WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU makes top-five list for ex-Dayton sharpshooter

Kansas is in contention for Dayton transfer Koby Brea, the nation's leading 3-point shooter from the 2023-24 season, but it will have to outlast some tough competition in order to acquire his services. KU made Brea's top-five list — as he released Monday to a variety of media outlets including 247Sports, ESPN and On3 — along with Duke, North Carolina, Kentucky and UConn. It's easy to see why Brea is in ...

2025 offensive lineman Kopp, son of former Jayhawk, commits to KU

Offensive lineman Anderson Kopp announced Tuesday morning that he will play college football at Kansas, giving the Jayhawks their third player in the recruiting class of 2025. Kopp is from Phoenix and plays for Brophy Prep, so KU is continuing to bring in prospects from Arizona, but he has a deep connection to the Jayhawks as his father Kevin played for KU under Glen Mason in the 1990s. Kopp told Jon Kirby of ...

Philon reportedly requests release from letter of intent, will not attend KU

Point guard Labaron Philon, a four-star prospect from Mobile, Alabama, who committed to Kansas in September and signed in November, has requested a release from his National Letter of Intent and reopened his recruitment, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. Travis Branham of 247Sports first reported the news, which Philon shared on his Instagram account. Philon, who earned a No. 30 ranking from ESPN in ...

Buncom becomes KU's fourth entry into spring transfer portal

Kansas freshman wide receiver Surahz Buncom posted on social media Monday morning that he has entered the transfer portal with four years of eligibility remaining. Buncom will depart the program after one season in which he redshirted and did not play a snap, leaving the Jayhawks with two more scholarship wide receivers left from his recruiting class in Keaton Kubecka and Jarred Sample. Buncom came to KU from ...

KU baseball takes two of three from Baylor, exceeds last year's league win total

The Kansas baseball team endured a resounding loss Friday and had a game suspended Saturday when it was on the brink of victory, but managed to pull off back-to-back wins Sunday to take a series from Baylor on the road in Waco, Texas. "I was so proud of the guys for bouncing back the way they did it," head coach Dan Fitzgerald said in a press release. "You look back to Friday night and even though we’re down, ...

With transfer haul, KU ensures it will leave spacing issues in the past

In the grand scheme of the 2023-24 Kansas men’s basketball season, the Border Showdown on Dec. 9 didn’t really leave much of an impression. It was a win over a rival, yes but a little too close for comfort for KU at 73-64 after 27- and 28-point victories the previous two years, and didn’t age particularly well given that Missouri only won one game the entire rest of the season. KJ Adams made a vicious ...