There will indeed be a Lawrence Regional for the first time in the history of the Kansas baseball program. The NCAA announced KU as one of the top 16 seeds in its postseason tournament on Sunday night, a day after the Jayhawks beat West Virginia 9-0 to complete their sweep of the Big 12’s regular-season and tournament titles. WVU, which had swept KU during the regular season but finished a game behind the ...
It had been 77 years since the Kansas baseball team earned a regular-season conference title and a relatively modest 20 since the Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament. KU has now accomplished both those feats in the same calendar year. After a nervous first six innings in which the Jayhawks escaped a series of increasingly treacherous situations with stellar defense, KU’s offense exploded for three ...
The full bracket is due out as part of the NCAA selection show on Monday at 11 a.m., but the Kansas baseball team will learn even sooner whether it will host NCAA Tournament games at Hoglund Ballpark for the first time. The NCAA is set to announce the 16 regional hosts at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, and the Jayhawks are highly likely to be among them in the wake of Friday night’s 9-2 win over Oklahoma State. With ...
The Kansas football team secured what may end up being one of its most significant commitments of the 2027 cycle on Friday night. Tight end Mason Oglesby, from New Palestine, Indiana, picked the Jayhawks over Indiana, North Carolina and Ohio State in a livestream on the Rivals YouTube channel. “Really just the way they’re using tight ends, knowing that I could play there and get the ball a lot, and then on ...
An insurance run for Kansas in the eighth inning of a tight game on Friday night very quickly became two and then, in the blink of an eye, six. Shortstop Tyson LeBlanc hit a grand slam to break open the Big 12 semifinal matchup with Oklahoma State, tying KU’s single-season home-run record in the process with his 21st of the year, and the Jayhawks beat the Cowboys 9-2 at Surprise Stadium. In doing so, LeBlanc ...
The Kansas men’s basketball nonconference schedule is drawing closer to completion with Wednesday’s announcement of a home-and-home series with Villanova and Thursday's release of the Players Era brackets. That checks the box of a marquee home game at Allen Fieldhouse for the Jayhawks and brings them to an anticipated eight nonconference dates: Kentucky at the Champions Classic in Chicago on Nov. 10, three ...