With a glut of experienced players on the Jayhawks’ roster, Kansas head coach Lance Leipold previously said he wants KU’s annual Spring Showcase to be “probably the same as last year, if not less,” in contrast with a more traditional spring game. That should help moderate expectations for the intensity of Friday’s pseudo-scrimmage event, given that last year’s edition already had a rather loose ...
Kansas guard Johnny Furphy could have a chance to represent his country at the Olympics in Paris this summer. Furphy was chosen on Wednesday for a 22-man preliminary squad from which Australia will pick its final roster of 12. Basketball Australia’s official press release refers to the young selection as a “US college enigma.” The native of Melbourne, Australia, came to KU from the Centre of Excellence, ...
This is the fourth time Daryl Agpalsa has come into a veteran offensive line room as its new coach, and he fully acknowledges that he hasn't always found the right balance between his own way of thinking and his players'. “I’ve done this before and I’ve failed, if I’m being completely honest," he said Thursday, and later added, “I made the mistake, probably, earlier on in my career of saying, ‘Hey, ...
Kansas junior KJ Adams received the Danny Manning "Mr. Jayhawk" Award at the Jayhawks' season-ending banquet Thursday night, claiming KU's lone team-specific award following a year in which he accomplished what head coach Bill Self called "something that mere mortals don’t do.” Adams did not miss a game for the Jayhawks during the 2023-24 season and started all but two, averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 ...
Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self pointed out at Thursday’s season-ending banquet that a year in which a team gets a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament — as the Jayhawks did in 2023-24, before their second-round loss — is considered worthy of praise at plenty of other schools. But at KU, he said, “We become so accustomed to winning — which is good — that we take it so for granted, and ...
One promising target for Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels will miss the rest of spring practice, as transfer tight end DeShawn Hanika is out with a leg injury, head coach Lance Leipold said Tuesday. Hanika, a native of Topeka who previously played at Iowa State, was KU’s first pickup in the winter transfer portal window. He had received praise from offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes early in the spring as ...