WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU women's basketball adds three scholarship players to fill out roster

Just one day into its European exhibition trip to Italy and Greece, the Kansas women's basketball team dramatically bolstered its depth by officially announcing the addition of three new players. Transfers Ryan Cobbins (from Alabama) and Skyler Gill (North Alabama), as well as freshman center Paris Gaines from Orlando, Florida, have joined the Jayhawks as scholarship players for the 2023-24 season as they look ...

KU falls to Bahamas in rematch, 87-81

Given another chance at the Kansas men's basketball team Monday in Puerto Rico, the Bahamian national team accomplished what it could not two days earlier and finished off the Jayhawks. With KU trailing 82-80 in the final minutes, Hunter Dickinson and Kevin McCullar Jr. misfired once apiece and Nick Timberlake got called for a foul going for a key defensive rebound. Then forward Travis Munnings of the Bahamas ...

Clements drawing rave reviews early in fall camp; more notes from Day 5

Calvin Clements' size is, by all accounts, difficult to ignore. “He’s giant," said redshirt senior teammate Dominick Puni, who is himself listed at 6-foot-5, 320 pounds. "I’m looking up to him and he’s younger than me, so it’s crazy.” Indeed, the offensive tackle Clements is, as a freshman, already tied for the tallest and among the biggest players on the Kansas football roster at 6-foot-7 and 310 ...

Bryant taking ownership as secondary looks to improve

What's the next step for Kansas corner Cobee Bryant, after he earned first-team all-conference honors in Kansas' resurgent 2022 football season? “I’m going to shock the world again like always," he said Sunday. "Me and the DB group.” Bryant provided plenty of flashy plays for the Jayhawks in his sophomore season, none more prominent than a game-sealing overtime interception against West Virginia in KU's ...

Big 12 news provides another boost to KU's Arizona recruiting

One of the defining accomplishments of the Kansas football team's offseason was building a recruiting pipeline in Arizona from virtually nothing. The Jayhawks, who have just one native of the Copper State on their current roster (that would be cornerback Kwinton Lassiter, who actually attended high school in Lawrence at Free State) have earned commitments from four Arizona denizens in the class of 2024 to come ...

Three storylines to watch as KU women's basketball heads off to Europe

Looking to build on the two most successful seasons of head coach Brandon Schneider’s tenure by far, the Kansas women’s basketball team will get an early start in the coming days on its next campaign. The Jayhawks are embarking on an 11-day jaunt through the Mediterranean from Sunday through Aug. 16, taking on an Italian Select Team in Rome on Wednesday and a Greek Select Team in Athens four days later ...