Free safety Johnquai Lewis became the most recent Kansas football player to decide to leave the university on Monday morning when he wrote on his Twitter account that he has entered the transfer portal. Lewis, who will be a redshirt sophomore in the fall, played in one game for the Jayhawks last season and two in 2020, his first. He noted in a highlight reel that he included with his announcement that he had ...
Even though he was in his third semester of college, Ky Thomas didn't really feel the sting of being so far from home until his sister decided on her own post-high school plans in October. That's when Thomas, the former Topeka High standout who had been playing football at Minnesota, found out his sister, Talayah, had committed to play basketball at Northwestern Oklahoma State. Had he been home — or even ...
Kansas football coach Lance Leipold hadn't taken more than a half-dozen steps beyond the front gate of New Orleans' House of Blues on Monday evening before he was approached in the courtyard by a fan who wanted to introduce himself. Leipold greeted the man and his two friends for a few brief minutes, then mingled with the crowd of hundreds who had descended on the music venue as part of the Jayhawks' pep rally. ...
New Orleans — Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji was named the most outstanding player of the NCAA Tournament on Monday following the Jayhawks' 72-69 victory over North Carolina in the national championship game. Agbaji, a senior from Kansas City, Missouri, earned the honor after he had 12 points in 37 minutes as Kansas claimed its sixth national championship and first since 2008. A consensus first-team All-American ...
New Orleans — Christian Braun stared Caleb Love in the eye, undaunted, and made the biggest play of his life. Braun defended Love's last-chance 3-point attempt with 2.2 seconds remaining — a shot that missed the rim completely — to help Kansas hold on for a 72-69 victory against North Carolina that gave it a sixth national championship. It was an appropriate finish for Braun, who played a large role ...
New Orleans — Down 15 points at halftime, David McCormack was smiling. His Kansas teammates, understandably, were confused. "He was looking at me and I was like, 'Why are you smiling, dude? We're down 15,'" Christian Braun said. "He was telling me, like, 'Keep your head up, keep going, we'll be all right. We've been here before.' I was like, 'Man, I don't know if I've ever been here before. Down 15 in a ...