Lucas Smalls-Allen, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound three-star defensive tackle from Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia, announced his commitment to the Kansas football class of 2026 on Friday morning. He joins recent addition Carter among the defensive tackles, as well as ends Hunter Higgins and Draeden Punt on the defensive line. Smalls-Allen is the 19th member of KU’s 2026 class and could be ...
Kansas athletic director Travis Goff announced on Friday that KU has hired Gonzaga head coach Andrew Derrick as its new rowing coach. In his five seasons with the Bulldogs, Derrick led his team to four straight West Coast Conference titles followed by one second-place finish. Gonzaga compiled a conference record of 127-5 in NCAA events during his first four years. A graduate of the University of Washington who ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team had the unexpected luxury of completing its roster in mid-April. When Indiana transfer forward Lilly Meister signed on April 14, she both filled KU’s biggest and essentially only remaining need and, based on remarks head coach Brandon Schneider made soon afterward, essentially put an end to its offseason activity. As Schneider said in early June, there’s a difference ...
Updated 11:52 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025: This summer, Kansas fans will have to reckon with the uncomfortable reality of seeing one of the greatest Jayhawks ever wearing another college team’s colors. The Basketball Tournament on Wednesday morning announced what it called “A HUGE TBT Commitment Flip”: Frank Mason III, KU’s former national player of the year and consensus first-team All-American, will ...
Updated 4:17 p.m. Friday, June 27, 2025: After the 2025 NBA Draft concluded late Thursday night with several veteran Kansas men's basketball players unselected, center Hunter Dickinson became the first Jayhawk to receive an NBA opportunity. Dickinson signed a two-way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. The news was reported by ESPN's Shams Charania and shared on social media by Dickinson himself. A ...
Junior-college recruiting is only one piece of the puzzle for the Kansas baseball coaching staff. It’s a big one, certainly, big enough that KU has earned the top-ranked JUCO class in the nation three years in a row. But it is far from the only tool the Jayhawks use to build their roster, and they have been known to make key additions from the transfer portal over the summer, both before and after the MLB ...