From the moment Flory Bidunga announced his transfer destination, it became clear that the former Jayhawk was going to return to Kansas more immediately than anyone would have expected. The Congolese forward, who was the Big 12 defensive player of the year last season at KU, picked Louisville as part of a headline-grabbing offseason for the Cardinals — which now means that before he has even played an ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has loaded up on talent in the final days of the offseason to the point that, following the addition of former Purdue standout Trey Kaufman-Renn, it now has 16 players able to take part this year. Now they all just have to figure out what to call each other. “We got a lot of T's on our team,” freshman forward Tyran Stokes said on Tuesday at Big 12 ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team received a preseason ranking of No. 17 in the AP Top 25 poll released on Monday morning. That is higher than its starting point of No. 19 from last season, but otherwise lower than at any point since 2008, when it opened the year ranked No. 24. The Jayhawks were recently picked to finish third in the Big 12, with Tyran Stokes named the league's freshman of the year and an ...
Much of the discussion surrounding the late-stage returns of Kansas veterans Tre White and Melvin Council Jr. has centered on how they may shake up the Jayhawks’ rotation, but what of their jersey numbers? Given that the Kansas men’s basketball team spent the vast majority of its offseason thinking that it had left White and Council behind in the spring of 2026, there was no reason for the Jayhawks to hold ...
It turns out that the Kansas men’s basketball team wasn’t done adding after all. KU coach Bill Self, who previously appeared to have had a full roster, announced on Monday that the Jayhawks have added former Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn. Kaufman-Renn is eligible for the 2026-27 season under the terms of an injunction he received in Clark County, Indiana, court on Oct. 9. “Trey Kaufman-Renn, who had ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold announced in his weekly press conference on Monday that linebacker Jaron Willis has suffered a season-ending knee injury. Willis, who previously played at Ole Miss and South Carolina, had been serving as a reserve for the Jayhawks. Through six games, Willis had played 70 snaps, 11 on defense and 59 on special teams, according to Pro Football Focus. “He’s a really, really fine ...