Kansas Jayhawk Links
No Peterson, no problem as KU demolishes Towson.
Flory Bidunga had 18 points and 10 rebounds to spur No. 17 Kansas to a 73-49 victory over Towson on Tuesday night. Tre White had 16 points and a career-high six assists for the Jayhawks (9-3). Melvin Council, coming off a career-best 36-point performance in Saturday’s overtime win over N.C. State, added 15 points.
Following the road win over NC State, the Jayhawks moved to their highest ranking of the season coming in at #17 this week. (Such a weird thing to type as a long time KU fan, we really have been spoiled.)
Speaking of the win over NC State, Andy Katz named Melvin Council Jr. as his Player of the Week.
However, one player stood out in particular. In the impressive win, Melvin Council Jr. had a career night, exploding for 36 points, seven rebounds, and four assists. With this performance, college basketball analyst Andy Katz listed Council as the Player of the Week.
Joel Wagler at Fansided says what we’ve been saying for a few weeks now, this Kansas team is just way more fun to watch than what we’ve had the last couple of seasons.
Despite this, the current Jayhawks are more entertaining, tougher, and grittier than any KU team in recent memory. There is just something about them.
The Jayhawks hosted a JUCO recruit on Tuesday.
As a freshman at Chipola College, Lincoln averaged 11.8 points and 5.0 assists per game; this season at Gulf Coast State in Panama City, Florida, he is up to 19.9 points on 44.3% (34.0% from deep) to go with 6.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds. Through 15 games, Lincoln’s team is 14-1, and he serves as its leading scorer.
The women’s team took down the University of Denver over the weekend with ease.
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As I’m working ahead on gathering links here, there’s not much out there on the football team just yet. I’ll try to keep an eye out for new stories considering the smoke that is coming out concerning player complaints about Ianello.
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Following the firing and arrest of Sherrone Moore last week, the University of Michigan has started up an investigation into their athletic department.
The University of Michigan has commissioned a full investigation into the practices and culture of its athletic department, centering on how numerous scandals have both occurred and been handled in recent years, a source told ESPN.
The ACC is moving towards a 9 game conference schedule…for some of its schools next year and most of its schools in future years? I’m sure that won’t lead to any issues in determining conference champs.
Under the ACC’s new nine-game scheduling plan, which was approved in September, each team will be required to play at least 10 games against Power Four competition, meaning one nonconference Power Four game for the schools playing the full nine-game conference slate, and two for any teams playing eight.
Nebraska is off to their best start in program history.
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ESPN has their top 100 prospects out and Darryn Peterson is still listed at #1.
Defector checks in on the NBA and their new broadcast partners.
To the basketball fan, the pressing matter in this season of change isn’t corporate intrigue, but rather the aesthetic experience on offer from the new broadcasters. How do the games feel on Amazon and Peacock, and what are these networks doing differently? What is happening over at ESPN, which ended the last TV deal with a whimper? In other words, what is the state of the NBA on TV?
QOTD: We’re sticking with the #CFB coaching carousel for this one as I’m wondering how what we’re seeing might relate to college basketball…and how that may affect the future of KU basketball. Penn State jumps the gun and fires a coach that took them to the playoffs to end up hiring Matt Campbell, a guy that has won more than he lost at Iowa State. However, his two best seasons were a 9 win season in 2021 which happened in an incredibly weird year and then an 11 win season in 2024 leading to the Pop Tarts bowl. The fact that 11 wins got them to the Pop Tarts bowl says something about the quality of those wins. Now Michigan is floundering around in attempting to replace Moore. Other than Lane Kiffin, a perfect example of an egomaniac, taking the LSU job it seems as though a lot of coaches are perfectly content to extort a raise out of their current gig and stay where they’re at instead of jumping up. Is this a new era in coaching where “destination jobs” are losing their luster due to the portal and NIL? If Indiana can beat Ohio State, why do you need to coach at an Ohio State type job with all the headaches that brings with it?
