KU Men’s Basketball

Jayhawks arrive in San Diego with clean bill of health

SAN DIEGO — It has been far from a guarantee in recent seasons, and even throughout Bill Self’s 23-year tenure as head coach, that a Kansas men’s basketball team arrives for its first NCAA Tournament weekend ready to play at full strength. Two years ago on a Salt Lake City side street, ...

Former KU player, assistant Haase reportedly taking over at UNC Greensboro

Updated 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Former Kansas player and assistant coach Jerod Haase has been hired as the head coach at UNC Greensboro, the school announced on Wednesday morning. "My family and I are thrilled to join the Greensboro community," Haase said in a press release. "In ...

The NCAA Tournament is loaded with top NBA prospects

It was early in the final week before March Madness when BYU's AJ Dybantsa opened his Big 12 Tournament run by scoring 40 points, breaking a freshman single-game record held by NBA great Kevin Durant. "I'm just trying to win games," Dybantsa said afterward. By Selection Sunday, Darius Acuff ...

Peterson named All-American honorable mention

Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson received an honorable mention from The Associated Press in its All-American selections, voted on by a panel of media members. An honorable mention means that Peterson was one of the next 10 players (and ties) selected after the AP filled its first, second ...

Self guaranteed Dawson will win KU a postseason game, but can he do it?

Like so many young players, Jayden Dawson became more of a focal point each successive year he played for Eric Behrens at Omaha Central High School. He could always shoot it, and he always had the right attitude — humble, quiet, still easygoing and friendly, as Behrens described him. It was ...

Learn more about KU’s history as No. 4 seed, in San Diego and Washington

The 2025-26 Kansas men’s basketball team compiled plenty of high-quality wins — Iowa State, BYU, Texas Tech, Arizona, Houston — but those didn’t completely offset disappointing losses to the likes of UCF, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Arizona State. The result was that on Selection ...