Kansas City, Mo. — With four and a half minutes remaining in the first half of Sunday’s Border War at the T-Mobile Center, Missouri’s Mark Mitchell soared over Kansas’ Paul Mbiya for a thunderous dunk that gave the Tigers a 23-21 lead. Mizzou proceeded to score three points in the next 7:46, on either side of the halftime break. That provided a window of time for the previously inconsistent KU offense ...
Kansas City, Mo. — With Darryn Peterson set to play in his first game in a month as a result of a hamstring injury — and for good measure dealing with a stomach bug with flu-like symptoms — head coach Bill Self had a message for him ahead of Sunday’s game against Missouri. “I told him, ‘Hey, you’re sick, it’s your first game back, you haven’t played in a month or whatever, hey, let it come to ...
The Kansas football team has declined a bowl bid, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed on Sunday night. The Jayhawks could potentially have had an opportunity to play a postseason game — their third of Lance Leipold’s tenure — despite their 5-7 record, because several bowl-eligible teams with at least six wins recently withdrew from postseason consideration. Those included Iowa State and Kansas State, ...
The transfer portal looks a bit different this offseason, as it now consists of a single two-week period beginning Jan. 2 during which players may enter. There will always be exceptions, and acquisitions that take place at unusual times — coaching changes provide a significant one — and indeed, Kansas already had Division II prospects visit campus even before its season ended, and signed one, former Grand ...
Kansas’ struggles on offense in the second half of what became a 61-56 home loss to UConn on Tuesday occurred with the Jayhawks’ star freshman, Darryn Peterson, in street clothes as he missed a seventh straight game due to a hamstring injury. “It’s one of those deals, without DP, we don’t have the firepower not to execute, and we haven’t executed the way that we should,” head coach Bill Self said ...
Eudora native Jaden Hamm, whose commitment in the class of 2023 represented an early bit of local recruiting success for Kansas under head coach Lance Leipold, is transferring after three years in the program. Hamm will have two years left to play. The 6-foot-6, 250-pound tight end played in every game for KU in 2025, serving primarily on the kick-return unit at first but seeing increased playing time after ...