Kansas freshman Johnny Furphy had a season that exceeded "what anyone would ever imagine," head coach Bill Self said Monday, and now Self believes it will likely be Furphy's lone season at KU. Speaking to NCAA correspondent Andy Katz in an offseason video interview published Monday afternoon, Self said, "Chances are I think that he’ll probably stay in the draft, because I think he’ll go in the first ...
The Kansas men's basketball staff began what turned out to be an impressive run in the transfer portal back on March 31 when it earned the commitment of former Florida wing Riley Kugel. KU went on to earn commitments from — and, importantly, sign to financial aid agreements — guard Zeke Mayo (South Dakota State) and wings AJ Storr (Wisconsin) and Rylan Griffen (Alabama). Now there is some question as to ...
Kansas basketball players Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. have officially been invited to participate in the NBA Draft Combine, the NBA announced Friday afternoon. The event, which provides an opportunity for NBA hopefuls to work out for and get evaluated by professional teams, will take place at Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis in Chicago for a week beginning May 12. For McCullar, this marks a ...
Sean McDermott remembers a piece of advice that Joe Marciano, his special teams coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, gave him and his fellow undrafted free agents back in 2001. The battle for an NFL roster, he recalled Marciano saying, is like a boxing match. A tie, in terms of on-field performance, will go to an incumbent veteran over an upstart rookie. “He’s got real tape. He’s got a proven ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team is involved in recruiting yet another high-scoring transfer. Jordan Ivy-Curry, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from La Marque, Texas, who most recently played UTSA, was slated to have a Zoom call with KU on Friday, The Portal Report and Shay Wildeboor of JayhawkSlant.com reported. Despite coming off the bench and playing just 27 minutes per game, Ivy-Curry averaged 17.1 points ...
The transfer portal officially closed Wednesday night. After having eight players decide to enter last offseason and seven ultimately depart, the Kansas men’s basketball team is poised to emerge unscathed from this year’s cycle. All indications are that KU has successfully retained every possible player from last season’s roster, with the exception of freshman Johnny Furphy, who is currently in the NBA ...