The Kansas women's basketball team began the earliest stages of its highly anticipated 2022-23 campaign with a bang Wednesday in Rome, jumping out to a 14-point lead following the first quarter and extending it all the way to a 99-58 victory over an Italian Select team. Highly touted freshman guard S'Mya Nichols led the way with 22 points in her first collegiate action, and senior center Taiyanna Jackson, one ...
A punishment for the University of Kansas, stemming from the long-running college basketball corruption scandal, seems to be no longer months or years but simply weeks or days away. It has been nearly six years since the arrests of Adidas personnel and college basketball coaches that kicked off the saga, but Sports Illustrated reported on April 19 that KU had just had a hearing with the NCAA's Independent ...
Don't confuse the Kansas defensive tackles' newness for a lack of seasoning. In fact, Devin Phillips' history of starting all 36 games he played across a four-season career at Colorado State was precisely what caught the attention of position coach Jim Panagos. “I think any player that starts every game in their career — it’s really hard to come as a freshman and play defensive line," Panagos said ...
Kansas Athletics officially opened its football team's new locker room and weight room Tuesday afternoon, bringing to a close the first stage of upgrades to the Anderson Family Football Complex and kicking off a broader series of athletic renovations as part of the university's "gateway project." Head coach Lance Leipold said the substantial changes served as a reward for the current players who have helped ...
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 ...
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 ...