California natives Scot Pollard and Jacque Vaughn lived together at Jayhawker Towers during their four years as men’s basketball teammates at the University of Kansas. Pollard, the flamboyant 6-foot-11, 265-pound mountain of a man from San Diego, recalled those days with The Star in a phone interview Wednesday.

Former KU point guard Jacque Vaughn, who has three head coaching stints in the NBA, most recently with the Brooklyn Nets from 2022 to ’24, has agreed to join Bill Self’s staff at Kansas ...