WRITER: Henry Greenstein

A look ahead to KU men's basketball's nonconference foes

The Kansas men’s basketball nonconference schedule is drawing closer to completion with Wednesday’s announcement of a home-and-home series with Villanova and Thursday's release of the Players Era brackets. That checks the box of a marquee home game at Allen Fieldhouse for the Jayhawks and brings them to an anticipated eight nonconference dates: Kentucky at the Champions Classic in Chicago on Nov. 10, three ...

KU men's golf ends season at Athens Regional

The Kansas men’s golf team concluded its season on Wednesday at the Athens Regional at the University of Georgia Golf Course, as it finished in a tie for 11th in the 13-team field at 7-under and fell 12 strokes short of fifth place and qualification for the NCAA Championship. As a team, No. 7 seed KU put itself in an early hole by shooting 8-over on Monday to start out in 12th after its first round of ...

KU announces home-and-home with Villanova

The Kansas men’s basketball team has scheduled a home-and-home series with Villanova, KU announced on Wednesday morning. The Jayhawks and Wildcats will face off in Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 27 and then play a return date at Villanova in November of 2027. "We've had a lot of great games against Villanova, including some on the biggest stage," KU coach Bill Self said in a press release. "These games will be ...

KU baseball team back to work ahead of Big 12 tournament

The Kansas baseball team already has one championship under its belt: the Jayhawks’ first regular-season league title since 1949. But since returning from their weekend series at BYU, in which they won two of three, they’ve had to simply go back to work. “It just feels like another day, you know?” sophomore pitcher Mason Cook said on Tuesday. “Winning the championship is awesome. You just got to get ...

2027 safety Graves commits to KU

Kansas’ future secondary got a boost on Tuesday afternoon with the commitment of safety Braiden Graves in the class of 2027. Graves, from Bridgeland High School in Cypress, Texas, picked KU from a final group of contenders that included Houston, Iowa State, SMU, TCU and Utah, among a variety of other offers. He had visited SMU and was slated to see many of his other contenders in the months ahead, including ...

Fitzgerald repeats as Big 12's top coach; 7 Jayhawks earn all-league honors

Kansas coach Dan Fitzgerald repeated as the Big 12’s coach of the year, winning the award for a second straight time in the postseason poll of his fellow coaches that was released on Tuesday. After leading KU back to the NCAA Tournament in 2025, Fitzgerald tacked on another memorable accomplishment with a rebuilt roster during the 2026 regular season, guiding the Jayhawks to their first conference title in 77 ...