Manhattan — Lawrence native Devin Neal will have to wait until the next game to become Kansas football’s all-time rushing leader. Neal entered Saturday night with 3,769 career rushing yards and passed second-place Tony Sands (3,788) in the first half, but was not able to eclipse June Henley’s mark of 3,841 over the course of the Sunflower Showdown at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Kansas State defense, ...
Kansas head coach Lance Leipold continues to stand by what he's been saying throughout his tenure: “To make games rivalries, you got to make them close and competitive.” The Jayhawks suffered a mistake-laden loss to rival Kansas State by four points last year after failing to score for the final 28 minutes. To hear Leipold’s K-State counterpart Chris Klieman tell it, “It’s turning into a great ...
Fayetteville, Ark. — Throughout the preseason, Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self has referred to his ongoing efforts to determine how the Jayhawks’ disparate pieces fit together. Playing without several of the most important pieces of that puzzle — preseason All-American center Hunter Dickinson and transfers Rylan Griffen and Shakeel Moore, all of whom sat out due to various minor injuries — KU ...
Fayetteville, Ark. — The central concept of this year’s Kansas men’s basketball team was that it would bear no resemblance to the depleted and ineffective squad the Jayhawks trotted out at the end of last season. By stocking up on 3-point shooting, added athleticism and most of all considerable depth, KU would shield itself from ever fielding that sort of group again, and producing the unfavorable results ...
For the second year in a row, the Kansas men’s basketball team will test its mettle in a hostile road environment long before the games start to count. KU heads down to Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday night to battle with the new-look Razorbacks in a charity exhibition benefiting mental health organizations. As much attention as the Jayhawks received over the course of the spring and summer as they reeled ...
Kansas rose two spots after earning its first conference victory over Houston, but TCU made the biggest move in this week's Big 12 power rankings, climbing from 14th to ninth after beating Utah. After a two-week reprieve, Houston sank back to last among the 16 teams. Meanwhile, Iowa State and BYU remained Nos. 1 and 2 for the fourth consecutive week. Iowa State received 10 of a possible 16 first-place votes ...