When guard Taylen Kinney announced his commitment to Kansas back in September on a CBS Sports livestream, he relayed a rather telling anecdote about his expectations for the 2026-27 season. “Coach (Bill) Self told me I was going to get to play right when I stepped in,” he said. “I was going to be the man. He threw me the keys and said this is my team next year. He wants me to be there for 10 months, take ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team earned a high school commitment in the class of 2027 from Amillia Prochnow. Prochnow announced her decision on Instagram on Wednesday night. She is a 5-foot-8 guard from Overland Park. She has played at The Barstow School in Kansas City, Missouri, and previously at Blue Valley High School as a freshman. Prochnow is a member of the Missouri Phenom club organization, and ...
Former Kansas guard Jayden Dawson is one of 52 basketball players taking on the NCAA in a lawsuit filed on Thursday in Guilford County, North Carolina, court. Dawson, who spent one season with the Jayhawks after playing three at Loyola-Chicago, is part of the latest group of four-year players from the high school class of 2022 seeking legal relief in order to become eligible for the 2026-27 season. They contend ...
After their long overnight drive to Lexington, Kentucky, the Kansas alumni’s best-ever run through The Basketball Tournament reached the end of the road at Historic Memorial Coliseum on Wednesday night. JHX Hoops, which according to the FS1 broadcast made it to town at 6 a.m. with a shootaround several hours later, fell 78-65 to Kentucky alumni team La Familia in the alumni bracket championship. The KU ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team’s exhibition slate is now complete thanks to the addition of perhaps the most prominent matchup it could possibly have scheduled in advance of the season. The Jayhawks will host Duke for a preseason game at Allen Fieldhouse on Sunday, Oct. 25, KU announced on Wednesday. It is part of what is being referred to as the Blue Blood Classic. The tipoff time has yet to be ...
Lost in the shuffle after a postgame fight overshadowed JHX Hoops’ 64-59 victory in Wichita on Tuesday: The Kansas alumni, having knocked out the defending champions, are now just two wins from a $2 million prize. With Zeke Mayo having posted 25 points in consecutive games, Frank Mason III recording three straight Elam Ending game-winners — the first player to do so in TBT since 2019 — and Washburn ...