Kansas City, Mo. — Momentum swung the way of the Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops late in each of its first two games of The Basketball Tournament, but on Wednesday JHX found itself on the receiving end of a pivotal run. After the former Jayhawks surged ahead 59-51 early in the fourth quarter, they conceded a 15-3 run to Arizona-based team Heartfire that encompassed part of the Elam Ending. Despite a late ...
Like any freshman, Kansas’ Kohl Rosario is looking to his coaches for advice on how he can improve in the early stages of his college career. “They’re going to tell me what I need to do, and I’m going to work on that,” he said. They also tell him, however, that he needs to do something other than play basketball. So this summer you can find Rosario out on the golf course, or — even though they’re ...
Updated 9:44 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2025: Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas alumni on JHX Hoops are fully aware of how fortunate they were to get out of Monday night’s rivalry matchup with Purple Reign unscathed. Shaun Williams of the Kansas State alumni, whose game-winning 3-pointer had gotten Purple Reign out of the first round of The Basketball Tournament, missed a layup and a pair of free throws, any of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...