The votes are in and after months of offseason speculation, the Kansas men's basketball program finally has a highly coveted number it can affix to its name: No. 1. The Jayhawks were selected for the top spot in the Associated Press' preseason poll Monday, earning 46 of a possible 63 first-place votes from the AP's panel of media members. It is the fourth time that KU has been anointed as preseason No. 1, after ...
There may be no position group on Kansas’ roster more in need of a bye week than the defensive ends. After starters Hayden Hatcher and Jereme Robinson went down with injuries late in the game against UCF on Oct. 7 and missed practice the following Monday, Robinson specifically was able to play significant time in Saturday’s game at Oklahoma State. But then Austin Booker, arguably the breakout player of the ...
Stillwater, Okla. — Kansas offensive analyst Matt Lubick told ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Friday that he has been diagnosed with leukemia. Lubick, who joined the Jayhawks’ coaching staff in 2022 and primarily works remotely, continued to help KU prepare for Oklahoma State from afar, conducting his analysis from the Aurora, Colorado, hospital where he plans to receive treatment. "His courage, faith and passion ...
Former Kansas guard Arterio Morris now plans to play basketball at Los Angeles Southwest College, a junior college in the West Athens area of Los Angeles, this season, its head coach Mack Cleveland told the Journal-World Saturday. Jonatan Rivera, a basketball coach commonly cited as Morris’ mentor, confirmed the news. Cleveland said Morris has been enrolled in LA Southwest since late September. Rivera said ...
The 16th-ranked Kansas volleyball team rebounded from a pair of losses at Texas last weekend and beat a fellow departing member of the Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma, in a 3-0 sweep (25-20, 25-21, 25-18) Saturday afternoon. Looking for their first league win of the year, on the road in Lawrence, the Sooners kept it close in each of their three sets with the Jayhawks but couldn’t pull through. Reagan Cooper and ...
Stillwater, Okla. — Oklahoma State’s defense didn’t stand a chance against the Kansas passing game for the better part of three quarters, but halted the Jayhawks three times when it needed to most. Kendal Daniels and Dylan Smith each picked off Jason Bean once, but the Cowboys could only turn those opportunities into three combined points. What really made the difference was a fourth-down strip-sack by ...