WRITER: Henry Greenstein

What's next for the KU men's basketball roster?

Providence, R.I. — The Kansas men’s basketball team will get an earlier start to its offseason than it ever has in the transfer-portal era following its uninspiring first-round exit from the 2025 NCAA Tournament. The window for players to enter the portal opens on Monday and closes on April 22, though of course there are always numerous exceptions, particularly when it comes to players whose teams have ...

KU broadcasting legend Bob Davis, longtime voice of the Jayhawks, dies at 80

Bob Davis, the venerable University of Kansas sports commentator who served as the longtime voice of the Jayhawks, died on Thursday, his family announced on Friday afternoon. He was 80. “For more than three decades, Bob represented Kansas Athletics in exemplary fashion and connected Jayhawk fans everywhere with his famous one-liners and detailed storytelling,” athletic director Travis Goff said in a press ...

Late turnovers doom KU to first-round elimination in 79-72 loss to Arkansas

Providence, R.I. — For the first time since 2006, the Kansas men’s basketball team has failed to advance out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. As befit a team that entered the postseason as an uncharacteristically low No. 7 seed, the Jayhawks’ first-round foe wasn’t an opportunistic Bucknell or Bradley on this occasion but instead a highly talented, John Calipari-coached Arkansas. "This is the ...

Notebook: Former Jayhawk Pettiford's run with High Point draws to close

Providence, R.I. — Before it was Kansas' turn to take the floor at Amica Mutual Pavilion on Thursday night for its NCAA Tournament matchup against Arkansas, a former Jayhawk had already sealed his first-round fate on the same court. Senior guard Bobby Pettiford, who played a pair of seasons for KU, including on the Jayhawks’ national-title team in 2021-22, before transferring to East Carolina, established ...

KU football will not hold Spring Showcase this year

The Kansas football team will not host a Spring Showcase this season, a KU Athletics spokesperson said on Thursday morning. KU cited logistical conflicts at Rock Chalk Park with other events during the weekend the Spring Showcase was set to take place. According to a spring practice schedule some KU staffers had circulated on social media, the event was set to occur on April 11. Rock Chalk Park would have been ...

Adams' Achilles injury brings grim end to his KU career, Jayhawks' season

Providence, R.I. — It was so far from the way KJ Adams would have wanted to end his Kansas career. A day earlier, on the podium ahead of KU’s first-round tilt with Arkansas, the senior forward from Austin, Texas, had spoken of excitement within the team and how his teammates were "just ready to play hard and start that new season.” On Thursday night, though, right as the Jayhawks seemed poised to open ...