The Rock Chalkboard

Documents reveal details about David Beaty's firing at Kansas
According to the Star, Long asked another member of Kansas’ athletic department whether Beaty was having an extramarital affair. The Star also reported the following about alleged remarks Long made: “Baty also testified that he heard Long make inappropriate and inflammatory sexual remarks about an elderly female donor to whom Long was prepared to make 'a generous ask' financially. Baty also testified that Long made a comment about wanting a hotel room adjacent to where a female school staffer was staying, which Baty in context understood to be a sexual remark.”

College basketball Way-Too-Early composite rankings for 2020-21
The result is this article. To form it, we took four way-too-early media rankings: ourselves (247Sports), CBS Sports, ESPN and NBC. And we added a fifth in statistics website BartTorvik's early rankings as well. All of the rankings were as of Sunday; any shifts since then weren't accounted for.

Bill Self: Leading KU basketball trio was perfectly imperfect
"What’s kind of cool about it is they all have faults," said Self on The Jayhawker Podcast with voice of the Jayhawks Brian Hanni. "You know you can look, Marcus Garrett is the best perimeter defender there is in the country. Whether or not he wins all the awards, I certainly feel that. And you take away Marcus’ right hand and don’t let him get to the basket and things like that, he can certainly be neutralized offensively, at least in some cases. But he improved so much. He became such a better offensive player, but he’s a guy that didn’t shoot it statistically great."

KU basketball aiming to find the best dunk of the Bill Self-era
n late March, the Jayhawks unveiled a bracket of the best dunks from the Bill Self-era at KU, giving fans a chance to vote on what they believe is the top slam of Self's tenure at Kansas.

Deposition: AD Long interviewed at least 4 for KU football coach
While public perception may be that Long settled on Miles as a leading coaching candidate at the start of (if not before) the formal coaching search, Long testified that he interviewed at least three others in person for the job, though he did have some trouble remembering the names.

Bits o Chalk

Celtics' Marcus Smart donating blood for experimental coronavirus treatment
Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart, who announced Monday that he is clear of COVID-19 after testing positive two weeks ago, confirmed Tuesday night that he plans to donate blood so it can be studied with the hope of finding a treatment for the coronavirus.

NBA, players discuss withholding pay if regular-season games canceled
The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are discussing scenarios for withholding up to 25% of players' remaining salaries in a league escrow should regular-season games eventually be canceled, sources told ESPN.

Jon Jones agrees to plea deal on DWI charge in New Mexico
UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones agreed to plead guilty to DWI (second offense) on Tuesday, and he will not face any jail time if he follows the terms of a plea agreement, according to a spokesperson for the Bernalillo County, New Mexico, district attorney's office.

Nets' Kevin Durant leads field of 16 in NBA 2K20 tournament on ESPN
The NBA 2K20 Player Tournament will run through April 11, according to a statement, and will begin airing on ESPN on Friday with a half-hour preshow at 7 p.m. ET. The tournament will run on ESPN until 8:30 p.m. and then is scheduled to transition to ESPN2 until 11:30 p.m.

Eraser Dust

Dr. Anthony Fauci describes his 'very different' relationships with 5 presidents - CNNPolitics
Dr. Anthony Fauci gave CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta some insight into his "very different" relationships with each of the presidents he's served under as the nation's top infectious disease expert.

Bullock announces 5th death in Montana from COVID-19 | KECI
Bullock has announced a directive for tenants to not be evicted or incur late fees during the stay at home order.

Don't Nag Your Husband During Lockdown, Malaysia's Government Advises Women : NPR
Malaysia has the largest number of COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with more than 2,900 and counting. This week, Malaysia's government also had a serious public relations issue after an ill-conceived plan went online.

Album A&E – Oasis, ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ | NME
I’d be the first to argue that Oasis dropped the ball after the millennium, but Noel Gallagher has disowned the wrong child. Oasis’s fourth is categorically not a shit album. It’s just not a masterpiece, at a time when only a masterpiece would suffice. So give ‘Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants’ another spin. It’s available from all good bargain bins…

The Least Helpful TV Characters of the Century - The Ringer
With so many Ringer colleagues commemorating television characters and performances worth remembering, I felt it was my duty to make sure we also celebrated (roasted?) some of the ones we wish we could forget. The same way sports fans will always recall the worst contracts their teams dished out—shout-out Gilbert Arenas, John Wall, and the still-lingering incompetence of Ernie Grunfeld—TV viewers can never set aside the worst of the worst. These are the top characters from this century in television that are worthy of this dubious honor.

Bill Self: Leading KU basketball trio was perfectly imperfect
"What’s kind of cool about it is they all have faults," said Self on The Jayhawker Podcast with voice of the Jayhawks Brian Hanni. "You know you can look, Marcus Garrett is the best perimeter defender there is in the country. Whether or not he wins all the awards, I certainly feel that. And you take away Marcus’ right hand and don’t let him get to the basket and things like that, he can certainly be neutralized offensively, at least in some cases. But he improved so much. He became such a better offensive player, but he’s a guy that didn’t shoot it statistically great."

KU basketball aiming to find the best dunk of the Bill Self-era
n late March, the Jayhawks unveiled a bracket of the best dunks from the Bill Self-era at KU, giving fans a chance to vote on what they believe is the top slam of Self's tenure at Kansas.

Deposition: AD Long interviewed at least 4 for KU football coach
While public perception may be that Long settled on Miles as a leading coaching candidate at the start of (if not before) the formal coaching search, Long testified that he interviewed at least three others in person for the job, though he did have some trouble remembering the names.