For the second year in a row, the Big 12 Conference’s coaches picked Kansas to win the league and chose KU center Hunter Dickinson as the preseason player of the year. The selections were announced on Thursday afternoon. Dickinson is the first player ever to receive the preseason player of the year honor twice, and he was the only unanimous selection to the all-league first team. Point guard Dajuan Harris Jr. ...
Kansas has fallen to last place in this week's edition of the Big 12 power rankings voted on by a panel of media members who cover the conference. The Jayhawks have lost five straight games, four by a touchdown or less. Houston, which had previously been in last place, moved up to No. 13 after beating TCU. Meanwhile, Iowa State remained on top of the rankings for the second week in a row. Off to its best ...
The Kansas women’s golf team successfully defended its home course, claiming victory by a 13-stroke margin in the Marilyn Smith Sunflower Invitational at Lawrence Country Club on Tuesday. As a team, the Jayhawks shot a 6-under 858 in 54 holes for one of their lowest scores in program history. More notably, though, since they had already won the Golfweek Red Sky Classic two weeks earlier, they clinched a ...
Despite losing to its final two opponents at Big 12 match play, which concluded on Wednesday, the Kansas men's golf team still managed to finish fourth of 14 participating schools. KU knocked off second-seeded Oklahoma State in a thrilling finish on Tuesday to briefly advance to 2-0-1, as the Jayhawks had already beaten Kansas State and tied UCF. Graduate senior Gunnar Broin overcame a late one-stroke deficit ...
Wide receiver Quentin Skinner has made plenty of memorable catches over the years. During the 2023 season alone, he used all of his 6-foot-5 frame to snag a high pass from Jalon Daniels for a sideline grab that helped Kansas escape Nevada; came back from out of bounds to haul in a deflection against Oklahoma; and spun around to secure a ball from Jason Bean between a pair of defenders at Iowa State. At no ...
The Kansas football team’s bye week has arrived, and not a moment too soon. The precise positioning of this year’s bye at the season’s midpoint could be a significant gift for the Jayhawks, if not for the fact that they get a second open date this season on Nov. 2 after just two more additional games. It doesn’t help either that they have minimal positives to build on from the first half of the year, ...