Bill Self's patient basketball rebuild meets Lance Leipoa's injury-prone frame in a September where Kansas fans are doing their favorite thing: quietly trusting the process while praying nothing breaks.
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Basketball is coasting on Self's eternal promise that next year's recruits will fix everything—Big Blue Nation in its natural state of infinite September hope and endless roster questions answered with "trust the process." Football is three weeks from kickoff with nothing to complain about yet, which means the Jayhawks are either about to shock the Big 12 or walk straight into September pain; the portal moves are defensible, nobody's been fired, and Lance Leipoa is the only thing standing between decent and disaster. It's the calm before the storm in Lawrence, and Kansas fans are doing what they do best: believing in rosters that look good on paper while holding their breath.
🔥 Bill Self's patient basketball rebuild meets Lance Leipoa's injury-prone frame in a September where Kansas fans are doing their favorite thing: quietly trusting the process while praying nothing breaks.
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