Kansas coaching lab of 1980s influenced hoops for decades

Larry Brown’s staff at Kansas branched out into the professional and college ranks, winning five NBA championships and three NCAA titles. The roll call of full time assistants, graduate assistants, players who became coaches and administrators — all the way down to a one-year observer — reads like a who’s-who of hoopage.

KU track is soaring anew

After a long hiatus, the program known for Billy Mills, Al Oerter, Jim Ryan and Glenn Cunningham is a power again. The women are ranked No. 1 and the men are in the top 25 heading into the NCAA championships next week.

SMU assistant Jerrance Howard in line to join KU basketball staff

Southern Methodist assistant Jerrance Howard is in position to join Bill Self’s staff at Kansas, filling the vacancy created when former assistant Joe Dooley took the head coaching job at Florida Gulf Coast on April 17. Kansas coach Bill Self told The Star on Wednesday that he was still in talks with Howard about the position.

Q and A with KU football coach Charlie Weis

Earlier this week, Kansas football coach Charlie Weis concluded what was supposed to be an eight-city spring preview tour. Weis also addressed a number of issues regarding his program. Those included the expected renovation at Memorial Stadium, with the removal of the track in the near future; in-state recruiting; and the perception of Kansas football after his first year on the job.

With Andrew Wiggins and Tarik Black, what’s up for KU hoops?

In the aftermath of an NCAA Tournament meltdown, and the loss of five starters from a Sweet 16 team, KU basketball coach Bill Self added the final pieces to what could be considered his finest recruiting class in Lawrence. Here’s what Andrew Wiggins, Tarik Black and the rest of the class bring to the Jayhawks and a stab at a starting lineup for next season.

KU football team adds wide receiver Nick Harwell from Miami (Ohio)

KU football coach Charlie Weis announced the addition of Nick Harwell, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) who was the nation’s second-leading receiver in 2011. But Harwell was dismissed from the school following a March arrest stemming from a dispute with his girlfriend. It’s unclear if Harwell will be able to play right away for KU this fall.

KU's Self thinks of home state after deadly storms

Kansas coach Bill Self grew up just north of Oklahoma City, attending high school in the suburban enclave of Edmond, Okla. So on Monday afternoon, as a mile-wide tornado ripped through the area and flattened parts of Moore, a southern suburb, Self’s mind turned toward his home state.

Ben McLemore breaks silence about payments to former AAU coach

Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb’s revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.

Weis wants to give KU fans reason to believe

Close to 150 Jayhawks supporters filled the Wichita Marriott banquet hall for Thursday’s luncheon in conjunction with the 2013 Kansas Football Preview Party. But while KU football coach Charlie Weis said it was exciting to see fans energized about the future, he added the team must do its part by delivering results.

KU’s Bill Self gets exactly what he needed in Andrew Wiggins

Think about what KU basketball coach Bill Self pulled off Tuesday in landing consensus No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins. The 6-foot-7 Canadian star had long been linked with Florida State (where his parents played basketball) and Kentucky (where John Calipari collects five-star recruits like garden gnomes). Those schools have been in on him for years, building relationships and dreams long before Wiggins became the presumed No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

Andrew Wiggins among biggest recruiting victories in Kansas basketball history

When word came that Kansas was the college choice of Andrew Wiggins, the 6-foot-7 forward from Huntington Prep in West Virginia who is considered the nation’s top college basketball prospect, Jayhawks coach Bill Self had scored the biggest recruiting victory of his decade-long KU tenure. But Wiggins also ranks among some of the biggest gets in KU history.