When Bill Self said ahead of his Kansas basketball team’s rivalry game against Kansas State that the struggling Jayhawks may need to put an extra emphasis on throwing the ball inside and run the offense through David McCormack more often, some may have shuddered at the thought. That wasn’t the extent of Self’s plan, of course. And Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse McCormack proved he can be an offensive ...
Coming off their largest defeat of the season, a 24-point home loss on Saturday, Kansas women’s basketball players are facing the unique challenge of turning around and facing their victors again. The same Oklahoma State team that crushed KU, 75-51, awaits the Jayhawks in Stillwater, Okla., on Tuesday night, thanks to some reshuffling of the schedule caused by a postponement earlier in January. “I don’t ...
For the second time in the days following former Kansas offensive coordinator Brent Dearmon’s departure, a Class of 2022 recruit has backed out of his previous commitment to the Jayhawks. Arkansas prep quarterback Austin Myers, recruited by Dearmon, announced Friday night that he is reopening his college decision process. Although Myers, rated a three-star pro-style QB by Rivals.com, in a note posted to ...
Lawrence High defensive standout Cole Mondi won’t have to leave town to continue his football career. The Lions senior announced Friday he is joining Kansas football as a preferred walk-on. “I’m committing to the University of Kansas and I’ve never felt better,” Mondi wrote in a note he posted to Twitter. “Let’s get straight to work.” Mondi, who opted to walk on with a Power Five program ...
Although the Jayhawks opened their Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse going toe to toe defensively with Oklahoma State, the Kansas women’s basketball team couldn’t maintain that down the stretch. OSU torched KU in the third quarter, turning a two-point game at intermission into a 75-51 rout. How did a game that looked like a defensive battle after 20 minutes change so drastically so quickly? KU head ...
Earlier in the season, Kansas redshirt freshman Jalen Wilson emerged as a welcome surprise for the Jayhawks. The type of player who produced so much more than was expected out of him that it looked like KU just might spend the whole year ranked in or just outside of the top five. Now coming off their fourth loss in five games, the Jayhawks need that Jalen Wilson back. Saturday at Tennessee, Wilson went from ...