The Kansas Athletics board of directors on Friday morning approved a budget for the ongoing fiscal year 2025, anticipating that revenues for the year — a predicted $122 million — will fall short of expenses by $16 million. “That’s as expected,” said Pat Kaufman, the athletic department’s chief financial officer. “We knew this would be a year where we would have to dip into some of our liquidity ...
As much as Kansas soccer accomplished during its run through the Big 12 tournament, the Jayhawks never had to play from behind. After conceding an early goal to Saint Louis’ Emily Gaebe on Friday night in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, KU had to do just that for 70 minutes. To their credit, the Jayhawks turned up the heat after an extremely slow start and challenged the Billikens far more than ...
Among all sorts of other distinctions the team has received — a Big 12 tournament title, an NCAA berth, a No. 16 national ranking — the Kansas soccer team has garnered plenty of awards attention in recent weeks. Caroline Castans and Lexi Watts were first-team all-conference players, with Jillian Gregorski an all-freshman selection; Castans and fellow defender Olivia Page received national team of the week ...
Kansas continued to add to its incoming group of wide receivers — and its basketball roster at the same time — when it earned the commitment of two-sport athlete Jaden Nickens on Thursday afternoon. “It was very important having sports like Kansas basketball, being number one in the nation, and a football program on the rise,” Nickens told Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com. “I also had other offers, but ...
The top two teams — each of Kansas' next two opponents — remain the same in this week's Big 12 power rankings. BYU was the unanimous top pick, receiving all 16 first-place votes from a panel of media who regularly cover the Big 12, and Colorado was second. The two teams remain on a collision course to play in the Big 12 championship game on Dec. 7 in Arlington, Texas. Kansas State moved up to third and ...
The month of November continued to bring good news on the recruiting front for Kansas men’s basketball on Sunday. With a commitment from marquee guard Darryn Peterson already on the books, the Jayhawks made a big addition to their frontcourt for the 2025-26 season. Samis Calderon, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound forward from Espirito Santo, Brazil, signed on Wednesday afternoon to join KU next year. "Samis is a guy ...