KU Sports Basketball News

• Recruiting young gaining popularity - 05/09/2008
  Like his buddy, Billy Gillispie, Kansas University coach Bill Self would accept an oral commitment from an eighth-grade basketball player. “I would take Lew Alcindor. I’d take Wilt, Danny and Lew,” Self said of former UCLA phenom Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) as well as KU greats Danny Manning and Wilt Chamberlain, whose exploits as players were well-known early in their stages of development.
• Mayer: Self’s contract complex - 05/09/2008
  Simple, huh? A guy runs a stellar basketball program, wins two more league championships and the national title and deserves a new contract to keep Oklahoma State wolves at bay. Write it up, boost the pay and benefits to match other headline coaches’ goodies, throw in nifty bonuses and incentives and get it signed. It’s not that easy.
• New rule helps NBA Draft hopefuls - 05/08/2008
  It should come as no surprise 69 college underclassmen have declared for the 2008 NBA Draft as compared to 58 a year ago.
• DLI likely won’t pay $6,400 bill - 05/08/2008
  The Kansas University athletics department won’t be able to count on a $6,400 check from Downtown Lawrence Inc. to cover the cost of canceling its basketball banquet at the Lawrence Holidome.
• Woodling: Son of voice of Jayhawks paying dues in Arkansas - 05/08/2008
  The young usherette tapped Steven Davis on the arm and said, “Excuse me, but do you know where these seats are?”
• 6News video: DLI won't help KU cover cost - 05/08/2008
  DLI will not help KU cover the costs for canceling the men's basketball awards banquet, which was originally scheduled at the Holidome.
• Fifteen more years for Self? ‘That’s still a long time’ - 05/07/2008
  Today, on the one-month anniversary of Kansas University’s NCAA basketball championship victory over Memphis, Bill Self returns to the site of the Jayhawks’ first- and second-round tournament victories.
• The $6,400 question: Should KU Athletics be reimbursed? - 05/07/2008
  The weeklong celebration that engulfed Lawrence after the Kansas University Jayhawks won the national basketball championship didn’t come without a price. The final tally: more than $130,000 for the city and KU, most of it spent on police.
• Coaches give K.C. agency thumbs up - 05/07/2008
  The idea started more than a year ago, when a lawyer and an agent were discussing two of their clients, North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams and Southern Cal football coach Pete Carroll.
• Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook - 05/07/2008
  Chad Ford, ESPN’s NBA Draft analyst, lists KU sophomore Darrell Arthur as the No. 16 prospect in the 2008 Draft, junior Brandon Rush 20th, junior Mario Chalmers 36th, senior Sasha Kaun 65th and senior Darnell Jackson 79th. There are 60 total picks in the draft, 30 in Round One.