The Kansas men’s basketball team learned quite a bit about its makeup in exhibition games against Louisville and Duke, even as neither went its way. “For me personally, I view both those teams as national championship contenders,” center Christian Reeves said. “... I think we fought. I don’t think we lay down or anything like that. I think it just came down to execution and things that we can control, ...
The Kansas volleyball team stretched its win streak to four matches on Sunday with a 3-1 victory (25-19, 23-25, 25-17, 25-23) over Iowa State at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Junior outside hitter Grace Nelson matched her career high with 18 kills, including the decisive one on match point, and added 11 digs for a double-double. Middle blocker Reese Ptacek added 16 kills, and opposite hitter Taylor Stanley ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The Kansas football team held a 13-point lead midway through the third quarter on Saturday afternoon and looked poised to extend it to 20 when it had a first-and-goal from TCU’s 6-yard line. Instead, the Jayhawks turned the ball over on downs, and the next time they got it back, Cole Ballard, starting in place of an injured Isaiah Marshall, threw an interception that was returned for ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — The final word in Saturday’s postgame media availability, after one of the more dispiriting losses of Lance Leipold’s tenure as head coach, went to junior cornerback Jalen Todd. Todd was asked about KU’s recurring issue of losing games in which it had led at halftime. “It’s a frustrating thing,” he said. “Like, same thing happened last year and the year before. It’s just ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Even as quarterback Isaiah Marshall’s status on the Kansas availability report declined from probable to questionable on Thursday night, and even as he was a game-time decision on the successive report on Saturday, he was “not that close” to playing for the Jayhawks against TCU, head coach Lance Leipold said postgame. Marshall was dealing with a lower-leg injury this week and could ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold likes to stress that his program must approach each game week the same regardless of the outcome over the previous weekend, and by his account the Jayhawks returned to practice with promising energy and body language after a dramatic 25-24 victory over Baylor. Now it’s time for KU to take its show on the road. The Jayhawks have a chance to get back to .500 if they can succeed in a ...