With a week to go until the 2026 NBA Draft, the longstanding debate between AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson for the No. 1 overall pick — one that has raged since even before either player experienced a minute of college basketball — has not yet firmly been resolved. While Dybantsa, a first-team All-American forward who played a distinguished season at BYU, is the odds-on favorite, multiple draft experts ...
Former Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. became an NBA champion on Saturday night. With the New York Knicks winning the title — their first since 1973 — so too did McCullar, a second-year pro who is the 17th Jayhawk in KU history to earn the honor, and the first ever to do so as a member of the Knicks. McCullar did not participate in the playoffs for New York as they beat the Atlanta Hawks in six games, ...
Updated 11:07 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2026:: A week after declaring himself “1000% committed” to the Kansas football program, cornerback Nazir Pitchford has instead flipped to North Carolina. He announced his decision in a post on X on Monday morning. Zach Blostein of 247Sports had initially reported Pitchford's decommitment from KU on Sunday afternoon while noting that he was expected to flip to UNC. ...
The Kansas football team continued to add to its 2027 recruiting class on Sunday afternoon when it earned the commitment of JaMarquis Hudson. Hudson is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound linebacker who attends Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas. He announced his decision in a post on Instagram in collaboration with 247Sports and now becomes the second linebacker in KU’s class after Elliott Neff of Middleville, ...
The Kansas track and field season wrapped up on Saturday night at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the Jayhawks’ men’s team finishing in a tie for 37th overall and the women’s team in a tie for 38th at six total points apiece. Along the way, senior pole vaulter Anthony Meacham capped off his career with a bronze medal in the pole vault and junior distance runner Emmah Jemutai earned ...
While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen Fieldhouse, facing six such opponents overall. Here’s a look at what to expect from each of those relatively unfamiliar ...