In a season that has seen an array of longstanding Kansas men’s basketball streaks fall by the wayside, the Jayhawks have a chance to preserve one of their most durable on Saturday afternoon. KU will attempt to win in its regular-season home finale for the 42nd straight time, as it hosts Arizona for senior day at 3:30 p.m., sporting its traditional crimson uniforms. “We don’t lose in those jerseys,” ...
The Kansas softball team opened the season by losing four of its first five games by a combined seven runs. “Even though it was painful for our team right out of the gate to not get those wins,” head coach Jennifer McFalls said on Wednesday, later adding that she looks back and feels the Jayhawks could easily have been 5-0, “I thought it was really good for our players to understand that we were not far ...
The Kansas football team caught transfer safety Lyrik Rawls’ attention with its prompt and significant interest from the moment he decided to leave Oklahoma State. “I got in the portal like the day right before the portal opened, and then they had me on my visit, like, on that Tuesday,” he recalled on Thursday. “They showed me that they was serious about me, so why not go somewhere where I’m ...
The Haskell Indian Nations University women’s basketball team received its draw for the NAIA tournament on Thursday night, and it’s a daunting one. The Fighting Indians will travel to face No. 1 seed Dordt in its home city of Sioux Center, Iowa for a first-round matchup on March 14 at 5 p.m. The Defenders will be defending last year's national championship, and have gone 29-2 this season while claiming ...
Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald, by his own admission, was a bit hoarse when he entered the Allen Fieldhouse media room for a press conference on Wednesday morning. He attributed it to the unrelenting noise made by the resurgent KU baseball fan base. “It’s because I’m trying to get our guys’ attention on the field,” Fitzgerald said. “Those guys are so loud.” The Jayhawks welcomed Omaha to ...
In keeping with her ongoing rise to national prominence, Kansas' standout guard S'Mya Nichols received a highly selective honor from the Big 12 Conference on Tuesday afternoon. For the second season in a row, Nichols is a first-team all-league selection. The sophomore from Overland Park, who stepped into a leadership role as KU's primary scoring option this year after the departures of several longtime program ...