Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy suffered an unwanted draft-day surprise on Wednesday night as he went unselected in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft. That defied the expectations of the vast majority of experts who had produced mock drafts in the lead-up to the event, as well as those of Furphy’s own KU coach Bill Self, who had said back in May that he expected Furphy to go in the first round. Furphy ...
A full season before coming to Kansas, AJ Storr was able to take on the Jayhawks last summer as part of the Bahamas national men’s basketball team. Now, he could get the chance to play for the country again, this time representing KU on the world stage in the process. Storr is part of a group of Bahamian players training in Europe in the hopes of getting the country to its first-ever Olympic appearance in ...
The fateful hour of the NBA Draft is drawing ever nearer for former Kansas men’s basketball players Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. Both will hope to hear their names called on Wednesday, the first day of what will be the first two-day NBA Draft. The first round begins at 7 p.m. Central Time on ABC and ESPN, and the second round is set for Thursday at 3 p.m. Central Time on ESPN. The pair is expected to ...
Overland Park — The gym at Radiant Church was filled with familiar faces on Tuesday afternoon as part of former Kansas basketball player Christian Braun’s youth camp. There was Braun, the star of the show, as well as Ed Fritz, the camp organizer and the coach who guided Braun to state championships at Blue Valley Northwest. But the three-day event also drew a slew of the Huskies who helped aid those title ...
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald and his staff do everything they can to get a sense from their MLB Draft-eligible players on how high they’ll need to get selected in order to leave KU and go pro. They then calibrate their personnel accordingly based on what they learn. But, as Fitzgerald said on his “Hawk Talk” radio show Friday night, the KU roster can also survive a scenario in which it gets ...
The acquisition of Bryce Foster has all but eliminated the sense of mystery surrounding Kansas’ offensive line ahead of the 2024 season. The two months between the conclusion of spring practice and Foster’s long-awaited (and long-teased) commitment provided plenty of time for speculation as to how exactly KU’s interior offensive line would take shape. The central question was whether Tiffin transfer ...