Ames, Iowa — Kansas coach Bill Self had said before going to Ames that Iowa State’s ability to earn additional possessions with its defensive play, and turn those into extra points, made the Cyclones a formidable foe. At a series of pivotal moments in the second half Saturday, they did just that. After the Jayhawks tied the game in the opening moments after the break, ISU’s Tamin Lipsey hit a 3-pointer ...
Ames, Iowa — This year’s Kansas men’s basketball team finds itself in increasingly poor company. By beginning their league schedule 4-3, thanks to this month’s stunning losses at UCF and West Virginia and then Saturday’s nail-biter at Iowa State, the Jayhawks have matched the worst conference start of the Bill Self era. The last season in which KU started 4-3 in the Big 12 Conference was 2020-21, a ...
Outside of Johnny Furphy’s breakout performance Monday, the latest in a string of several impressive showings for the freshman, Kansas’ game against Cincinnati was rather lackluster for the Jayhawks’ offense. The rest of the team shot 38.6% — right below the 39.3% to which KU held UC as a team. Of the Jayhawks’ two All-American candidates, Kevin McCullar Jr. willed his way to 20 points but went an ...
Back in the pool for its final home meet of the season — but also its first competition against another school during the spring semester — the Kansas swimming and diving team took on Arkansas on Friday afternoon at Robinson Natatorium. The familiar foes squared off for the 37th time, and their matchup finished with an increasingly familiar result, as the Razorbacks claimed their 14th victory in 15 tries ...
The Kansas softball team last made the NCAA Tournament in 2015. Since then, throughout a period spanning the entirety of head coach Jennifer McFalls’ tenure and more, the Jayhawks have been fighting to carve out their place in a conference featuring some of the sport’s most dominant teams. It was almost twice as long ago that KU had last won a Big 12 Conference tournament matchup, but McFalls’ Jayhawks ...
Kansas staged its second jersey retirement of the season Monday night when it unveiled Bill “Skinny” Johnson’s No. 33 in the rafters at Allen Fieldhouse. Johnson, the late Naismith Hall of Famer, took his place in the southeast corner of the arena, among other Jayhawks of his era. He starred as a center at KU in the early 1930s and was renowned for his leaping ability, which allowed him to win jump balls ...