Kusports.com Podcasts: Press Conferences & Post-game Interviews

KU coach Mark Mangino meets with the media after his team hung up a 52-7 win on opening night against Central Michigan. The final came as a surprise to some, as CMU was 10-4 a year ago with plenty of talent returning. In his first career start, KU quarterback Todd Reesing threw for 261 yards and four touchdowns.

Kansas University sophomore Julian Wright and KU basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Monday afternoon in Hadl Auditorium, where Wright announced his intention to enter the 2007 NBA Draft.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Tuesday before his team gets ready to head to Chicago for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. KU will play at 6:10 p.m. Friday against the winner of Tuesday's opening round game between Niagara and Florida A&M.

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino met with the media Tuesday afternoon to answer questions as the spring practice season begins for the Jayhawks.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Monday for the first time since his team clinched an outright Big 12 regular season championship Saturday with a 90-86 win over Texas. KU heads this week to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 Tournament. The Jayhawks will play their first round game Friday at 11:30 a.m. against the winner of Thursday's Oklahoma-Iowa State clash.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media after his team clinched an outright Big 12 men's basketball title Saturday with a 90-86 win over Texas which at one point seemed improbably. The Longhorns led KU 64-52 at halftime thanks in large part to going 11-of-13 from three-point range. KU stormed back, however, with a 17-4 run to open the second half. KU finished the day with a 61.1 three-point field goal percentage.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Thursday afternoon to talk about Saturday's home and regular season finale against Texas, which seems to be gaining importance by the day. With the Longhorns knocking off Texas A&M Wednesday night, a KU win Saturday would give the Jayhawks an outright Big 12 title. A loss would force a three-way tie with the two Texas schools, and make KU the No. 3 seed in next week's Big 12 Tournament.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Saturday evening after his team slammed Iowa State 89-52 in Allen Fieldhouse. The game, which included six KU players scoring in double figures, secured KU's first season sweep of all five Big 12 North foes since the 2001-02 season, in which the Jayhawks went 16-0 in conference play and reached the Final Four.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Thursday afternoon to talk about his season's stretch run in Big 12 play. The Jayhawks' depth took a hit Wednesday when junior guard Russell Robinson went down with a sprained right foot, as the result of being at the bottom of a pile-up in practice. KU's four games in ten days stretch continues with Iowa State at home Saturday evening and at Oklahoma Monday night.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self spoke with a cluster of media following his team's 71-62 grind-it-out win Monday over Kansas State in a hostile Bramlage Coliseum. The Jayhawks' performance was far from pretty, but KU's defense was solid enough in the second half to get the job. Also helping was huge performances from the freshman duo of Darrell Arthur (13 points, 12 rebounds) and Sherron Collins (game-high 20 points).

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media for awhile following Saturday's 92-39 pounding of Nebraska in Allen Fieldhouse. It marked a sweep in the season series between Kansas and the neighbors from the north. Self discussed his pleasure with his team's play from start to finish, Monday's Sunflower Showdown Round 2 matchup at Kansas State and the joy he got from having a chance to meet the 1952 National Championship team members in town for the game.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Monday afternoon as his team prepares to hit the road once again for Wednesday's Valentine's Day clash at Colorado. The Jayhawks throttled the Buffs 97-74 on Jan. 27 at home, and KU heads west now on the heels of a solid two-game stretch, having crushed Kansas State and Missouri in a four-day span. It also marked the first time this regular season KU topped the 90-point barrier in back-to-back games.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self spoke with the media following a 92-74 win Saturday at Missouri, which also happened to be the 300th of his head coaching career. The milestone was reached thanks in large part to the sophomore combo of Julian Wright and Brandon Rush. Wright scored a career-high 33 points and ripped down 12 rebounds - eight on the offensive end - while Rush scored 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.

Bill Self met with the media Monday afternoon to discuss a week packed with rivalry games - first with Kansas State coming to Allen Fieldhouse Wednesday night, and then a trip to Columbia, Mo., to take on the Tigers Saturday afternoon. The first-up Wildcats are coming off of an upset over the weekend of No. 22 Texas down in Austin, and are now a serious threat for an NCAA Tournament bid under first-year head coach Bob Huggins.

Bill Self met with the media following Saturday's loss at home to Texas A&M, which came thanks to a second half collapse in which KU at one point led by 11 points. Aggie senior Acie Law took his team on his back down the stretch, and his three-pointer in front of Brandon Rush followed by a pair of free throws put the finishing touches on his 23-point swan song in Allen Fieldhouse.

Bill Self met with the media Wednesday afternoon to talk predominately about this Saturday's home contest with No. 8 Texas A&M. Aside from having major implications on who has the leg up in the Big 12 title race, it's a showdown between Self and close friend Billy Gillespie, who is responsible for the Aggies' quick turnaround from one of the league's worst teams to one of its top contenders.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self talks with the media following Monday's 76-56 win in Lincoln, Neb., which was never really in doubt after a one-sided first half, in which Kansas at one point led 43-8 thanks to a Nebraska drought which lasted more than 14 minutes. Brandon Rush and Julian Wright combined for 25 points in the first half, pacing the Jayhawks to conference win No. 6.

KU men's basketball coach Bill Self meets with the local media following Saturday's 97-74 win over Colorado, which looked much better on paper than Self was willing to admit. While his team hit plenty of threes and wreaked defensive havoc, he was unhappy with the play of his big men and Julian Wright's blown open-court dunk attempt, in which he went for style points instead of, well, guaranteed points.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self met with the media Monday afternoon for the first time since Saturday's 69-64 loss in Lubbock, Texas at the hands of Bobby Knight's Red Raiders. Among Self's comments was the revelation that he and his staff watched the game back on tape and counted 22 possessions in which either a turnover or bad shot selection gave the Jayhawks no shot at point production.

Kansas University men's basketball coach Bill Self meets with the media following KU's win in round one of this year's Border War with Missouri. The Jayhawks escaped with a still-perfect conference record of 3-0 witht he 80-77 triumph, including a career-high 23 points from freshman Sherron Collins - 15 of which came in the second half.