WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Just catching up with KU baseball? Here's what you need to know

To those Kansas fans who may just now be tuning in to witness the baseball program’s sudden and unprecedented success: Welcome! Maybe you turn away from the crimson and blue completely when the buzzer sounds on KU men’s basketball’s final NCAA Tournament game and go into a sort of estivation until football starts. Maybe you were vaguely aware the Jayhawks had managed some sort of success on the diamond ...

KU receives commitment from offensive lineman Vecrumba

The Kansas football team added another piece to its future offensive line on Monday evening with the commitment of Nick Vecrumba. Vecrumba is listed at 6-foot-5 and 285 pounds and hails from Brownsburg, Indiana. He is the Jayhawks’ second straight commitment from the state of Indiana after New Palestine tight end Mason Oglesby, and the second offensive lineman overall after Derek Gonzalez from California, who ...

Lawrence Regional set; KU will welcome Arkansas, Missouri State and Northeastern to Hoglund Ballpark

Kansas received the draw for the first-ever Lawrence Regional as part of Monday morning’s NCAA selection show, and it should make for quite a competitive few days at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks will host No. 2 seed Arkansas, No. 3 seed Missouri State and No. 4 seed Northeastern. Play begins in a double-elimination format on Friday with KU facing Northeastern at 12 p.m. and Arkansas taking on Missouri State ...

KU officially named regional host for NCAA baseball tournament

There will indeed be a Lawrence Regional for the first time in the history of the Kansas baseball program. The NCAA announced KU as one of the top 16 seeds in its postseason tournament on Sunday night, a day after the Jayhawks beat West Virginia 9-0 to complete their sweep of the Big 12’s regular-season and tournament titles. WVU, which had swept KU during the regular season but finished a game behind the ...

Where NCAA baseball bracket projections have KU as selection day approaches

The full bracket is due out as part of the NCAA selection show on Monday at 11 a.m., but the Kansas baseball team will learn even sooner whether it will host NCAA Tournament games at Hoglund Ballpark for the first time. The NCAA is set to announce the 16 regional hosts at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, and the Jayhawks are highly likely to be among them in the wake of Friday night’s 9-2 win over Oklahoma State. With ...

KU wins Big 12 tournament championship against West Virginia, 9-0

It had been 77 years since the Kansas baseball team earned a regular-season conference title and a relatively modest 20 since the Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament. KU has now accomplished both those feats in the same calendar year. After a nervous first six innings in which the Jayhawks escaped a series of increasingly treacherous situations with stellar defense, KU’s offense exploded for three ...