WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU players drew on previous Sunflower Showdown defeats for motivation ahead of Saturday's win

A video that might once have been near and dear to the hearts of Kansas State fans found its way into the Kansas men's basketball players’ group chat in advance of Saturday’s Sunflower Showdown. The KU coaches sent them a clip of the Bramlage Coliseum crowd storming the court on Jan. 17, 2023, after the Wildcats beat the Jayhawks 83-82. KU had prior to that point won 15 of the last 16 matchups with ...

KU to host 'GameDay' for showdown with BYU

Allen Fieldhouse will play host to ESPN’s “College GameDay” for Kansas’ matchup against BYU next Saturday, Jan. 31. The hourlong pregame show with Rece Davis, Jay Bilas, Jay Williams, Andraya Carter and Seth Greenberg begins at 10 a.m. Tipoff for the game is set for 3:30 p.m. The KU-BYU game, besides the fact that it will feature two ranked teams (No. 19 and No. 13 this week, respectively), will ...

KU sprints away from K-State late for 86-62 win in Manhattan

With high-volume scorer Darryn Peterson out with a sprained ankle, Kansas was always going to need a wide variety of players to step up at the offensive end on Saturday night in Manhattan. The Jayhawks got precisely what they needed, perhaps to an even greater degree than anyone could have anticipated. Elmarko Jackson reset his career high with 19 points, a resurgent Bryson Tiller scored 16 and the ...

Preview: Jayhawks to face difficult road environment for Sunflower Showdown

Kansas won its first Big 12 road game of the season against Colorado on Tuesday. Despite the result — and perhaps because they were playing at altitude, but whatever the case — the Jayhawks lacked the intensity on both ends of the floor that they had displayed in recent home victories over Iowa State and Baylor. “I actually saw things last week that (gave) me a thought, saying we could be really good at ...

KU alumnae competing in Major League Volleyball

After making a deal to merge with the previously existing Pro Volleyball Federation, a new (but very similar) American professional league called Major League Volleyball is two weeks into its 2026 season, and former Kansas volleyball players and coaches are well represented. This is nothing new for the former PVF, whose inaugural champion in 2024 featured Jayhawks on the roster and the coaching staff. Laura ...

See latest renderings of KU's Gateway project

The University of Kansas athletic department on Thursday afternoon released a suite of new renderings related to the second phase of its ongoing Gateway project, as well as additional details about upcoming construction. With the west end of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and the conference center already completed, the second phase consists not only of renovations to the eastern and southern portions of ...