WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Bye-week breakdown: How KU has progressed on defense and special teams

With Kansas' latest bye week ongoing ahead of the Jayhawks' matchup with Iowa State on Nov. 9, there's plenty of time to ponder every facet of the Jayhawks' disappointing season. Up next on the list are the defense, which has given up its fair share of big plays but held strong in key moments, and the special teams, which have taken a bit of a dive after a solid start to the season. Here's more on each ...

Preview: KU to open season against Howard on Monday

After enduring a long offseason following a second straight second-round exit from the NCAA Tournament, then playing a pair of disparate exhibition games, the Kansas men’s basketball team returns to the court for real on Monday. The Jayhawks will host Howard at Allen Fieldhouse at 7 p.m. Monday night. The game is both the second annual McLendon Classic — honoring John McLendon, a KU alumnus and the first ...

KU to play November 2025 tournament in San Diego, per report

The Kansas men's basketball team will take part in a tournament in San Diego in November 2025, according to a report on Friday morning. Jon Rothstein of College Hoops Today reports that the Jayhawks will be featured in the four-team field of the Rady Children's Invitational, along with Florida, Providence and Wisconsin. Next year's edition of the tournament will be the third. Last year's inaugural event ...

Peterson, No. 3 recruit in 2025, commits to KU men's basketball

Mere days before its first official action at Allen Fieldhouse during the 2024-25 season, the Kansas men’s basketball team earned a significant commitment for 2025-26. Darryn Peterson, a 6-foot-5 combo guard who ranks as the consensus No. 3 player in the 2025 recruiting class, announced on a 247Sports livestream Friday night that he will join the Jayhawks next year. The five-star prospect picked KU over ...

Bye-week breakdown: How KU has progressed on offense

A quirk in the college football calendar has left the Kansas football team with an odd late-season lull. For the first time since 2019, the schedule has aligned in a precise way — in short, it has to do with having an earlier Labor Day than usual, and will happen again next year — such that the Jayhawks have two bye weeks. They are not necessarily distributed at optimal intervals. Just three weeks and two ...

Big 12 power rankings: BYU is new No. 1

There's a new No. 1. BYU moved into the top spot in this week's Big 12 power rankings, receiving 11 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media that regular covers the conference. Iowa State, which had been No. 1 the previous four weeks, dropped to second (with five first-place votes). Kansas plays each of the top two teams, both of which are unbeaten, in its next two games: Iowa State at GEHA ...