The two most exhilarating moments of Thursday night’s Rock Chalk Roundball Classic at Free State High School came immediately before and after the final whistle. First, four of the six beneficiaries of the charity basketball game — the 15th annual installment of the event, founded by Kansas broadcaster Brian Hanni, which raises money for children with cancer — were able to run gleefully through a tunnel ...
On a day when Bill Self Basketball Camp attendees were oohing and aahing at every Hunter Dickinson pull-up 3 or Arterio Morris dunk, a much less recent addition to Kansas men's basketball stole the show. Ben McLemore, a onetime redshirt-freshman standout for the Jayhawks during the 2012-13 season who spent nearly a decade in the NBA, returned to Allen Fieldhouse and connected on seven 3-pointers during a KU ...
Military analogies in sports may be a bit passé, but it's hard to argue with Alexander Jung when he equates a decathlon with a war. Jung, a Kansas decathlete, explains that his comparison is based on the sheer level of endurance the competition requires, as the athletes test every conceivable physical skill — the 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meters, 110-meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, ...
If nothing else changes before the start of the season, a scholarship penalty for Kansas men's basketball that looked like it would last three years will get done a lot sooner. NCAA rules allot KU 13 scholarships per year, but in connection with the school's NCAA infractions case, it adopted last November a self-imposed reduction of three scholarships "to be distributed over the next three years." With the ...
The public and the media have been gradually assembling the 2023-24 Kansas men's basketball schedule from bits and pieces since not long after last season ended. Now, with KU's official announcement Monday morning, it has finally been revealed in its full glory. Well, the nonconference schedule has, at least — Big 12 Conference matchups remain to be determined. And, according to KU's news release, "There is ...
Last spring, Jalen Wilson participated in several pre-draft workouts. But with the possibility of returning to Kansas still present in his mind, he didn't have "two feet in." This time around, he's fully committed, and armed with the knowledge he gained from his previous go-round about what it takes to thrive on the workout circuit, flying from place to place to show off his skills for as many teams as ...