The Kansas indoor track and field team has its first national champion since 2019. Junior Ashton Barkdull cleared a personal-best 5.80 meters in the pole vault at the indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday, on his way to a first-place finish. Barkdull and Texas A&M’s Aleksandr Solovev each missed on three attempts at 5.85 meters, which meant that the title came down to how the two ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Who knows what the future may hold, but at least for a while the Kansas men’s basketball team will be one of precious few that can boast an unbeaten record on a “state-of-the-art full LED video sports floor.” That’s how the Big 12’s press release back on Feb. 11 described the special court made by ASB GlassFloor that it planned to implement for its men’s and women’s conference ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Kansas went into halftime down eight points to Houston on Friday, it was 4-for-15 on shots within the arc. That included 1-for-2 on layups and 2-for-2 on dunks, meaning that on shots from anywhere between the arc and the basket, the Jayhawks had gone 1-for-11. Somehow, it all got worse in the second half. KU missed its first 16 overall shots after the break and finished with a total ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas’ win over TCU on Thursday night was hardly a masterpiece. But what it can be for the Jayhawks in the very near future, as they turn their attention to Houston on Friday, is a “stepping stone,” as senior forward Tre White put it. “Houston kind of plays a similar way, creating havoc on defense, push it down your throat on offense, strong, tough, aggressive, and that was kind ...
The Kansas football team has added its second commitment in the class of 2027, securing a promising prospect within its home region. Wide receiver Deng Tong, from Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Missouri, announced his commitment to the Jayhawks on Thursday afternoon. "After a lot of thought and visits, I’m proud to announce I’m committing to the University of Kansas!" Tong wrote in a post on X. ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was never pretty for No. 3 seed Kansas in a poor shooting game for nearly every Jayhawk, nor was it a sparkling display of defensive discipline for sixth-seeded TCU as the Horned Frogs committed 17 fouls in the second half. But KU came out on top at the conclusion of Thursday night’s gritty Big 12 tournament battle by a score of 78-73. “All in all, I've had a lot of losses in which ...