Thanks to some key summertime additions — namely, guard Kohl Rosario and center Paul Mbiya — Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self feels even better about his roster than he did before. “You go back historically, we’ve been pretty good in the spring,” he said on Monday. “We were really good in the spring this time, but it took longer than it normally takes to be good in the spring. And I think ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The first official matchup between Kansas and Kansas State alumni teams featured a fittingly dramatic conclusion. After the KU alumni erased a double-digit third-quarter deficit, led by Zeke Mayo and player/general manager Tyshawn Taylor, Purple Reign managed to even the score at 50 entering The Basketball Tournament’s signature Elam Ending. The K-State alumni got within one point of ...
Late Night in the Phog will take place on Oct. 17, Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self and women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider announced on X on Monday afternoon. This will be the 41st annual edition of Late Night. The event spotlights a prominent musical guest (not yet announced for this year) and includes a mixture of skits and exhibition action featuring the men's and women's basketball teams, as ...
If you have heard anything about the 2025-26 Kansas men’s basketball team, you have probably heard that Melvin Council Jr.’s play style is reminiscent of former Kansas guard Tyshawn Taylor’s. That’s a cross-decade comparison KU coach Bill Self has made on several occasions, equating the incoming fifth-year transfer from St. Bonaventure with the respected former All-American point guard. “Melvin will ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas-friendly crowd at Municipal Auditorium had an uneasy Saturday afternoon until JHX Hoops finally seized control in the late stages of its first-round matchup in The Basketball Tournament. Kevin Young swiped the ball from OffDaHook’s Jaheam Cornwall, Lagerald Vick tossed a lob to Billy Preston for an alley-oop dunk and then Vick drained a deep 3 to put JHX ahead by double ...
The Kansas football team quietly added a new punter to its fresh group of specialists ahead of the 2025 season. Efren Jasso, a senior who spent his first three seasons at Prairie View A&M at the FCS level, was added to the KU football team's online roster in a recent update, ahead of the start of fall camp next Thursday. He made a post on X late on Friday night featuring a screenshot of his online KU bio ...