotes are pretty damning. Bowen didn’t make any adjustments until halftime, and KU thought Baylor was a passing team (they’re really a pretty balanced offense, with a slight lean to pass, 53/47).

Miles Kendrick is day-to-day pending the results of another evaluation on Tuesday (today).

Scott Chasen reports on what David Beaty had to say on the Big 12 coaches conference call yesterday.

Beaty may have also inadvertently let out a surprise for late night on his Hawk Talk radio program, saying that rapper 2Chainz will be performing at Late Night on Friday.

CBSSports takes a guess at five candidates to replace Bill Self if he were to retire or otherwise leave KU. Our very own fetch was... well, he was not pleased.

In other news...

The American League playoff field is set, although we don’t yet know who will host the Wild Card game.

Rick Pitino had a rude introduction to Twitter.

Tampa’s Chris Conte had a rough night.

Something called the Ryder Cup starts up later this week.