WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Jayhawks battle but fall short against No. 5 Duke, 78-66

New York — Kansas wing Tre White takes pride in his role as a jack of all trades who can fill different roles depending on what his team needs from him. In the first half of Tuesday’s Champions Classic matchup against No. 5 Duke, with Darryn Peterson out, the Jayhawks needed White to serve as their primary shot creator. He responded with 15 first-half points and helped sustain KU as its big men battled ...

Big 12 power rankings: Tech, BYU stay on collision course

Texas Tech and BYU remain on track for a rematch in the Big 12 championship game. The Red Raiders were the unanimous pick for the top spot, receiving all 16 votes from a panel of media who regularly cover the Big 12, and the Cougars were No. 2. Tech beat BYU 29-7 on Nov. 8 in Lubbock. Utah was third, followed by Arizona State and Houston to round out the top five. Cincinnati dropped three spots after a ...

Preview: Duke brings 'big-boy game' for KU, but Jayhawks may not have Peterson

The Kansas men’s basketball team fumbled away its first chance at a big win over a blue-blood opponent when it let North Carolina score 58 points in the second half of what became an 87-74 loss on Nov. 7. Two home wins over mid-major foes later, and the Jayhawks will face an even tougher test when they take on the Tar Heels’ Tobacco Road rival, Duke, on Tuesday night — albeit at a neutral site, New ...

Details announced for KU's road game at Iowa State

The Big 12 Conference announced details on Sunday morning for the Kansas football team’s pivotal road matchup with Iowa State on Saturday. The Jayhawks and Cyclones will face off at Jack Trice Stadium at 11 a.m., and the game will be televised on FS1. KU enters at 5-5 needing to beat either ISU on Saturday or Utah on senior day on Nov. 28 to reach its third bowl game in the last four years under Lance ...

Self's early frustration resulted in off-the-wall lineup combinations

The insertion of a walk-on for Kansas men’s basketball usually suggests that victory is near. But when Wilder Evers came on the floor for the Jayhawks on Saturday afternoon against Princeton, with 13 minutes to go in the first half, the outcome was still very much in doubt — more so than anyone expected, even at such an early stage. The redshirt junior guard from Birmingham, Alabama, whose appearances on ...

KU avenges earlier defeat to KSU by sweeping Wildcats in Manhattan

The Kansas State volleyball team put a significant damper on a special night for Kansas — and dealt KU its only loss since Oct. 1 — when it stole a five-set win at Allen Fieldhouse on Oct. 24, snapping an eight-game losing streak in the Sunflower Showdown. The Jayhawks, as their social media account put it, “got (their) get-back” on Saturday afternoon, when they swept the Wildcats, 25-22, 25-20, 26-24, ...