Raleigh, N.C. — Kansas guard Melvin Council Jr. surpassed his career high for 3-point attempts in a game in less than a half of gameplay on Saturday night, and his career high for 3-pointers made midway through the second period. By the end of the game, he had nearly tripled his total production from beyond the arc on the season. When all was said and done after two halves and overtime, Council led the ...
Raleigh, N.C. — Amid Melvin Council Jr.’s slow start to the season from beyond the arc — 5-for-27, 18.5% from beyond the arc through 10 games — he had no shortage of eminently qualified voices telling him not to lose faith. His best friend, Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, a 40% 3-point shooter in the NBA this year: “Keep shooting.” Former KU guard Mario Chalmers, who knows a thing or two about ...
Back operating at full strength with the return of Darryn Peterson, the Kansas men’s basketball team will take its show on the road to Raleigh, North Carolina, for a date with the N.C. State Wolfpack on Saturday evening. Still dealing with an illness, Peterson nevertheless managed to chip in 17 points and help boost KU to its 80-60 victory over Missouri on Sunday, the last time the Jayhawks were on the ...
Greg Goff made a pivotal decision in 1973 that shaped the course of his life. As he recounted upon his induction to the Baker Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 3, Goff was a couple years removed from a memorable pair of seasons playing basketball for the Wildcats — he was a team captain, double-figure scorer and assist leader — and had been coaching high school basketball. Then he had the chance to become a ...
The Kansas football team lost a significant piece of the present and future of its linebacker room on Friday afternoon when Jon Jon Kamara announced that he intends to transfer. "I will be entering the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility remaining," he wrote in a post on X. "Thank you to the entire Kansas Jayhawks organization for everything during my time in Lawrence." Kamara was widely regarded ...
No one has beaten this year’s Nebraska team yet. The Cornhuskers are 32-0 and have lost one set — not one match, but one set — in their previous 23 matches. But Nebraska as a program is certainly not unbeatable, and Kansas coach Matt Ulmer is proof: In his very first match as a head coach, back in 2017, his Oregon Ducks took down the Huskers in four sets at a neutral site. “I actually joked about that ...