Kansas Suspends Taylor, Johnson for 2 Exhibitions

Two of Kansas’s top players, Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson, are not getting off to a good start this season.

Head coach Bill Self suspended both players for the first two exhibition games of the season for violating team rules.

“Tyshawn and Elijah have both been terrific since school began in August,” Self said. “They’ve not only performed well, they have been very responsible and disciplined the first few months of the school year. But during the offseason they violated a rule that I told them, because of some past experiences, their punishment was going to be severe and I was going to hold them out of the two exhibition games. They have been aware of this for several months and also are disappointed, but have had very positive attitudes about it.”

“I will not comment about this further,” Self added. “Losing two players and Thomas (Robinson) being questionable for Tuesday’s game probably changes the look of our team as much as anyone in the country. This gives a chance for our young guys to play under the lights and see how they react.”

Kansas begins its exhibition season when it plays host to Pittsburg State on Tuesday. The Jayhawks’ second exhibition contest will be versus Fort Hays State on Nov. 8. Both players will return for Kansas’ regular-season opener against Towson on Friday, Nov. 11. The Towson contest is KU’s opening game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.

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