Future Kansas center Flory Bidunga, the top prospect in the Jayhawks' three-man 2024 recruiting class, scored six points and grabbed six rebounds in the McDonald's All-American game Tuesday night in Houston, as his West team fell 88-86 to the East. Bidunga, a native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo who comes to KU from Kokomo, Indiana, scored on all three of his shots, which were dunks: one on a ...
The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday morning that its Big 12 Mexico project, which would have brought the Kansas men's and women's basketball teams to Mexico City for games against Houston on Dec. 14, has been delayed "with a new target date of 2025." "Since Big 12 Mexico was announced (last June), a variety of major initiatives have been added to the Conference's agenda — headlined by the onboarding of ...
After continuing to help the Kansas football staff from afar while battling leukemia, Matt Lubick has been hired as the new offensive coordinator for Nevada, the school announced Monday. "Matt has obviously had a long battle, and it's really gratifying to see him come out the other end,” Nevada coach Jeff Choate said in a press release. “One of the things he talked about with our team was gratitude, how ...
One particular conversation about the Kansas football team’s pass rush has become quite familiar for defensive ends coach Taiwo Onatolu. When Kyron Johnson left, everyone was concerned about who might replace his production; that turned out to be Lonnie Phelps. When Phelps left, again it wasn’t clear what KU would do, and then Austin Booker emerged as one of the top pass rushers in the Big 12 ...
Kansas junior KJ Adams announced Tuesday afternoon that he'll return for his fourth and final year with the Jayhawks, posting a photo on social media captioned in part with the phrase, "Never was leaving." Adams was already the Big 12 Conference's most improved player as a sophomore in 2022-23, but took another step forward this past season. Despite moving out of the center position to make room for highly ...
Updated 10:12 p.m. Tuesday: Zeke Mayo is coming home. The former Lawrence High basketball standout and 2023-24 Summit League player of the year announced Tuesday evening that he is transferring to Kansas. Mayo picked his hometown Jayhawks over Creighton, Oklahoma and Texas; On3 had reported he planned to visit Oklahoma next week. Instead, he joins KU from South Dakota State, where he spent three years. As a ...