The 2025 NBA Draft wrapped up on Thursday evening, and no Kansas players were selected, just the third time since 2010 that a Jayhawk’s name hasn’t been called. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the outgoing KU seniors won’t receive decent opportunities to make in the NBA. Hunter Dickinson already signed a two-way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans, and Dajuan Harris Jr. will reportedly get a ...
Kansas athletic director Travis Goff announced on Friday that KU has hired Gonzaga head coach Andrew Derrick as its new rowing coach. In his five seasons with the Bulldogs, Derrick led his team to four straight West Coast Conference titles followed by one second-place finish. Gonzaga compiled a conference record of 127-5 in NCAA events during his first four years. A graduate of the University of Washington who ...
Lucas Smalls-Allen, a 6-foot-4, 260-pound three-star defensive tackle from Blessed Trinity Catholic High School in Roswell, Georgia, announced his commitment to the Kansas football class of 2026 on Friday morning. He joins recent addition Carter among the defensive tackles, as well as ends Hunter Higgins and Draeden Punt on the defensive line. Smalls-Allen is the 19th member of KU’s 2026 class and could be ...
Updated 11:52 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025: This summer, Kansas fans will have to reckon with the uncomfortable reality of seeing one of the greatest Jayhawks ever wearing another college team’s colors. The Basketball Tournament on Wednesday morning announced what it called “A HUGE TBT Commitment Flip”: Frank Mason III, KU’s former national player of the year and consensus first-team All-American, will ...
Updated 4:17 p.m. Friday, June 27, 2025: After the 2025 NBA Draft concluded late Thursday night with several veteran Kansas men's basketball players unselected, center Hunter Dickinson became the first Jayhawk to receive an NBA opportunity. Dickinson signed a two-way contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. The news was reported by ESPN's Shams Charania and shared on social media by Dickinson himself. A ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team had the unexpected luxury of completing its roster in mid-April. When Indiana transfer forward Lilly Meister signed on April 14, she both filled KU’s biggest and essentially only remaining need and, based on remarks head coach Brandon Schneider made soon afterward, essentially put an end to its offseason activity. As Schneider said in early June, there’s a difference ...