When the new members of the Kansas women’s basketball team were trying on their new gear, head coach Brandon Schneider heard one of them say, “It’s finally great to see my name on the back of the jersey.” Incoming freshman Jaliya Davis, an Overland Park native who starred at Blue Valley North High School, was eager to affirm when she spoke to reporters on Tuesday that she was in fact the player in ...
Updated 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 6: The Kansas athletic department is on track to be “right around budget” for the fiscal year 2025 that concludes at the end of June, Chief Financial Officer Pat Kaufman told members of the board of directors on Friday. It’s a significant shift from KU Athletics’ initial budget projection for the year, approved in November, that had predicted revenue falling short of ...
Just as Kansas fans familiarized themselves with a whole new group of Jayhawks at the start of the 2025 season — which proved to be a rewarding pursuit, given how successful the fresh group of recruits ultimately was — they will have to do the same ahead of 2026. The extent to which this particular roster will be revamped depends, as always, on the MLB Draft in mid-July. The unexpected professional signings ...
When Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider met with his team on Monday, one of the first things he told them was that the staff had been looking forward to that day for about 89 days — that is, since the Jayhawks’ unceremonious first-round Big 12 tournament loss to Texas Tech on March 5. In reality, though, the arrival of KU’s four incoming freshmen and one transfer was many years in the ...
A pair of recent national champions will soon face off once again, as the Kansas men's basketball team is expected to begin a home-and-home series with UConn. Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today reported on Wednesday morning that the Jayhawks will host the Huskies at Allen Fieldhouse on Dec. 2, with a return date in Connecticut at some point during the 2026-27 season. This game provides KU its first marquee ...
Not a lot of basketball players come to Kansas with a catchphrase; in fact, not a lot of basketball players have catchphrases, period. If his social media activity is any indication — he’s been seen repeating the same axiom after big wins at St. Bonaventure, on his visit to Kansas in April, mere moments before announcing he was going to be a Jayhawk — Melvin Council Jr. is determined to make this one ...