Kansas’ ever-enthusiastic basketball fans relayed a message loud and clear on Friday night: They are once again more than ready for hoops season to start.
On Sept. 28 — just over a month into college football season — a throng of 16,300 packed Allen Fieldhouse not only to witness the spirited rap performance of 41-year-old former Alabama State basketball player Tauheed Epps (better known as 2 Chainz), but to watch the 2018-19 Jayhawks act, dance, play musical instruments (David McCormack on the drums with the pep band) and ultimately compete in a short 20-minute scrimmage at the 34th-annual Late Night in the Phog.