The NCAA on Friday afternoon filed its official response to Melvin Council Jr.’s request for a temporary injunction in Douglas County court, arguing that Council should not receive the opportunity to play a sixth season of college basketball after having already benefited from two previous waivers. The response — submitted by attorneys Lynn D. Preheim of Wichita’s Stinson LLP and Taylor J. Askew of ...
Kansas coach Matt Ulmer acknowledges that his first team with the Jayhawks was perhaps not “the greatest roster that’s ever made a Sweet 16.” Last year’s KU squad was a bit of a patchwork, with holdovers from the Ray Bechard era, some rather inexperienced, playing alongside select transfers, as well as a trio of international players who all took on greater roles but left for the transfer portal after ...
As Kansas coach Lance Leipold noted on Friday, it’s nothing new for the Jayhawks to make “late- or mid-to-late-camp adjustments” to their offensive line in service of putting the best possible group on the field by the time the season opener rolls around. A year ago, Amir Herring emerged as a starter at left guard in a competition that had initially appeared to be between two other players. In 2024, not ...
Kansas defensive tackle Eamon Smalls has garnered his fair share of nicknames over the years, and he’s certainly gotten accustomed to having “The Sandlot” quoted in his direction: ”You’re killing me, Smalls!” But nicknaming him after the Notorious B.I.G.’s second stage name Biggie Smalls — which one of his UAB coaches started doing last year — seems particularly appropriate: His name starts ...
A host of Kansas football players tried their hand at saying “Rock Chalk” in British accents in a social media video KU posted in the spring, but only one actually called up an English parent to do it on his behalf. That was KU kicker Martin Connington, whose father’s side of the family hails from York, England. Needless to say, they are excited about the upcoming Union Jack Classic, a game against ...
In an interview with Jon Rothstein released Thursday on the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast, Kansas coach Bill Self shed new light on his decision to return for a 24th season with the Jayhawks, reiterating that he feels much better physically and explaining that he is motivated to prove himself in a new era of college basketball. After KU lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to St. ...