Consider me ENCOURAGED
via KUAD Sometimes, when KU has a big game and I want to get a post up, I start staging some sweet editorial copy early. This never works out. However, KU...
Talking FURPHY with Caitlin Cooper
via CC Caitlin Cooper is one of our most intrepid and entertaining hoop analysts. As the author of Basketball, She Wrote, she breaks down Indiana Pacers...
Darryn Peterson first impressions: Good lord
To quote Project Pat: Good googly moogly! Kansas has not had a scoring point guard this dynamic since peak Frank Mason. From the quick, compact release of...
Is Jacque Vaughn responsible for this recruiting run?
Kansas basketball has been on a recruiting tear. There’s urgency here, and you can tell. Next year’s class is looking loaded with five-star PG Taylen Kinney,...
The world is not ready for Darryn Peterson
Even though Bill Self has landed a handful of #1-ranked-overall prospects in his tenure — Andrew Wiggins, Josh Jackson, Josh Selby — none have the pedigree...
Here's what I'm doing with the 3OO M's
$2200 worth of glasses minumum Yes, yes, it’s been a second.A couple weeks ago, KU donor David Booth — the same man that also procured the rules of...
bring on the DUNKS
Dunks. There’s nothing better than dunks. KU needs to dunk more. Let’s talk about the why of it.[Evergreen] Shout out to the god Bart Torvik, who tracks...
What's going on here exactly
unreleated to the rest of this blog but noteworthy Yesterday I cruised through CJ Moore’s latest dispatch about KU in the portal era. Here’s the basic vibe:...
I'd be down with Jacque!
I hope he keeps the beard Per Mike Vernon’s essential The Hearings newsletter, the Jayhawks are in talks to fill their new assistant coach opening with...
free thing 🏀
Paige via GQ Last year, I gave away five subscriptions to WNBA League Pass on my personal IG. I’m running it back for the Streak gang. It’s gonna be a great...
Indie rock scouting report: Bon Iver
📷: Graham Tolbert Last week, Bon Iver — the recording alias of indie rocker Justin Vernon — released a new record, Sable, Fable. To celebrate the release of...
🗣️ bring back THE PEOPLE'S WALK-ON
via KU Libraries Pictured above is John Crider, a two-year walk-on for the Jayhawks in 98-99 and 99-00. Before enrolling at Kansas, Crider averaged 31 and 11...
Yeah I'm thinking I'm back
Hello again. Welcome back to Streak Talk, your favorite Jayhawks basketball email newsletter in the ‘vibes’ subcategory. We’ve finally migrated from Substack...
Free tix to Hanif's event in Lawrence tomorrow
Hanif Abdurraqib is one of my favorite writers, a rare and brilliant voice who finds space in pop culture narratives to build engrossing personal histories....
Lights will guide you home
Sorry for the wait y'all I know you get it
I don't hate it!!!!!!
swiped from the KUAD homepage sorry SEE SUBJECT LINE. If KU can find something—a huge if!—a this is a pretty nice draw. Here’s the whole bracket if you’re...
A chat with my smart and funny friend Patrick who makes his own tourney brackets
ilo by CG industries How ‘bout those Jayhawks? [THEATRICAL PAINED GROAN] We’ll get to a post mortem at some point—we always do. In the meantime, let’s talk...
THREES ARE DUMB!
pic by KUAD I’m not going to double check if this is true, but I try not to bring my own hoops baggage into the newsletter when I can help it. Today, I...
So here's the deal
Let’s start positive. Kansas absolutely dominated one of the best—especially defensively—teams in the country with a 75-68 shakedown of Houston. The 13-point...
Let's forget about our glaring flaws and fixate on Johnny Furphy!
photo via KUAD A star is born! Ever since his first bit of run at KU, our fanbase could tell Johnny Furphy had something. Against Cincy on Monday night, he...