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Kansas coach Bill Self shares his perspective on court-storming in college basketball
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self previews Big 12 game against BYU
Check out what Kansas basketball coach Bill Self had to say Monday ahead of the Jayhawks’ game Tuesday against Big 12 Conference-foe BYU.
LAWRENCE — As Nicolas Timberlake reflected Monday on his recruitment by Kansas basketball, the prospect of fans storming the court after road losses wasn’t something that came up.
Timberlake, a graduate senior guard who transferred in from Towson, explained Jayhawks coach Bill Self didn’t talk about losing. The pitch to come to KU didn’t include a line like, “Hey, when we lose on the road they’re going to storm the court on us.” And one wouldn’t necessarily expect it to, given the success Kansas has had during Self’s tenure in Lawrence — especially in recent seasons.
But while Self might not make it a priority to discuss court storming protocol with recruits, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have an opinion on it. Because of the stature the Jayhawks have as a program, when losses on the road occur it’s not uncommon for a court storming to follow — something that has played out multiple times this season. And when he was asked Monday about what he thought about it all, as the topic has become widely discussed in recent days, he certainly wasn’t in favor of fans just being able to do whatever they want in situations like that.
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“We’ve actually gotten better at it because of the way you can prep your team in certain ways,” Self said, “and a lot of the safety measures up until recently I think has been with the visiting team educating their own players how to handle it — and I mean like, calling a timeout with 15 seconds left and it’s a 10-point game just to get guys out of the game or whatever, or tell them, ‘OK, don’t go out there. Everybody stand next to the sideline.’ Those things happen, but even with that, that should not be the responsibility of the visiting team to educate their guys. I don’t like it.”
Self continued: “I wish they would — legal? Outlaw? But I would think the leagues could certainly put stiff enough penalties down on places that do that would certainly deter those things from ever happening — at least in my standpoint.”
As Self would go on to highlight, the reason fans storming the court after a game has become so widely discussed again was because of what happened after Wake Forest captured an upset win at home against Duke. As fans made their way across the court during the celebration, there was a collision between a fan and a Duke player that led to injury concerns. Many across the sports landscape have since shared their thoughts on what should happen next, with opinions varying substantially.
Self thought what happened at Wake Forest was one of the quickest court storming events he’s ever seen, and mused that if the proper security isn’t in place it’s hard to imagine there wouldn’t be contact between fans and visiting players. It’s hard to imagine, too, that injury or legal ramifications wouldn’t have the potential to follow. So, understanding Self feels things have gotten out of control at this point, he would hope that it could all just be totally done away with.
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Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
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Salvador Perez attended the Ecaudor-Curaçao match at Arrowhead. So did other royals — from the Netherlands
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals captain Salvador Perez, along with teammates Starling Marte and Carter Jensen, attended Saturday evening’s World Cup match at Arrowhead Stadium.
So did some other royals!
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began Saturday by cheering the Dutch past Sweden in Houston.
The monarchs ended the day by watching Curacao make some history against Ecuador in Kansas City.
The small island nation of Curacao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that makes King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima the heads of state. So, after a quick flight north Saturday, the royal couple dutifully swapped out their bright orange scarves of Het Oranje Legioen they wore to their earlier match with bright blue ones for The Blue Wave.
Curacao, the smallest World Cup team in population and size, made its tournament debut last Sunday in a 7-1 loss to Germany. But it bounced back from that defeat to earn a 0-0 draw with La Tri and earn its first-ever point in the tournament.
“It is an extra-special World Cup because we have both the Netherlands and Curacao,” Willem-Alexander told RTL-TV. “So we have twice as many teams to cheer for. A great opportunity to cheer on both the Blues and the Oranges. All in all, it will be a special World Cup for me with two teams, and I naturally hope they go extremely far.”
The Netherlands moved one step closer to the World Cup knockout round after a 5-1 win over Sweden.
Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo scored two goals apiece to help coach Ronald Koeman’s team bounce back from a disappointing draw in its opener and move atop Group F. The Netherlands concludes group play against Tunisia on Thursday in Kansas City.
Curacao is still alive, too, after Eloy Room made 15 saves — one off the World Cup record — to earn a draw with Ecuador. It concludes Group E play on Thursday against the Ivory Coast in Philadelphia at the same time Ecuador is playing Germany in New York.
It is quite rare for sitting monarchs to come through the area. Queen Ann of Romania attended the dedication of the Liberty Memorial, which is where Kansas City is holding its World Cup FanFest, in the 1920s, while King Gustav XVI of Sweden made a stop in the small Kansas town of Lindsborg when he was passing through the Midwest in the 1970s.
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1 man dies after being shot June 9 in Kansas City, Missouri; police working to identify person of interest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department is working to identify a person(s) of interest in a June 9 shooting that led to the death of one victim.
Police were called around 6 a.m. on June 9 to the area of Independence and Monroe avenues in Kansas City, Missouri.
Responding officers found an unresponsive man behind a residence in that area. He was transported to the hospital for life-threatening injuries, per KCPD.
Police were notified Friday night that the shooting victim died.
KCPD said Saturday “detectives have made headway identifying subject(s) of interest.”
Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to call KCPD Homicide detectives directly at 816-234-5043 or the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline at 816-474-8477.
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If you have any information about a crime, you may contact your local police department directly. But if you want or need to remain anonymous, you should contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com. Depending on your tip, Crime Stoppers could offer you a cash reward.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
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1 man killed, 5 others wounded in mass shooting Friday night near East 19th and Vine streets in KCMO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person was shot to death and five others were wounded by gunfire Friday night in the 18th and Vine Historic District in Kansas City, Missouri.
Police said officers were in the area of East 18th Street and Paseo about 10:30 p.m. when they heard gunshots.
The officers moved to East 19th Street between the Paseo and Vine Street to check for shooting victims, according to a police department news release.
They found one man who had been shot and was unresponsive, along with two women who had been shot.
The man was declared dead at the scene.
One of the women suffered serious gunshot wounds and the other woman suffered non life-threatening wounds, according to the police department news release.
Officers at the shooting scene were notified three more shooting victims from the same area had been taken to a hospital by a private vehicle.
An adult male and female were reported in stable condition late Friday, while a second adult male suffered critical gunshot wounds, according to police.
Police said their preliminary investigation revealed the victims were standing on 19th Street between Vine and Paseo when people began shooting in several directions.
All the shooting victims were hit by gunfire in that area, according to police.
No word on what led to the mass shooting and at least one murder.
This is a developing story and will be updated when new information is available.
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If you have any information about a crime, you may contact your local police department directly. But if you want or need to remain anonymous, you should contact the Greater Kansas City Crime Stoppers Tips Hotline by calling 816-474-TIPS (8477), submitting the tip online or through the free mobile app at P3Tips.com. Depending on your tip, Crime Stoppers could offer you a cash reward.
Annual homicide details and data for the Kansas City area are available through the KSHB 41 News Homicide Tracker, which was launched in 2015. Read the KSHB 41 News Mug Shot Policy.
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