WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Croft announces plans to transfer

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 ...

KU volleyball knocked out by unbeaten Nebraska in Sweet 16 sweep

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 ...

Council's career day carries Jayhawks to 77-76 overtime win over N.C. State

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 ...

Teammates, coaches awed by Council's performance

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 ...

Preview: Jayhawks face road test at new-look N.C. State

Back operating at full strength with the return of Darryn Peterson, the Kansas men’s basketball team will take its show on the road to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a date with the N.C. State Wolfpack on Saturday evening. Still dealing with an illness, Peterson nevertheless managed to chip in 17 points and help boost KU to its 80-60 victory over Missouri on Sunday, the last time the Jayhawks were on the ...

Jon Jon Kamara will transfer away from KU football

The Kansas football team lost a significant piece of the present and future of its linebacker room on Friday afternoon when Jon Jon Kamara announced that he intends to transfer. "I will be entering the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility remaining," he wrote in a post on X. "Thank you to the entire Kansas Jayhawks organization for everything during my time in Lawrence." Kamara was widely regarded ...