David McCormack now knows where his professional basketball career will begin. McCormack has become the most recent Kansas player to head to the NBA after signing an Exhibit 10 contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He said he chose to join the Timberwolves over offers from other teams because of their longstanding interest in him, his belief that he will fit well in their system and his comfort with the ...
As Ochai Agbaji worked his way through the pre-draft process in the last two months, one of the biggest criticisms of his ability as a basketball player was something he will never be able to control. His age. And Agbaji, 22, isn't concerned by that one bit. "I mean, everyone finds their own place and way into the league, no matter what age," Agbaji said Friday, a day after he was chosen by the Cleveland ...
Former Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji realized his NBA dreams on Thursday night when he was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 14th pick in the NBA Draft. Agbaji, who was named the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player following the Jayhawks' national championship run in April, is the highest-drafted player out of Kansas since Josh Jackson was taken by the Phoenix Suns with the fourth pick in 2017. He's ...
Even though the NCAA's Division I Council voted last month to remove the annual signing limits that have prevented many schools from having the maximum of 85 players on scholarship in recent seasons, coach Lance Leipold believes it will likely take some time before Kansas will be able to recognize the effects of that decision. That ruling, which went into effect on June 1 and will initially last two years, ...
Former Kansas guard Christian Braun's decision to leave the Jayhawks after his junior season paid off Thursday when he was selected by the Denver Nuggets with the 21st pick in the NBA Draft. He joins former teammate Ochai Agbaji in beginning a pro career as Agbaji was chosen by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 14th pick. It is the first time Kansas has had two players selected in the NBA Draft since 2018, when ...
In the summer of 2014, when Marlene Mawson was touring Kansas’ new athletic facilities at Rock Chalk Park, she was awestruck at how far the university’s women’s sports programs had come. Mawson, a longtime professor and administrator who ushered in the era of competitive women’s athletics at KU, was invited to a meeting at Rock Chalk Park just as construction was being completed. As she walked between ...