Let's watch KU-Tech together... again
It’s been a minute since a live chat, so let’s ride out once more, Streakers. Tech-Kansas play at Allen at 1 PM CT on Saturday. Beard vs Self in a timeline...
Q&A: Hanif Abdurraqib
Photo by Marcus Jackson Hanif Abdurraqib is not only one of my favorite writers—you *have* to read his essay collection They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us...
Is it as bad as it looks?
Photo by Nick Krug // LJ World My short answer: No. I don’t think so. Before you swiftly delete this e-mail, hear me out. My rationale is based off a couple...
Does KU need a full-blown rotation shakeup?
And other thoughts from two road Ls
What do we make of the UT game?
Also some stuff about Marcus Garrett's role
Let's watch Texas-KU
In a few hours, #3 Kansas takes on #7 Texas at Allen. After offseason conjecture about whether Shaka Smart would keep the Texas gig, he’s responded with his...
The Best Sneakers of 2020
Nike’s Chunky Dunky which people went nuts for this year Right now, the Jayhawks are off until Jan 2, another weird development in the worst year in our...
Q&A: Josh Swade
If you’re a KU fan, there’s a 99.9% chance you’ve seen Josh Swade’s work. He’s the director of the Jayhawk basketball-centered “30 for 30” documentary...
Let's watch KU-Tech together
KU plays Texas Tech tonight in Lubbock. According to KenPom, Tech is the best defensive team in the country—KU is the sixth-best. Beard v Self in any...
Q&A: 19nine's Josh Barnett
In the landscape of contemporary college basketball, the big apparel providers see on-court uniform layouts as a logistics problem, not a design problem. The...
KU *must* play small-ball (and other observations)
Last night’s game against Kentucky in Indianapolis—loving the logic of a neutral site game during a pandemic! good work everyone—was hard to watch. Like,...
What's so fascinating about KU vs. UK
Assuming tonight’s game gets played—gulp!—I’m going to do a short post tomorrow in addition to this one, sizing up where KU stands after the Kentucky game....
There's basketball today!
At 1:30ET/12:30CT, KU opens their season against the top-ranked team in the country, Gonzaga. With KU’s original preseason schedule wiped off the map by...
it's almost that time, Streak Talk subscribers
If you’re getting this e-mail, you are currently a free subscriber to my newsletter. Thank you for reading and sharing Streak Talk! Jayhawk basketball opens...
Dok got drafted 🤩 and Dot didn't 😡
kuhoopsA post shared by Kansas Basketball (@kuhoops) At about midnight EST last night, I was glancing up at the NBA Draft broadcast in between pages of...
Will there be a season?
kuhoopsA post shared by Kansas Basketball (@kuhoops) Mitch might get a seventh year of eligibility out of this, at least The subject of today’s letter is not...
The NBA Draft is one week from tonight
This year’s NBA Draft is like no other, and after the first three prospects (Ball, Edwards and Wiseman in some order) there’s little consensus. Because of...
"Smooth but not casual" and three other things from this week
I finally watched Late Night, new info on the Silvio de Sousa story and more. Here comes the round-up:The de Sousa situation looks bad Info is still coming...
Late Night is tonight!! Basketball!
Last year’s Late Night cannot—and will not—ever be topped. And, to be fair, no one would have that expectation for the 2020 edition, as it is taking place...
The Silvio de Sousa era is over
Silvio de Sousa is opting out of the 2020-21 basketball season, and my thoughts are with him and as family as he deals with the issues alluded to in Friday’s...