WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Reeves' health to be one of KU's 'biggest keys'

TOPEKA — The availability of Charleston transfer Christian Reeves will change the identity of the Kansas men’s basketball team in one important way, to the point that head coach Bill Self called it “one of the biggest keys we have.” “When he gets healthy, God, we’ll go from being a small team to one of the biggest teams around,” Self said on Monday at the Topeka Jayhawk Club's Otto Schnellbacher ...

KU to host super regional against OU beginning Saturday after Sooners stun Georgia Tech

Updated 2:44 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, 2026: In an improbable turn of events, there will in fact be a Lawrence Super Regional. Oklahoma’s Dayton Tockey hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to stun Georgia Tech 8-7 in Game 7 of the Atlanta Regional on Monday, eliminating the No. 2 national seed and sending the Sooners to a matchup with their former conference rival. The NCAA announced details of the super ...

Rahe continues to come through for KU in regional play

Even before Kansas kicked off the first-ever Lawrence Regional, pitcher Boede Rahe promised that KU was going to play the exact same way it had all season — which would in turn mean that Rahe himself would bring the same level of fire to his closer role. Through two days of the regional, Rahe’s emotions have indeed been on display, in large part because KU’s offense has set him up for a pair of six-out ...

KU advances to super regional with 13-10 victory over Arkansas

When the Kansas baseball team fell behind Arkansas by five runs through three innings on Sunday night, a seventh game on Monday to decide the Lawrence Regional looked inevitable. But the Jayhawks instead struck back with a six-run fourth inning headlined by Tyson LeBlanc’s three-run home run, led by as many as six and never trailed again on their way to a 13-10 victory over the Razorbacks. "Unbelievable ...

Roundball Classic set for 18th annual edition

When Kansas broadcaster Brian Hanni and the rest of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic organizers made the decision to move the event to early June this year, due to concerns about hotel and flight availability during the FIFA World Cup, there was some concern it might end up being a “B-plus-caliber year” for the long-running charity basketball game. But those worries proved to be unfounded: “Honestly, this ...