Kansas started fast against Kansas City behind an unbelievable opening few minutes from Kevin McCullar Jr., but of course the Jayhawks had come out just as strong last week against Eastern Illinois and nearly found themselves on the wrong end of a historic upset. What really mattered Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse, particularly after a sloppy performance entering halftime, was how KU played down the stretch. ...
Kansas coach Bill Self said prior to the Eastern Illinois game that he didn’t expect UConn or Missouri to be the sort of games in which he could afford to give a lot of minutes to his bench players. Missouri still awaits on Saturday, but he was certainly right about Friday's win over UConn. Fifth starter Elmarko Jackson played a career-high 32 minutes and Johnny Furphy acquitted himself well in 14 as the ...
Kansas tight end Will Huggins, who spent four years with the program, announced Monday afternoon that he will enter the transfer portal. Huggins, a Lenexa native who attended Shawnee Mission South, had one catch for a 20-yard touchdown as time expired against Oklahoma as a freshman in 2020. He has recorded no other stats while playing in 11 total games during his four-year career with the Jayhawks. He will have ...
Kansas has hired its first new soccer coach of the 21st century. Nate Lie, who spent seven years as the head coach at Xavier University, will assume the same position at KU, athletic director Travis Goff announced Monday. "We are unbelievably excited to bring in Nate, who will undoubtedly instill a strong culture of competitive excellence," Goff said in a press release. "The future of Kansas Soccer is ...
Kansas running back Devin Neal was omitted Nov. 21 from the list of semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award, given to the best running back in the country, much to the dismay of his teammates and fans. That list of 10 featured four other Big 12 Conference running backs. One of those four contenders, Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II, has been the consensus top rusher in the league this year, possibly even the ...
The Kansas football team will seek a long-awaited bowl win in the same place it got its last one. KU is headed to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix on Dec. 26 at 8 p.m. Central Time (7 p.m. local), the school announced Sunday afternoon. The game will be played at Chase Field, the baseball stadium that is home to MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks, and will air on ESPN. In something of a twist, the Jayhawks will be ...