Kansas coach Bill Self was asked on his “Hawk Talk” radio show Monday night if he would rather recruit a five-star one-and-done player or a three-star prospect whom he could develop at KU for four or five seasons. The answer wasn’t surprising — “A five-star stud that’s guaranteed to be a pro in one year? I’d take the pro every day, and pros help you recruit other pros” — but the subsequent ...
For the first time in seven years, a member of the Kansas men's golf team has won multiple tournaments in a single season. Senior Cecil Belisle shot a 13-under 200 across three rounds (67-66-67) between Monday and Wednesday to claim the top spot at The Prestige at Greg Norman Course at PGA West in La Quinta, California. “Cecil was the guy this week,” KU coach Jamie Bermel said. “He played well all three ...
Only twice since beginning its season in early November has the Kansas men’s basketball team gone from one Saturday to the next without playing a game: once for finals week, once for its Christmas break. The Jayhawks have finally gotten to do so again this week. After playing 13 Big 12 Conference games in a six-week span — including three Saturday/Monday turnarounds, all of which yielded at least one loss ...
The Kansas women's basketball team resuscitated its season with a landmark victory over Baylor last month. To continue its upward trajectory and build toward a potential NCAA Tournament berth, it will need to take down the Bears once again. After dropping several hard-fought nonconference games on the road, the Jayhawks — who had faced sky-high preseason expectations after adding freshman S'Mya Nichols to ...
After bringing in new faces at offensive coordinator (Jeff Grimes) and co-defensive coordinator (D.K. McDonald), Kansas coach Lance Leipold looks poised to pick a past colleague to lead his offensive line. ESPN reported Tuesday afternoon that Daryl Agpalsa, the run game coordinator and offensive line coach at Northern Illinois, is set to join the KU staff as Leipold's new O-line coach. In this role he would ...
Keon Stowers may have been a student-athlete for the Kansas football team in the early 2010s, long before the rise of name, image and likeness money in college athletics, but he saw the seeds being planted even then. He remembered that people would discuss the O’Bannon vs. NCAA case — a lawsuit that contested the NCAA’s use of college athletes’ likenesses without compensation — and the Northwestern ...