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The Daily Mauling 4.1.26

The Lady Jayhawks were knocked out of the WBIT in Semifinals against in conference rival BYU. The loss officially ends basketball season in Lawrence. The fourth quarter was all about runs, starting with an 8-0 spurt by BYU as the Cougars took a 54-51 lead at the 6:48 mark. Meister ended the run with a […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/31/26

Kansas Jayhawks News How Bill Self, Billy Donovan, and Dusty May could shake up the entire college basketball landscape Kansas fans are eagerly awaiting Tyran Stokes’ college decision, which will likely come soon The three biggest needs in the transfer portal for Kansas basketball (seems we need a lot of things to happen before we […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/30/26

Kansas Jayhawks News Darryn Peterson reflects on the season that was, and what could have been If Bill Self returns for another year, here’s where his focus will be Here’s a look at what KU basketball’s roster might look like next year Links! Read all about Gary Woodland and his triumph in Houston o over […]

Weekend Mauling/Elite 8 OGT: 3/28/26

A little change up on the weekend maulings moving forward. I’m going to keep QOTDs as a weekday thing. We just don’t get a lot of QOTD discussion on the weekends, and to conserve my question ideas, which are few and far between, I’ll save them for the work week when we’re bored and shooting […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/27/26

Kansas Jayhawks News The KC Star takes a look at the state of Kansas football heading into spring practices A former Kansas star is offering to join KU’s basketball star MSN takes a look at Bill Self’s potential retirement SI dives into next year’s basketball roster, and who on this year’s team might still be […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/26/26

Kansas Jayhawks News Larry Brown talked with the KC Star about the prospect of Bill Self retiring, and discussed the modern college game as well It’s common knowledge in Kansas circles now, but ESPN (and others) shot down yesterday’s talk that Self is retiring This comes from an Oregon Ducks site, but it discusses new […]

The Daily Mauling 3.25.26

Kansas Jayhawk News While the men’s team saw their season end on Sunday, the Lady Jayhawks are still alive in the WBIT: “Getting one more game is really important to us,” Kansas head coach Brandon Schneider said after the game. “We want to play well, we want to advance in this tournament and we want to represent […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/24/26

Kansas Jayhawks News After Bill Self’s postgame remarks, a number of media members discussed his future as a coach The Athletic wrote about what could have been in Darryn Peterson’s lone season at Kansas The KC Star discusses Self’s decision to sub out Kohl Rosario for Elmarko Jackson at the end of Sunday’s loss Links! […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/23/26

Kansas Jayhawks News Here’s the KC Star’s recap of yesterday’s game, if you’re into that sort of thing Yahoo Sports is blaming a lot of the loss on Self’s coaching decisions Here’s what Self had to say about his uncertain future after the game In a shocking turn of events, it appears Darryn Peterson won’t […]

St John’s vs Kansas: Open Game Thread

We’re either headed home, or headed to the Sweet 16. Rick Pitino’s Red Storm is what’s standing in the way of moving on. The game tips off at 4:15pm Jayhawk Time on CBS. At John’s is currently a 3.5 point favorite. Rock Chalk!

March Madness: Pre-Kansas OGT

We’ll use this as the open thread for the two games before Kansas plays, then we’ll have a thread for KU, and another thread for the late games. This is the most game threads I’ve ever created

March Madness: Saturday OGT

I’ll create a second thread if this one blows up. No real upsets yesterday, or really Thursday night, either. Is this going to be another chalky tournament after a couple of double digit seed wins early on Thursday? Here’s today’s slate of games: (9) St Louis vs (1) Michigan, 11:10am (6) Louisville vs (3) Michigan […]

The Weekend Mauling: 3/21/26

Kansas and Other Tournament Links The KC Star dives into why Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa never considered themselves rivals Turns out Darryn Peterson made history in his tournament debut Through the Phog breaks down yesterday’s win and the mixed feelings that go along wit it Is Tre White the key to KU’s March Madness […]

Cal Baptist vs Kansas: Preview

If the Jayhawks want to avoid being the victim of a major first round upset today, they’ll need to get past 13 seed Cal Baptist. The Lancers are 25-8 this year, after going 13-5 in WAC play. The most important thing to know about the Lancers is far and away their 5’10 point guard, Dominique […]

March Madness: Early Slate OGT

Here’s the lineup for the first half of today’s action Santa Clara vs Kentucky, 11:15am Akron vs Texas Tech, 11:40am Long Island vs Arizona, 12:35pm Wright State vs Virginia, 12:50pm Tennessee State vs Iowa State, 1:50pm Hofstra vs Alabama, 2:15pm Utah State vs Villanova, 3:10pm Miami (OH) vs Tennessee, 3:25pm

The Daily Mauling: 3/20/26

Do you really need links? The mauling will be forgotten by noon. You’ll get an opponent preview and multiple OGTs today. I think that’s enough, don’t you? Question of the Day What’s the most vivid NCAA Tournament memory you have that doesn’t involve the Jayhawks?

March Madness: Late Slate OGT

Tonight’s schedule: VCU vs North Carolina, 5:50pm Howard vs Michigan, 6:10pm Texas vs BYU, 6:25pm Texas A&M vs St Mary’s, 6:35pm Penn vs Illinois, 8:25pm St Louis vs Georgia, 8:45pm Kennesaw State vs Gonzaga, 9:00pm Idaho vs Houston, 9:10pm

March Madness: Early Slate OGT

It’s the holiday college basketball fans look forward to every year. The first day of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Here’s how the first half of today’s action looks, with all times in Jayhawk Time TCU vs Ohio State, 11:15am Troy vs Nebraska, 11:40am South Florida vs Louisville, 12:30pm High Point vs Wisconsin, […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/19/26

Kansas Jayhawks News SI asks if this could be Bill Self’s last run at Kansas NBC News made some upset picks for the first round (I put this under Kansas news because the Jayhawks are prominently featured) 2.1 posted this yesterday, but it’s important enough that I’ll include it here. It’s CJ Moore’s piece for […]

The Daily Mauling 3.18.26

Greetings from the Caribbean! Disclaimer: Most of the links were gathered on Tuesday because I wanted to make sure I got it posted in the morning. Kansas Jayhawk News Gary Bedore at the KC Star takes a look at the first challenge awaiting the Jayhawks in the tournament and that’s Cal Baptist’s Dominique Daniels Jr: […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/17/26

Kansas Jayhawks News The KC Star brings you “The Darryn Peterson Story,” and a look inside his freshman season Three x-factors for Kansas’ hopes to make a tournament run The KC Star also gives us a look at the talented scoring guard KU will face when they play Cal Baptist Links! Which teams got “screwed” […]

The Daily Mauling: 3/16/26

Kansas Jayhawks News In case you missed it, Kansas is a 4 seed slated to play Cal Baptist in the first round iligan the tournament The KC Star talks about the reality of this Kansas team compared to the potential they can’t seem to reach Darryn Peterson shines as much light as we’ve seen in […]