WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Self returning to action, explains recent health issue

Two days after he went to the hospital, causing him to miss KU’s road game at Colorado, head coach Bill Self said on his “Hawk Talk” radio show that he will be back in action coaching the team without limitations. “I could have coached today,” he said on the show on Wednesday night. “I could have coached last night, they just didn’t want me flying and being in altitude there. But certainly will be ...

Council's pivotal, controversial play late helps KU escape Colorado

BOULDER, Colo. — Melvin Council Jr. was just trying to get back on defense. The Jayhawks were clinging desperately to a one-point lead on Tuesday night against Colorado when Bryson Tiller slapped away a potential go-ahead putback by Alon Michaeli. The ball had caromed hard off the backboard to Council, who zoomed down the court in about four seconds and dropped in a layup over Isaiah Johnson to make it ...

KU releases 2026 football schedule

The Kansas football team announced its 2026 schedule on Wednesday morning, officially revealing a series of games that promises to be unlike any other the Jayhawks have played before. The season begins on Friday, Sept. 4, against Long Island at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, and continues with the second game of the renewed Border War in Lawrence on Sept. 12. But the highlight of the schedule — and its ...

'Mission accomplished' for Vaughn, Jayhawks in road win without Self

BOULDER, Colo. — The Kansas men’s basketball team enjoyed some sunny, and perhaps even unseasonable, January weather as part of what was ultimately a successful trip to Colorado. That didn’t stop acting head coach Jacque Vaughn from getting wet, to hear his players tell it, as they celebrated his first win at the helm of the Jayhawks, 75-69 over the host Buffaloes on Tuesday night. “He definitely got ...

KU locks down late to survive Colorado, 75-69

BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado had led for just two minutes on the night when it had a golden chance to seize control late in Tuesday’s game against No. 19 Kansas. But the Buffaloes, trailing just 60-59, got blocked on back-to-back attempts at transition layups, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. used a steal to earn consecutive buckets, and the Jayhawks never went behind at all on their way to a 75-69 victory at the ...

Vaughn to coach Jayhawks against Colorado; Self back home from hospital

Updated 8:56 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026: BOULDER, Colo. — Assistant coach Jacque Vaughn will serve as Kansas’ acting head coach for Tuesday night’s road matchup at Colorado, head coach Bill Self announced on Tuesday afternoon. Vaughn, a former All-American point guard for the Jayhawks in the 1990s, is in his first year on Self’s coaching staff. He has extensive head coaching experience in the NBA, ...