WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU comes in at No. 6 in final Big 12 power rankings

The Kansas football team came in at No. 6 in the final edition of the Big 12 Conference power rankings voted on by a panel of beat writers who cover the league. Iowa State surged into fourth place ahead of both Kansas and Kansas State after beating the Wildcats in the Farmageddon rivalry game. Texas, which remained at No. 1, and Oklahoma State, which comes in at No. 3 behind Oklahoma, will face off in the Big ...

Rapid sellouts, conference honors build excitement for Kansas volleyball as NCAA Tournament approaches

Long before she was a unanimous first-team all-conference selection for Kansas, Reagan Cooper first experienced Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena as an outsider. “While I was at Tech, one of the main things we would talk about was how loud it was in here and how the fans were all on top of us,” said Cooper, who transferred from Texas Tech prior to the season for her final year of collegiate volleyball. ...

KU football players earn combined 15 all-conference honors

As a reward for its successful season in Lance Leipold's third year at the helm, the Kansas football team received a bevy of individual honors from the Big 12 Conference coaches Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore defensive end Austin Booker, who barely played in two seasons at Minnesota, joined KU as a transfer in the offseason and made an immediate impact as one of the premier pass rushers in the conference, ...

KU men's basketball survives EIU's furious upset bid, wins 71-63

At some points early Tuesday night, the Jayhawks passed the ball so easily it looked like Eastern Illinois wasn’t even on the court; at others later on — the ones that will undoubtedly last in their memory — they made the sorts of uncharacteristic errors that plagued them during their turnover-prone showing at the Maui Invitational. It was an off-and-on sort of night, more off than on, for the Kansas ...

KU volleyball looks forward to hosting NCAA Tournament matches this week

For the first time since 2016, and for the first time ever in the current iteration of Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, the Kansas volleyball team will host matches in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks may not know it, but they are fulfilling a prophecy that was foretold when head coach Ray Bechard picked a password for one of his computer accounts during the offseason. “I’d used up all the vernacular, I ...

Preview: KU men's basketball opens lengthy home stretch with Eastern Illinois

After a whirlwind Thanksgiving week that saw the Jayhawks battle two of the nation’s top teams across the ocean at the Maui Invitational, they finally get a chance to come home again. Kansas last played at Allen Fieldhouse more than two weeks ago when it beat Manhattan on Nov. 10 and will welcome another mid-major foe Tuesday night in Eastern Illinois. KU does not play away from home again before traveling to ...