The Kansas men’s basketball team’s acquisition of Shakeel Moore did not arrive with the greatest fanfare. On3 ranked him as the 285th-best transfer in the portal. 247Sports gave him a comparatively generous ranking at 274th. For comparison, AJ Storr, arguably the jewel of the Jayhawks’ offseason, is a top-10 transfer on both sites. In addition, the exact fashion in which Moore’s transfer manifested ...
The Kansas football team earned a commitment on Saturday that could reshape its offensive line for the next two seasons. Bryce Foster, an incoming redshirt junior center who previously played at Texas A&M, will join the Jayhawks as a late addition in the spring transfer portal, according to multiple reports. Jon Kirby of JayhawkSlant.com was the first to report Foster’s commitment, as Foster also ...
At first glance, the colossal shift in the makeup of the Big 12 Conference for women’s basketball might seem like a boon to the teams remaining in the league. Oklahoma and Texas, which were the top two teams in the league last season — one won the regular-season title, the other the conference tournament — are gone. In their place are four new teams that finished fifth, sixth, seventh and 11th in their ...
The Kansas men's basketball team is bringing back another familiar face to serve on its coaching staff. Chase Buford, who spent three seasons as a walk-on for Bill Self from 2007 to 2010, will now join Self as an analyst, KU announced Friday morning. Buford most recently served as the head coach of the Sydney Kings of Australia's National Basketball League. He had previously risen through the NBA G League, ...
Keith Langford never had an issue with his identity being defined by his status as a basketball player. In his year of retirement since stepping away from a lengthy and decorated overseas professional career, though, Langford, 40, has swiftly developed a new identity: “glorified chauffeur.” “Just pretty much taking kids to school, picking them up, being a full-time dad … which is something I haven’t ...
Very few basketball games are played to raise money for pediatric cancer treatment. Still fewer feature one assistant coach asking for another’s hand in marriage. Thursday night’s 16th annual edition of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, the charity game featuring former Kansas basketball standouts organized by KU broadcaster Brian Hanni, fit both of those descriptions. The philanthropic efforts this time ...