Hunter Dickinson put on a show Monday night for Kansas Basketball, and Bill Self didn’t hesitate to give him his flowers after the game. “I thought he was the best player in the game, obviously,” Self said.

The Big 12 is now a conference with 16 teams from the Eastern Time Zone to the Mountain Time Zone. That’s made for some interesting body-clock tests with late and early start times, including the one that Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self had to manage on Monday night for the team’s road test to at the Colorado Buffaloes.

Kansas basketball’s season could be on the right track again, after a win at home against Oklahoma State. But did the Jayhawks then go beat Colorado?

Kansas basketball may not be contending for a Big 12 title right now, but there is still a lot on the line with its road game Monday at Colorado.

The Kansas Jayhawks are 2-0 since their “new season” began. After starting the season as the AP No. 1 team, things bottomed out after a dreadful road trip to Utah last week.

Back-to-back losses on a disastrous road trip in mid-February sent the Kansas men’s basketball team plummeting in national rankings, but the Jayhawks’ much-discussed “new season” mentality in the days since has earned them a pair of wins against Oklahoma State and Colorado.

As a team, KU shot 49 percent from the field while Colorado shot 38 percent from the field. KU was out-rebounded 46-31 and out-scored on second-chance points 16-1. Postgame, Bill Self met with ...

Hunter Dickinson picked a perfect time — the right night — to achieve his highest scoring game as a Kansas Jayhawk.

With three games remaining in the regular season, Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self addressed the media ahead of a crucial showdown against Texas Tech. The Jayhawks find themselves in one of their most challenging stretches of the season, facing three consecutive top-25 opponents.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Kansas coach Bill Self outlined just how confident Colorado will be, after not just a win against Baylor but a recent win at home against ...