Bill Self is still the best part of Late Night
via KUAD The banner is UP. The unveiling… kind of left me wanting? Am I crazy here? Sure, my entire personality is currently based around how we won the...
Lol that Self photo
Absolute scenes on KU social media this week. I’ll get into all of that at a later date. Right now LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS PHOTO! Kansas Men’s Basketball...
KU Football Good for KU Basketball
photo via KUAD One of my favorite KU basketball recruiting stories involves Russell Robinson. Robinson’s recruiting visit, oddly, didn’t take place during...
Not great... but better!
New unis dropped, confirming the look that a few players had been teasing in their Stories and what adidas had leaked online. I don’t hate them anymore!...
The Final Shirts
Y’all—thank you so much for all the support of the newsletter and of my protracted shirt-making process. I made a number of extras, and now only a few are...
Q&A: Dan Beckler of Mass Strategies
The NIL fundamentally changed how Division I Athletics works. When we last spoke with KU Shams, he talked about how KU approaches the NIL from a donor...
If J. Cole plays Late Night they should let him hoop too
Also Ochai got traded!
Why Bronny James needs to come to Kansas
image courtesy of friend of the newsletter Ray Malo Last week, LeBron James signed an extension with the Lakers that takes him through the 2023-24 NBA...
Langford and Miles belong in the Fieldhouse rafters
Like, come on
A quick note for my Streak Talk subscribers
Hello Streakers, I hope this note finds you well! Rock Chalk! We won the ship! This will be the fourth full year of the newsletter, and I could not have have...
Why can't we get the jerseys right?!
Also a salute to Cute Hawk
Q&A: KU Shams on conference realignment
Illustration by me Sources are reporting that Mike Vernon is back on Streak Talk. Over the past week, Mike has become the de facto point man for the...
If Brett Yormark books Rihanna for Late Night we'll stay in the Big 12 + Big ol' KU media dump
I promised this post for last Friday, but then Roe came down and my mind was elsewhere. Please consider donating to an abortion fund in your community or...
Breaking down Ochai Agbaji's Chipotle bowl
As I mentioned yesterday, the NBA Draft is this week. I love the NBA Draft for many reasons I won’t get into, and I especially love it in the era of...
What will the NBA careers of Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun be like?
On Thursday night, two Jayhawks will discover their NBA fate. Ochai Agbaji is *probably* going lotto, although recent projections from The Athletic’s Sam...
ANDREW WIGGINS!
Getty images please don’t sue this is a donation based newsletter project Andrew Wiggins, ladies and gentlemen. Andrew Wiggins! ANDREW WIGGINS! Steph went...
STREAK TALK DROP: 19nine's new collection + win a pair of KU shorts!
Yesterday, friend of the newsletter 19nine went live with their latest drop, updated recreations of vintage “Basketball is Life” t-shirts featuring 16 teams...
Fire off your NUCLEAR TAKES about the 2022-23 season
We’re in the peak of the offseason. Tonight is the Roundball Classic. Duke hired a GM. The freshman are on campus and Ochai Agbaji left a note that said “Be...
RUN. IT. BACK.
Earlier this week, I drafted a post outlining the reasons I thought Jalen Wilson should stick in the Draft process. When I woke up the next morning, I...
I made you all a NATTY CHAMPS T-SHIRT
Streakers, while I’ve certainly bought plenty of it, I have found the Natty-celebrating apparel to be quite lacking. It deserves so much more love than it...
Bill Self should publicly refuse the Lakers job
The offseason is time for thought experiments and bold, maybe even kind of bad ideas. And while there’s definitely some motion when it comes to KU’s roster...
STREAK TALK GIVEAWAY: a bottle of J. Rieger's special edition National Championship bourbon
I’m excited to announce that Kansas City spirits MVP J. Rieger furnished Streak Talk a bottle of their limited-edition National Championship bourbon for our...
Isiaih Mosley, come on down!
As it stands today, four Jayhawks from last year’s roster have declared for the draft. McCormack and Agbaji will not be coming back, barring some last minute...
The NIL era is booming + I wish KD had bought Twitter instead of Elon
The 2022 Champions deserve everything we can give to them. Still, it was somewhat surprising to see just how well the Barnstorming tour is doing: Mike Vernon...
Is Christian Braun about to get handed the NIL bag?
The feeling has still not sunk in. The Jayhawks are champions, and more Banner Talk is in the pipe. In this afterglow, I’m reluctant to do the whole “well,...
