Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self has always been a believer in giving his players a few days off at Christmastime.
What that means this season is the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks, who fly charter to Arizona on Friday for Saturday’s 8 p.m. game against No. 18 Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz., will scatter to either their hometowns or hometowns of guardians or friends immediately after the non-conference clash for a three-day break.
They won’t be required to return to return to Lawrence until the night of Dec. 26. The Jayhawks hold a holiday clinic on Dec. 27, then meet Eastern Michigan at 1 p.