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 ...
Updated 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2025: The Kansas men's basketball team's long search for a backup big man has resulted in a significant signing. Paul Mbiya, a 6-foot-11, 260-pound center from Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is joining KU. Head coach Bill Self announced his signing on Wednesday afternoon. "We've had a good last couple of days recruiting with Kohl (Rosario) signing ...
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 ...
Whatever pent-up anxiety Kansas basketball fans might have felt about KU actually fielding a full, competitive team — anxiety that might have been eating away at them for weeks prior to Tuesday's and Wednesday’s significant commitments — they can finally breathe easy. It took a month following the addition of developmental prospect Corbin Allen from Oak Park High School, and more than two months after ...
Updated 10:37 a.m. Tuesday, June 24, 2025: After a long period without an addition to the Kansas men’s basketball roster, the Jayhawks are on the board once again. Kohl Rosario, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard from Miami who attends Moravian Prep in Hudson, North Carolina, announced his commitment to KU in an Instagram post on Tuesday. He is reclassifying to the class of 2025 and will join the Jayhawks immediately ...
The Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops on Tuesday morning learned its opponent for the first round of The Basketball Tournament. The former Jayhawks, who are cohosting the regional with Kansas State alumni team Purple Reign, have been seeded No. 2 in the newly enacted Kansas City regional at Municipal Auditorium and will face off against OffDaHook, “a New York–based squad known for its gritty streetball roots and ...