As Kansas coach Bill Self put it on Monday morning, Melvin Council Jr. was so good against N.C. State in Saturday’s overtime win at the Lenovo Center that it “covered up a lot of things.” “Just being totally truthful, you take Melvin out of the equation and who could you turn to (and) say, ‘They really had a nice game the other day’?” he said. “And a lot of it’s not individual, a lot of it is ...
Gulf Coast State College guard Trent Lincoln will take a visit to Kansas beginning on Tuesday, his agent Ryan Murphy of Endurance Management confirmed to the Journal-World on Sunday. Lincoln is listed at 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds. He is originally from Baltimore but previously attended Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, and is in his second year at the junior-college ranks. As a freshman at Chipola College, ...
Kansas cornerback Jameel Croft Jr. will enter the transfer portal, he and his representation from MET Agency announced in a post on Instagram on Sunday night. Croft, who is originally from Detroit, served primarily as a special-teams contributor over the course of three seasons in Lawrence, including during a redshirt year after he arrived in 2023, and will have two years of collegiate eligibility remaining. He ...
Raleigh, N.C. — Kansas guard Melvin Council Jr. surpassed his career high for 3-point attempts in a game in less than a half of gameplay on Saturday night, and his career high for 3-pointers made midway through the second period. By the end of the game, he had nearly tripled his total production from beyond the arc on the season. When all was said and done after two halves and overtime, Council led the ...
A promising season of Kansas volleyball under the guidance of first-year head coach Matt Ulmer came to a grim end on Friday night in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the Jayhawks found themselves on the receiving end of a dominant 3-0 sweep (25-12, 25-11, 25-12) by the host Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. KU was overmatched in all phases against No. 1 overall seed Nebraska (33-0), which has still lost just ...
Raleigh, N.C. — Amid Melvin Council Jr.’s slow start to the season from beyond the arc — 5-for-27, 18.5% from beyond the arc through 10 games — he had no shortage of eminently qualified voices telling him not to lose faith. His best friend, Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, a 40% 3-point shooter in the NBA this year: “Keep shooting.” Former KU guard Mario Chalmers, who knows a thing or two about ...