Banner Talk
via Kansas Athletics It still doesn’t feel real. KU played their worst half of basketball in the entire tournament in the National Championship game, and...
IT HAPPENED
In the second half of the Elite 8 game against Miami, KU found its ideal form. The timing could not have been better. That… was… awesome. Whether it was on...
Do I trust KU to run Providence off the line?
KU is in the Sweet 16, and most Jayhawks fans I know are feeling satisfied. After all, there’s some evidence that this team loosens up after advancing from...
Could this happen?!
It’s Thursday morning. You’ve smashed the boss button, whatever your personal boss button may be. (This year’s Boss Button is you Zooming with Tracy Morgan,...
I was skeptical of a deep postseason run until I saw THIS PICTURE
It’s the Monday after Selection Sunday, and KU’s bracket, whew, well… we’ll get to that in a minute. All season, there’s been a fan narrative—that Remy...
Finally! Ranking Bill Self's regular season quarter zips
All season, I’ve been threatening the quarter zips ranking post. With rumors swirling around the program’s IARP punishment—and Self’s possible postseason...
Is there a talent crisis at KU?
Last night’s 10-point road loss TCU felt crushing. I feel like a Big Ol Idiot for watching the whole thing. The Jayhawks were outplayed the whole 40 minutes....
Why we need to appreciate every second of Joel Embiid's incredible season
Let us get it out of the way—the Baylor loss was annoying. We stopped hitting shots. The Remy flop was … wow, I hope he wins us a game in the near future so...
Q&A: Hanif Abdurraqib speaks on the NBA trade deadline (!), Nick Bradford (!!) and his new basketball book (!!!)
Photo by Megan Leigh Barnard Since Streak Talk last spoke with Hanif Abdurraqib, he’s been on an unholy tear. The National Book Award Foundation named his...
About last night's whole jersey situation
At Streak Talk, we take requests seriously. So when I heard from a handful of readers who wondered what I thought about last night’s slate-and-white jersey...
Point Jalen? Is Remy done? How "real" was the Baylor win?
courtesy of KU athletics This week has been a ride, and a few Streakers chopped it up about what our expectation are on Tuesday. It feels like we are all on...
Where does this year's team end up?
First of all… I can’t believe they stormed the court! Personally, I think the Jayhawks are gonna be fine. They still control their destiny in the Big 12, and...
What the Baylor game will reveal about this year's Jayhawks
Last Saturday, Kentucky trounced Kansas in a way we just haven’t seen at Allen Fieldhouse. It was only Bill Self’s 16th loss at the barn, an incredible fact...
This weekend was AWESOME
Let’s get this started with… OCHAI AGBAJI! What a season he’s having. He’s the perfect combination of aggressive with the ball and in control, and I can’t...
KU's sellout record will end soon (and why that's OK!)
kuhoopsA post shared by Kansas Basketball (@kuhoops) The number of consecutive sellouts at Allen Fieldhouse is one of the most cherished statistics in the...
Some quick notes about that wacky ISU game
Even though Tuesday night’s home game against Iowa State got shoved to ESPN+1, it felt can’t-miss, as least as far as weeknight conference games go. Roy...
Q&A: Mina Kimes on Mahomes
Some KU stuff too!!!
Jayhawks basketball is basically an open run now
Plus MAX NBA JAYHAWK HEADCOUNT and thoughts from Nevada
What's the deal with Remy Martin?
Streakers—I’ll admit the headline is a little excessive (I crave that sweet, sweet engagement!) because Remy Martin had a nice game against Mizzou during an...
Why does the Mizzou rivalry still have this much juice?
For the first time in a decade, we play Missouri tomorrow. During the UTEP postgame, Bill Self called tomorrow’s game against Mizzou “the best game on our...
What's your favorite MU-KU memory?
As I write this, I’m also bashing out a post about the Mizzou game for tomorrow’s newsletter. In the meantime, I’d love to hear some stories about your...
Does the weird and bad loss to Dayton actually mean anything?
Let's discuss
Why Ochai Agbaji's improvement is astonishing
Listen, it’s early. KU’s three games have been a neutral site gig against Michigan State, a home game against Billy Gillespie-coached Tarleton State...
Basketball is back! Here's some thoughts for my fellow preseason sickos
photo via Nick Krug/LJ World Disclosure: I watched the game earlier this morning because I was on a flight last night, and apparently Delta does not have a...
I did a guest post for the internet's greatest shopping newsletter
might have to go Klarna on these bad boys Streakers, as you may know, the mission of this newsletter is to donate all subscription proceeds to good causes....