WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Preview: KU seeks one climactic regular-season win over Baylor

With their backs against the wall, the Jayhawks have won three consecutive games against ranked opponents — all in highly cathartic fashion — to preserve what once seemed like the faintest possible hope of bowl eligibility. “We’ll see how it all finishes up, but I feel like at the end of the day, it’ll be one of the most rewarding seasons ever, just considering a month ago kind of where it was at,” ...

Preview: KU hosts unbeaten Furman ahead of road stretch

When the dust settled after Kansas’ victory over Duke, when the final echoes of Kon Knueppel’s last-second shot clanging off the backboard and the rim had subsided, there was still another game left to be played on Tuesday night at T-Mobile Arena. In what could charitably be described as the undercard of ESPN’s Vegas Showdown event, the Furman Paladins out of Greenville, South Carolina, and the Southern ...

2026 cornerback Brown announces commitment to KU

As the Kansas football team puts the finishing touches on its 2025 recruiting class, it has begun to establish a foothold in 2026. With quarterback Jaylen Mason from Wichita Northwest already in the fold, the Jayhawks got their second 2026 commitment in Lennie "Trey" Brown, a three-star prospect from Tustin High School in Tustin, California, who announced his decision on Thursday evening. Brown, a 6-foot, ...

Linebacker commit Rivera flips to Memphis

With the early signing period just days away, the Kansas football team got a bit of bad news on the recruiting trail as 2025 linebacker Kenyon Rivera flipped his commitment to Memphis. Rivera made the announcement on Thursday morning, and it deprives the Jayhawks of one of their two freshman linebacker commitments for next season. They still have Malachi Curvey, from Waukee, Iowa, one of the earliest pledges in ...

Big 12 power rankings: ASU gets its turn as No. 1 entering final week of regular season

The Arizona State Sun Devils moved into the top spot in the Big 12 power rankings for the first time this season as they continue a dream season in the desert. After going 3-9 in Kenny Dillingham’s first season, Arizona State is 9-2 and in contention for a spot in the Big 12 championship game in Arlington, Texas. The Sun Devils were a near-unanimous pick, receiving 15 of a possible 16 first-place votes from ...

KU embraces challenge of playing without Dickinson, builds 'more of an identity' in the process

Las Vegas — When Kansas’ preseason All-American center Hunter Dickinson got ejected midway through the second half of Tuesday night’s game, head coach Bill Self remembered telling his team, “Now we’ll find out how tough we are.” The Jayhawks, as it turned out, were just tough enough to scrape together a few exceptional defensive possessions late and beat No. 11 Duke, 75-72. In the process of doing ...