TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has, for fleeting moments this season, demonstrated to head coach Bill Self that it can remain aggressive and cohesive while also giving star freshman Darryn Peterson opportunities to, well, be Darryn Peterson. There was the first half against BYU on Jan. 31, when Peterson dominated the headlines in his battle with AJ Dybantsa but Bryson Tiller also produced ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — After Kansas lost to Arizona on Saturday, in a game that verged on a blowout early before KU came back only to get blown out again, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the biggest area in which the Jayhawks need to improve is their toughness. “We can’t back down from nobody,” said Council, who had 13 points and four assists in the loss. “We can’t take shortcuts when we got the lead, when ...
The Kansas softball team claimed four straight wins over the course of Friday and Saturday, its first two days in Fayetteville, Arkansas, but lost to the host Razorbacks on Sunday to conclude the Wooo Pig Classic. KU will now take a 14-6 record into a midweek road date at Wichita State on Wednesday night ahead of its home opener on Friday. The Jayhawks commenced their weekend tournament on Friday morning ...
Ainise Havili, the former AVCA All-American setter whose jersey is retired at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, is headed back to Kansas to serve as an assistant coach. KU made the announcement on Sunday morning. "This is an incredible opportunity to bring a Jayhawk great back home," head coach Matt Ulmer said in a press release. "Ainise made a lasting impact on this program as a student athlete and alumna, ...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Some teams could draw two early fouls on Kansas forward Bryson Tiller and not do all that much to improve their chances of winning. Tiller is a strong and steadily improving player, of course, and the Jayhawks are better with his scoring spark. But for Arizona — one of the most physical teams in the country, with a front line of bruising forwards Ivan Kharchenkov (6-foot-7, 230 pounds) and ...
TUCSON, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team didn’t have Darryn Peterson when it beat Arizona in Lawrence, and on Saturday Peterson supplied 24 points to the cause as the Jayhawks battled the Wildcats again at the McKale Center. The problem this time for KU was how the rest of the game went. Melvin Council Jr. supplied an efficient 13, and Tre White got to the same total on 10 shots, with most of his ...