The Houston defense was locking Kansas down, as it has stymied so many teams since the Cougars joined the Big 12, for about 17 minutes on Monday night. Then came an 11-0 run before halftime for the Jayhawks, a 24-6 run afterward and key 3-pointers late from Jamari McDowell and Darryn Peterson ...

Kansas’ first home loss of the season, 61-56 to UConn on Dec. 2, stuck with fifth-year senior guard Melvin Council Jr. to the point that he had it on his mind when he helped will the Jayhawks to victory over Arizona two months later. To lose at home, Council said on Saturday — after KU’s ...

An uneasy and abnormally quiet Allen Fieldhouse crowd roared to life for a moment when Elmarko Jackson tied Saturday’s game at 49 with 12 minutes to go. Jackson had two chances to ratchet the noise up to another level, and put game pressure on Cincinnati, but missed a pull-up 3 and then ...

The NCAA men’s basketball committee projected Kansas as a No. 3 seed in its bracket preview show on Saturday morning. The program, which aired on CBS on Saturday morning, includes a ranking of the top 16 teams in the country — in other words, the No. 1 through No. 4 seeds with three weeks ...

The events of Wednesday night, when Kansas’ star guard Darryn Peterson exited a road win at Oklahoma State less than three minutes into the second half due to the latest resurgence of his cramping issues, exposed Peterson to the most thorough national backlash he has faced all ...