In contemplating his 2026-27 team on a recent edition of the “Inside College Basketball Now” podcast with Jon Rothstein, Kansas coach Bill Self wondered aloud if highly touted freshman Tyran Stokes can “do something like Melo did with Syracuse.” Melo, of course, is Carmelo Anthony, and his one season with the Orange was a year in which he averaged 22.2 points and 10.0 rebounds, earned national freshman ...
It might not have been quite as dramatic of a moment as when the 2025 Kansas Jayhawks got to practice in the newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for the first time last summer, but this year’s team made its own return to the friendly confines of the Booth on Friday morning. KU spent its ninth practice of fall camp within the stadium, with its east side redone and the lower bowl and new ...
As Kansas coach Lance Leipold noted on Friday, it’s nothing new for the Jayhawks to make “late- or mid-to-late-camp adjustments” to their offensive line in service of putting the best possible group on the field by the time the season opener rolls around. A year ago, Amir Herring emerged as a starter at left guard in a competition that had initially appeared to be between two other players. In 2024, not ...
Kansas coach Matt Ulmer acknowledges that his first team with the Jayhawks was perhaps not “the greatest roster that’s ever made a Sweet 16.” Last year’s KU squad was a bit of a patchwork, with holdovers from the Ray Bechard era, some rather inexperienced, playing alongside select transfers, as well as a trio of international players who all took on greater roles but left for the transfer portal after ...
Border War foes Kansas and Missouri have reunited five times on the basketball court in recent seasons, rekindling a rivalry that went dormant for nearly a decade after the Tigers left for the SEC. KU has won four of the five matchups, which have been split between Allen Fieldhouse, Mizzou Arena and the T-Mobile Center, dating back to 2021. But the sixth game this December — again at the T-Mobile Center, ...
The NCAA on Friday afternoon filed its official response to Melvin Council Jr.’s request for a temporary injunction in Douglas County court, arguing that Council should not receive the opportunity to play a sixth season of college basketball after having already benefited from two previous waivers. The response — submitted by attorneys Lynn D. Preheim of Wichita’s Stinson LLP and Taylor J. Askew of ...