Updated 4:06 p.m. Monday, March 30, 2026: When the full results of the WBIT quarterfinals were not yet known on Thursday night, Kansas coach Brandon Schneider said he had enjoyed preparing for new opponents over the course of the tournament. The second-seeded Jayhawks have handled a series of unfamiliar mid-major challengers with aplomb during the postseason, dispatching Troy, Rice and San Diego State, without ...
The third time was the charm for the Kansas coaching staff in its efforts to reel in running back Dylan Edwards. KU had attempted to recruit Edwards out of Derby High School, where he was one of the nation’s top running backs in the 2023 recruiting class. He initially committed to Kansas State, flipped to Notre Dame and eventually wound up signing with Colorado. Head coach Lance Leipold and his staff tried ...
Three weekends of conference play have now yielded three series wins for the Kansas softball team, which took two out of three games against BYU at Miller Park in Provo, Utah. After losing on a walk-off home run on Friday night, the Jayhawks were able to regroup and win the decisive third game, something they have done in each of their Big 12 series. This time, they did it by a score of 10-3 on Saturday. KU is ...
What Kansas and its fans consider a rough patch is evidently different than at other basketball programs, many of which would be delighted to receive a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament, as KU did in 2025 in the worst season of Bill Self’s tenure as head coach. That’s not to say that other schools don’t have high standards, but Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina and UCLA have all missed the ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold’s 19 years as a head coach have featured multiple situations in which his patience and his convictions were rewarded. When he went 7-3 at Wisconsin-Whitewater in 2012, in what he said was characterized as a “disastrous season” after he had won four national titles in his first five years, he made some small adjustments to his coaching staff — not necessarily voluntarily, he ...
The Kansas football team will begin spring practice on Thursday morning, providing the first look at a reconstituted roster that will attempt to elevate the KU program during the 2026 season. The Jayhawks lost much of their skill-position talent from 2025, a campaign in which they finished 5-7 and fell short of the postseason for the second straight year, but they do return some key defensive pieces who have ...