After going unselected in the 2026 NBA Draft, former Kansas guard Melvin Council Jr. signed as a free agent with the New Orleans Pelicans, his agency Seros Partners announced in a post on Instagram on Thursday morning. The 6-foot-4 native of Rochester, New York, played one year with the Jayhawks, aided by the one-time blanket waiver for former junior-college players after he had spent his first two years at ...
Darryn Peterson might have a bit of trouble finding a jersey to wear in Utah. The newly minted No. 2 overall pick, selected by the Jazz out of Kansas in Tuesday night's draft, has long sported No. 22 as a tribute to his father Darryl, who wore it in high school. “It shows how much he believes and respects me as a dad, and he just embraced it,” Darryl said on ESPN shortly after his son’s selection. But ...
Updated 8:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026: Former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson was selected No. 2 overall in the 2026 NBA Draft by the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Jayhawk since 2014. Peterson is the first KU player selected in the first round since 2023 and in the top five since 2017. He did not quite match Danny Manning or Andrew Wiggins as the first overall pick — the ...
Updated 5:14 p.m. Tuesday, June 23, 2026: Another in a series of dramatic changes to collegiate athletics took a major step forward on Tuesday when the NCAA Division I Cabinet unanimously voted to approve its new five-year age-based eligibility model. The decision will not become final until the Cabinet’s meeting concludes on Wednesday. Historically, student-athletes have had the opportunity to play four ...
Former Kansas defensive stalwart Marcus Garrett will join JHX Hoops, the KU alumni team taking part in The Basketball Tournament, it was announced on Tuesday morning. It will be Garrett’s first appearance in TBT — although he was once declared a prospective participant in 2023 — and he joins Frank Mason III, Zeke Mayo and Lagerald Vick among the confirmed former Jayhawks who will vie for the ...
The NBA Draft has arrived at last, and it will soon be revealed whether former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson becomes the first Jayhawk selected No. 1 overall since Andrew Wiggins in 2014, or merely the highest-drafted Jayhawk since Wiggins. The debate between Peterson and former BYU forward AJ Dybantsa for the top spot in their draft class has raged for years, and the players will inevitably be compared ...