Kansas coach Lance Leipold said two weeks ago that he wanted his team to finish strong in, as he put it, "the fourth quarter of the season." The Jayhawks had already achieved bowl eligibility and a monumental upset by beating Oklahoma, then secured a rare road win at Iowa State. To take the next step as a program, they’d need to maintain that success through three more games. "We can continue on this path ...
Texas remained the unanimous No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference power rankings entering the final weekend of the regular season. The Longhorns received all 14 first-place votes from a panel of beat writers that regularly cover the league. One point separated Oklahoma and Kansas State for the Nos. 2 and 3 spots and Oklahoma State wasn’t far behind at No. 4. Sound familiar? The teams are equally close together ...
Honolulu — After a lackluster showing Tuesday against Marquette consigned Kansas to the consolation portion of the Maui Invitational, the Jayhawks came back to the Stan Sheriff Center just about 13 hours later and took down No. 7 Tennessee, 69-60. “We had to create our own energy out there," super-senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. said. "The fans traveled well for us, but really it was just on us to get back ...
In its first-ever matchup against new conference foe Cincinnati, the Kansas volleyball team swept the Bearcats (25-23, 25-14, 25-23) on the road at Fifth Third Arena. The Jayhawks stifled UC's offense, which hit just .124 on the day with 22 attack errors, and got quality showings from the ever-reliable Reagan Cooper and Ayah Elnady, who tallied 15 kills apiece. Setter Camryn Turner had a strong all-around day ...
Honolulu — The Kansas bench, prior to Wednesday, often had a negative or at best neutral effect on its team's chances of winning. The "bench" — which for the Jayhawks might as well comprise players five through nine, because though Elmarko Jackson has started every game this year, no player has definitively staked a claim for that role — totaled 15 points on 5-for-18 shooting in the loss to Marquette on ...
Fifteen years, five sponsors and one field ago, the Kansas football team earned its last bowl win in Arizona. Todd Reesing threw five touchdown passes, including three straight after the halftime break, as the Jayhawks beat Minnesota 42-21 on New Year’s Eve in the 2008 Insight Bowl at Sun Devil Stadium. That same bowl, in its current form, is now emerging as a top contender to host KU once again as it looks ...