WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Mbiya wants to return to KU, his management says, with deal to come back still pending

The status of Kansas center Paul Mbiya has become a bit of an enigma in recent days. On April 6, the day before the transfer window opened, 247Sports and On3 reported that Mbiya planned to enter the portal. But by all accounts and according to reports in the days since, he has not actually done so. The final day to enter is Tuesday. As the days go on a return for Mbiya looks increasingly likely. But behind the ...

Jackson commits to Georgetown

Former Kansas guard Elmarko Jackson has committed to Georgetown, he revealed on Thursday afternoon in a collaborative Instagram post in partnership with On3. The move brings Jackson, a New Jersey native, closer to home after his three seasons at KU, and will give him a new start at the high-major level. His commitment follows those of fellow ex-Jayhawk transfers Flory Bidunga (Louisville), Samis Calderon ...

KU gets first transfer commitment from Utah's Dawes

Kansas is on the board with its first transfer-portal commitment. Utah forward Keanu Dawes committed to KU, his agent Brandon Grier confirmed to the Journal-World on Thursday morning. Dawes, who was born in Salt Lake City and grew up in Houston, started his career at Rice before playing two seasons with the Runnin’ Utes in their first two years in the Big 12 for two different coaching staffs. During the ...

'Pretty special': KU alumnus excited his former player Dawes is now a Jayhawk

One of the people principally responsible for shaping the basketball career of new Kansas forward Keanu Dawes was a Jayhawk himself. “It was neat when Keanu told me that he was going there,” said Brett Nixon, Dawes’ high school coach at Stratford High in Houston. “Pretty special.” Nixon, though born and raised in Texas, loved the KU basketball program, attended the university and ended up witnessing ...

Amachree impressing, could garner playing time as true freshman

It certainly helped Kansas’ cause in Kory Amachree's recruitment that Amachree grew up around wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel’s family when Samuel was at Michigan State, and that his older sister Kaema was friends with Samuel’s daughter Brooklyn, and that he himself was friends with Samuel’s son Draven, and that they all went on vacations together. But even despite that, Amachree said he would have ...

Two volleyball matches could be played at Allen Fieldhouse this fall

In his first season with the Kansas volleyball team, Matt Ulmer coached the first KU match at Allen Fieldhouse in 12 years. Ulmer said at the time that the goal was to get a sense of the actual extent of the volleyball fan base in the region, in numbers beyond what Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, with its capacity of 2,265, could accommodate. As it turned out, KU and rival Kansas State drew an announced ...