Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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113429KU males will face Samford in Salt Lake Metropolis to open NCAA Event; ladies to tackle Michigan
Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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Kansas coach Invoice Self discusses his workforce’s draw throughout a press convention following the NCAA choice present on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. Photograph by Nick Krug
After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas males’s basketball workforce has realized its opponent for the primary spherical of the NCAA Event.
KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake Metropolis’s Delta Heart on Thursday at 8:55 p.m. Central Time. The sport will probably be televised on TBS.
“All people’s going to say they’ve a tough draw, I feel we received a tough draw,” KU coach Invoice Self mentioned Sunday after the announcement. “While you consider Samford — what have we labored with essentially the most this 12 months? It’s groups that shoot a ton of 3s after which now we have a tough time making up the distinction.”
If KU wins, it’s going to face the winner of No. 5 Gonzaga’s matchup towards No. 12 McNeese two days later.
The Jayhawks are within the Midwest Area, which means that in the event that they advance previous these first two video games they are going to play Candy 16 and doubtlessly Elite Eight video games in Detroit.
Self mentioned he thinks the workforce has the capability to go on a run.
“I feel an opportunity to reset and get centered and an opportunity to get extra wholesome, I feel, will go a protracted methods for the way we play shifting ahead,” he added. “Definitely we didn’t put ourselves in one of the best place however there’s plenty of groups on the market that may like to be within the place we’re in.”
KU beforehand performed in Salt Lake Metropolis in 2018-19, when it breezed previous Northeastern in its opening sport however misplaced to Auburn because the Tigers went all the best way to the Last 4. Self mentioned he remembered the “incredible area” and didn’t recall the Utah altitude being an element.
The Jayhawks misplaced their first sport within the Massive 12 Convention event to Cincinnati on Wednesday as their file dropped to 22-10 on the season. They are going to be a No. 4 seed within the NCAA Event for the fourth time within the Self period and the primary since that 2018-19 run; the others have been a lot earlier in his tenure.
Samford, which gained each its convention’s regular-season and event crowns, is 29-5 on the 12 months. The Bulldogs are again enjoying in March Insanity for the third time of their historical past after 1999 and 2000.
KU is hoping to get the injured Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee bruise) and Hunter Dickinson (dislocated shoulder) again at full energy to start its event run. On Sunday, Self mentioned Dickinson had been practising in a “no-contact” trend — “We’ve carried out plenty of dry stuff in order that method he may be on the market, after which he’ll go contact (Monday)” — and that he hadn’t seen McCullar do something but however the purpose was to get him again Monday, and if not then, Tuesday.
“I’ve by no means had two All-Individuals each be out on the identical time, however I do know that we must be a lot better this week than what now we have been,” Self mentioned.
Girls’s workforce to face Wolverines
KU ladies’s basketball rode a late-season surge to a No. 8 seed within the NCAA Event and can face No. 9 Michigan in Los Angeles within the first spherical of the event Saturday at 1 p.m. Central Time. The sport will air on ESPNEWS.
“I feel our nonconference energy of schedule was 19, our total energy of schedule, I imagine, was 9,” head coach Brandon Schneider mentioned. “(We) gained 11 massive 12 video games previous to the convention event. All of us felt like we had challenged ourselves sufficient and gained sufficient to be included.”
The Jayhawks are a part of the Portland 3 area, however their first two rounds will probably be hosted by No. 1 USC on the Galen Heart. If KU is ready to defeat Michigan, it could face the winner of USC’s sport towards Texas A&M-Corpus Christi within the second spherical.
Michigan went 20-13 on the season, 9-9 in Massive Ten Convention play, and beat Minnesota and upset Indiana within the Massive Ten event earlier than dropping 95-68 to Caitlin Clark’s Iowa.
The Wolverines are of their sixth straight 12 months making the NCAA Event.
“I do know they’re an distinctive program that has been (a) very, very constant event participant,” Schneider mentioned Sunday shortly after listening to the information, “however haven’t had the chance to clearly dive into them but.”
KU missed the NCAA Event final season however gained the Girls’s Nationwide Invitation Event.
“Final 12 months was devastating as a result of I feel all indications have been that we have been going to get in,” Schneider mentioned of the 2023 version of Choice Sunday, “so it was actually surprising and hard to be snubbed. Thought we dealt with it the best method, although, and clearly this 12 months, I feel we have been way more comfy and it was extra simply an anticipation of who would possibly our opponent be and the place would possibly we be going to play the sport.”
In 2022, KU made the event as a No. 8 seed, beat Georgia Tech within the first spherical however misplaced to top-seeded Stanford. Schneider famous that his workforce retains three starters from that roster whose expertise will probably be “actually helpful.”
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