Latest / Locked On Jayhawks - Daily Podcast On Kansas Jayhawks Football & Basketball
Roster Building Lessons from the NCAA Tournament - Can Bill Self & Kansas Jayhawks Learn from 2026?
Kansas Jayhawks face a pressing need for elite bucket getters—can Bill Self reshape the roster for a deeper NCAA Tournament run? Derek Johnson unpacks lessons from this year’s Sweet 16, Elite Eight, and Final Four, spotlighting the growing importance of positional size, skilled big men, and offensive rebounding. He explores how Kansas stacks up against top programs like Duke, Illinois, and Arizona, while questioning the team’s ability to generate their own scoring opportunities and fix two-point shooting struggles.
The conversation spotlights KU’s top transfer additions of the Bill Self era…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.