Kansas coach Bill Self admits he likely caught Jacque Vaughn a bit off guard. “I think Jacque was probably a little surprised that I was calling,” Self recalled on Tuesday, “and even more surprised when I said, ‘Hey, I got something kind of off the wall I want you to think about.’” The notion in question was for Vaughn, the former KU point guard and later NBA head coach who had been out of the game ...
Topeka — Coming out of spring practice, the Kansas football team had a wide range of skill sets at defensive end and an increasingly versatile group of players providing depth at the position. One thing the Jayhawks didn’t have was the same kind of size and length that two of its players provided on the strong side of the defensive line in 2024. “I think what Dylan Wudke gave us a year ago, Jereme ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team has a preseason opponent set for the next two seasons. KU will travel to Louisville, Kentucky, to face the Cardinals in an exhibition game at the KFC Yum! Center on Oct. 24, Louisville announced on Tuesday morning. The game’s time and television information have yet to be announced. “We’ve been in (that arena) once. We got beat, Villanova in the Elite Eight, so ...
Topeka — Kansas coach Bill Self knows that a lot of recruiting discussions are predicated on the reputations of the players involved. He also knows that the reputations of the particular transfers KU has added during the 2025 offseason might create “an appearance that we haven’t gotten as highly respected guys, nationally,” as in other years. But that doesn’t mean he’s in any way down on this ...
Updated 2:28 p.m. Monday, June 2: Kansas coach Dan Fitzgerald’s first two seasons at the helm suggested incremental progress each year, but in 2025 the Jayhawks took a significant leap forward. Relying on a team essentially built from scratch after the 2024 MLB Draft derailed some of KU’s plans for its 2025 roster, Fitzgerald and his staff led one of the best seasons in program history, which included ...
Topeka — The Kansas men's basketball team has found a way for recently graduated forward KJ Adams to remain around the program. Head coach Bill Self said on Monday at the Topeka Jayhawk Club's annual Otto Schnellbacher Classic event that Adams will be a member of the KU coaching staff next year as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon suffered in his final collegiate game on March 20. “We’re going to ...