Kansas City, Mo. — On a night when Kansas coach Bill Self described his team’s intensity as “awful” and the Jayhawks gave up 94 points, combining with their own 98 against UCF for the highest-scoring game in Big 12 tournament history, they might have had some use for fifth-year guard Shakeel Moore. Moore is both generally known for his dogged, high-energy defense and had received specific credit on Jan. ...
Kansas City, Mo. — For better or worse, Kansas looked like a totally different team on offense on Thursday night. The Jayhawks briefly morphed into an outside shooting powerhouse, with guard Zeke Mayo connecting on his first four 3s of the second half to help KU overtake No. 3 seed Arizona in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals. KU attempted nearly as many 3s (31) as 2s (33) on the night and made 14 3s to ...
A 10-6 loss to Minnesota on Tuesday night suggested the Kansas baseball team might be in for a much tougher time against power-conference competition than against the mid-majors who had given KU its 14 early-season victories in 15 games. The Jayhawks dispelled any such concerns on Wednesday afternoon, matching a team record with seven home runs in a game and scoring its highest single-game run total ever ...
Another men’s basketball program with plenty of history is starting to gain traction as a potential NCAA Tournament opponent for Kansas. In recent updates to his bracket projections, including Wednesday’s, CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm has positioned KU as a No. 7 seed in Cleveland, a popular destination for the Jayhawks in recent days — and somewhere they have never before played — facing off against ...
Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas men’s basketball team found out — as the college basketball adage goes — just how hard it is to beat the same opponent three times. KU appeared set to coast to victory in its first game of the Big 12 tournament against UCF on Wednesday night when it took a 61-48 lead on a 3-pointer by AJ Storr with just under 14 minutes remaining. The No. 14 seed Knights, who had just ...
Kansas tight end DeShawn Hanika's teammates have given him plenty of grief about his status as the oldest one on the team. Hanika, 25, has been on the receiving end of nicknames like “grandpa,” “old-timer” and his personal favorite, “The Godfather.” He gets it from his fellow tight ends, from quarterbacks, from wide receivers, and even from the KU defense: “When we’re going 11-on-11, they love ...