The two most recent Kansas baseball rosters, which produced two of the best seasons in program history, consisted largely of newcomers, with minimal continuity from the prior year. KU head coach Dan Fitzgerald, now the reigning back-to-back Big 12 coach of the year, is used to assembling teams that fit that sort of model, but the 2027 season should be quite a bit different: The Jayhawks will actually have a ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team broke the seal by bringing back Tre White last Friday, and then the KU football team had already acquired transfers Chase Belcher and Clifton Thompson by Monday. These are the first three known athletes to join KU this year after obtaining eligibility in the courts. All three are currently eligible under an injunction from Monroe County, Indiana, one that the NCAA is in the ...
Kansas guard S’Mya Nichols left the court in a wheelchair due to an ankle injury suffered in a loss at Arizona State last season; three days later she was back in the starting lineup scoring 18 points in 22 minutes in a win at Arizona. That may demonstrate the toughness Nichols has displayed during her time as a Jayhawk — she has started all 99 possible games since her arrival on campus, averaging 29.9 ...
With the recent return of Tre White after he earned newfound eligibility in an Indiana court case, the Kansas men’s basketball team is set to fill its 14th of 15 roster spots. When White’s former teammate, last year’s fan-favorite point guard Melvin Council Jr., won his own injunction in New York on Tuesday, that provided a ready-made candidate for the 15th. It’s not clear yet whether everything will ...
When Kansas defensive coordinator D.K. McDonald was in the NFL — he spent three years working with the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive backs — a new player would arrive midseason and by the following weekend the coaching staff might have to have him ready to start. KU finds itself in a comparatively leisurely position with regard to its newest defensive tackle Clifton Thompson. “At least we got a couple ...
The Kansas men’s golf team claimed its second victory of the season on Tuesday when it edged out Washington by one stroke for the top spot at the Windon Memorial Classic at Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. The Jayhawks shot 4-under in an impressive first round and then held steady at even par in each of the next two, beating out the surging Huskies, whose top two golfers put together an impressive ...