Three Kansas men’s basketball players garnered All-Big 12 honors from a poll of the league's coaches, the results of which were released on Monday afternoon. Kansas sophomore Flory Bidunga and fifth-year senior Melvin Council Jr. received three distinctions each. Bidunga, a forward from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in his second year with the Jayhawks, was named the league’s defensive player of the ...
With BYU’s late-night victory over No. 10 Texas Tech in Provo, Utah, on Saturday night, Kansas earned the No. 3 seed in the Big 12 tournament. KU, Iowa State and Texas Tech all finished with 12-6 conference records in a tie for third place in the league, but KU has the best round-robin record among the three schools with its 1-1 record against the Cyclones and 1-0 mark against the Red Raiders. The Jayhawks ...
Kansas coach Bill Self didn’t want the rest of his team to feel left out after his six seniors had delivered their senior-day speeches on Saturday afternoon, so he took some time to highlight the remaining Jayhawks on the roster for the KU fans still in attendance. Self went down the line through Corbin Allen and Will Thengvall, through Samis Calderon and Paul Mbiya, and eventually found his way to star guard ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team gave its fans a pleasant going-away gift in its final home game of the season. Led by a resurgent offense that operated much more efficiently than in either game in Arizona, the Jayhawks pulled away in the second half for a 104-85 victory over rival Kansas State on Saturday afternoon. Tre White posted a 23-point, 11-rebound double-double with five 3s in his final game at ...
The Kansas softball team opened its home slate in style over the weekend with a three-game sweep of Utah State at Arrocha Ballpark by a combined score of 39-3. "I was really proud of the way our group came out ready to compete," head coach Jennifer McFalls said in a press release after Saturday’s 14-0 win to complete the sweep. "We were aggressive at the plate, had great energy in the dugout and kept building ...
Even as several other longtime Kansas men’s basketball streaks have fallen by the wayside, the Jayhawks still haven’t lost a home finale since 1983. They also haven’t lost to rival Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse since Clent Stewart, Cartier Martin and company pulled off a comeback win for the Wildcats on Jan. 14, 2006. With KU looking to bounce back after a winless two-game trip to Arizona, those ...