Elmarko Jackson came into Kansas as a McDonald’s All-American and potential one-and-done NBA Draft pick. He finished his freshman year coming off the bench and averaging 4.2 points per game. But head coach Bill Self frequently pointed out throughout the year that Jackson hadn't been playing basketball in earnest all that long (in fact, he grew up playing mostly lacrosse). Self capped off the year Thursday ...
The transfer portal opens once again for college football Tuesday, and Kansas has a chance to reflect on the early returns from its winter portal window while using the two-week period to supplement its roster even further. In the winter KU acquired six players, who have shown various levels of integration into the Jayhawks’ system so far. Devin Dye (Utah State) seems set for considerable time alongside his ...
The Kansas baseball team matched its record for the most runs scored in a single inning on Sunday when it put up 16 in the sixth on its way to a victory over Pacific. In what head coach Dan Fitzgerald called "a barrage of quality at-bat after quality at-bat," the Jayhawks batted around twice, mustering 20 total plate appearances against a combined four Tiger pitchers in the frame and scoring half their runs ...
The Kansas softball team stumbled on the road in Lubbock, Texas, dropping two of three to Texas Tech, which previously had just four conference wins on the season. The Red Raiders battled back from a three-run deficit to win 6-5 on Friday, then erased multiple four-run KU leads on Saturday, only for the Jayhawks to take a 15-12 victory in extra innings. The rubber match Sunday saw both offenses stall and ...
The Kansas women's basketball team has earned a key transfer commitment as it works on building a new-look roster for the 2024-25 season. Sania Copeland, a 5-foot-7 transfer guard from Wisconsin, announced on Instagram Monday afternoon that she will join KU next season and wrote that she is "home for good." Copeland is from Kansas City, Kansas, and played at Olathe North High School, making her the latest ...
Kansas super-senior Taiyanna Jackson was selected in the WNBA Draft Monday night, making her the Jayhawks’ first player picked in nine years and the first under head coach Brandon Schneider. The 6-foot-6 center went in the second round to the Connecticut Sun at pick No. 19 overall. The last KU player to get selected in the WNBA Draft was forward Chelsea Gardner, who went to the Indiana Fever in 2015. In ...