Kansas’ basketball players and coaches gathered at Allen Fieldhouse at 9:30 a.m. Monday for their first practice of what officially is known as “finals week” and unofficially “Villanova week.”
“With our final exam schedule we couldn’t work in the afternoon,” KU coach Bill Self said Monday afternoon at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown where he and KU women’s coach Brandon Schneider spoke to Williams Fund members at the annual KU Roundball Club luncheon. “Also our next game is 11 on Saturday.”
Indeed, the Jayhawks (8-0) and Villanova Wildcats (8-2 entering Tuesday’s game against Penn) will tangle in a rematch of their 2018 Final Four semifinal contest at 11 a.