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Matt Tait

  • Managing Editor, R1S1
Lawrence
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Covering KU athletes & sports for "Wave The Wheat" via @R1S1_KU. Everyone's got a story, let's go tell it!!! Past: LJWorld & KUsports. 📧: mtait@r1s1sports.com
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Jayhawks adding help up front?

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By Matt Tait
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If there’s one thing I’ve heard talked about more than any other regarding the make-up of the 2026-27 Kansas basketball roster, it’s questions about the KU big men. Do they have enough? Who will play? Are they good enough? Should they add more? Those questions have received different answers from different people, but, earlier this week, JayhawkSlant.com reported that the Jayhawks received a commitment from Serbian 7-footer Mihailo Musikic.
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The bond before the storm

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By Matt Tait
| R1S1
While team bonding and togetherness is a key part of every offseason, the Kansas volleyball team recently got an assist from Mother Nature to make it happen. “You want to talk about a team bonding experience? Try living through a hurricane together,” KU junior Reese Ptacek told R1S1 Sports this week.
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Revamped east side of new Booth roaring toward Phase II completion

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By Matt Tait
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Lights are up and seats are going in ahead of the Jayhawks' Sept. 4 season opener vs. Long Island at DBKMS Cranes tower above the east side project at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, where construction crews remain hard at work on Phase II. [R1S1 Sports photos] Six representatives of the Kansas football team were in Texas last week at Big 12 Media Days, which annually marks the unofficial start of another college football season.
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