For the first few minutes of Tuesday night’s game against Towson, Kansas’ newfound emphasis on playing at a fast pace was quite apparent. The Jayhawks moved the ball efficiently, surged ahead by double digits less than five minutes into the game — and then did little of note for quite a while afterward. They led by 10 points at 15:25 and 11 at halftime. However, led by a sharp Flory Bidunga, Melvin ...
As Kansas coach Bill Self put it on Monday morning, Melvin Council Jr. was so good against N.C. State in Saturday’s overtime win at the Lenovo Center that it “covered up a lot of things.” “Just being totally truthful, you take Melvin out of the equation and who could you turn to (and) say, ‘They really had a nice game the other day’?” he said. “And a lot of it’s not individual, a lot of it is ...
The Kansas football team has lost its third linebacker of the offseason, as Logan Brantley announced on Monday that he will enter the portal. “With careful thought, prayer, and reflection, I have decided to enter the transfer portal with three years of eligibility remaining,” Brantley wrote in a post on X. “I am extremely grateful to the University of Kansas for the opportunity to grow both on and off the ...
Gulf Coast State College guard Trent Lincoln will take a visit to Kansas beginning on Tuesday, his agent Ryan Murphy of Endurance Management confirmed to the Journal-World on Sunday. Lincoln is listed at 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds. He is originally from Baltimore but previously attended Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, and is in his second year at the junior-college ranks. As a freshman at Chipola College, ...
Kansas cornerback Jameel Croft Jr. will enter the transfer portal, he and his representation from MET Agency announced in a post on Instagram on Sunday night. Croft, who is originally from Detroit, served primarily as a special-teams contributor over the course of three seasons in Lawrence, including during a redshirt year after he arrived in 2023, and will have two years of collegiate eligibility remaining. He ...
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 ...