The game lasted 55 action-packed minutes, but one of its lasting images manifested itself well after the final buzzer. When Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, fresh off one of the greatest performances ever recorded by a Kansas opponent at Allen Fieldhouse, concluded his postgame interview on the ESPN broadcast and prepared to depart James Naismith Court, a throng of late-departing KU fans gave him a standing ...
Orlando, Fla. — As much as Kansas may have missed Darryn Peterson’s production in the second half of Saturday’s 81-75 upset loss at UCF, Melvin Council Jr. picked up the slack quite effectively. The fifth-year senior transfer from St. Bonaventure didn’t necessarily make it look as easy as Peterson, a potential future No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft, but he nevertheless ensured that KU still had a consistent ...
Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ‘Scooter’ Ward, son, brother, friend, husband, dog dad, counselor, coach, advisor, inspiration — was such a gift to us ...
Orlando, Fla. — Darryn Peterson scored 23 points in the first half and Melvin Council Jr. added 20 in the second as Peterson spent the final minutes on the bench, but the 17th-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team’s comeback attempt fell short in an 81-75 loss at UCF on Saturday afternoon. “It was just a poor, poor defensive effort," KU coach Bill Self said. "We’ve guarded a lot better than that of ...
Andy Kotelnicki is headed back to Kansas after two years at Penn State, KU announced on Friday morning. His title will be associate head coach. He previously served as KU’s offensive coordinator from 2021 to 2023, overseeing dynamic, motion-heavy and extremely productive offenses during the 2022 and 2023 bowl seasons, and held the title of associate head coach beginning in December 2022. "We are excited to ...
The Kansas-UCF series, which favors KU 3-1, has been something of an adventure over the course of the Knights’ first couple seasons in the Big 12 Conference. The Jayhawks lost to the Knights in the first-ever Big 12 game at Addition Financial Arena in 2024, then came back a year later and beat them by the largest margin in any Division I road win in school history. They then played two additional of ...