WRITER: Henry Greenstein

How former and would-be Jayhawks fared during 2024-25 season

The increase in player movement over the last few offseasons has resulted in a slew of former Jayhawks dispersing throughout the world of college basketball. Quite a few past Jayhawks have been to multiple schools since leaving KU in the first place, and more will join their numbers in the years ahead, as former Kansas players Zach Clemence, David Coit, Rylan Griffen, Rakease Passmore and AJ Storr all entered ...

KU developing ideas for increased connectivity between renovated stadium, downtown Lawrence

Downtown Lawrence Inc. supports the University of Kansas’ ongoing Gateway Project, but as the organization’s executive director Andrew Holt said on Wednesday, “We feel that it will really be positive in the truest sense if there is an enhanced corridor between KU, the Gateway Project and downtown.” As KU takes steps toward establishing such a corridor — with an eye toward the stadium’s official ...

102nd Kansas Relays begin Thursday

The Kansas Relays were a tough meet to get into this year. Meet director Tim Byers recalled one conversation with a high school coach who, upon hearing that some of his athletes had fallen short of the tight 10.72-second cutoff in the boys’ 100-meter dash, simply remarked, “Wow, that’s going to be fun to watch.” “The stakes to get in are the highest they’ve ever been,” Byers said on ...

St. Bonaventure transfer guard Council signs with KU

Former St. Bonaventure guard Melvin Council Jr. has signed with Kansas, KU announced on Wednesday night. Council averaged 14.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 steals in 37.1 minutes per game during his lone year with the Bonnies. A strong finisher at the rim and an athletic, durable defender, he becomes the Jayhawks’ third addition in the transfer portal following guard Jayden Dawson (Loyola-Chicago) and wing ...

Big day for KU men's golf results in team, individual victories

Junior Will King won the second individual title of his career and Kansas claimed an overall team title by 19 strokes as the Jayhawks won the Hawkeye Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa, on Monday. It was the first time since the 2022 iteration of the same event that KU men’s golf has won a team title, and the Jayhawks cleared second-place Illinois State by the sixth-largest margin in program history. "We played ...

Storr commits to Ole Miss

Former Kansas wing AJ Storr announced on Tuesday afternoon that he has committed to Ole Miss. Storr becomes the third player departing Kansas to find a new home this offseason, after David Coit (Maryland) and Zach Clemence (Texas A&M). The native of Rockford, Illinois, has now played for a different team every year of his basketball career dating back to high school. Storr arrived in Lawrence as the ...