WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Self offers minimal comments following Morris' dismissal from team, citing legal proceedings

Three days after Arterio Morris was charged with rape and dismissed from the Kansas men's basketball team, KU coach Bill Self declined to comment Monday on how he weighed the decision to bring Morris to Kansas or when he first learned of the late-August allegation against his former player. Self, who was speaking to the media ahead of Friday's Late Night in the Phog exhibition, referred to the ongoing legal ...

Both KU and UCF have to wait and see at quarterback

Four possible combinations of starting quarterbacks could take the field Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and not one of them would be particularly surprising. Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels had his recurring back tightness flare up Saturday at the team hotel in Austin, Texas, not long before the Jayhawks were slated to take on No. 3 Texas, and longtime contributor Jason Bean started in his ...

KU volleyball claims pair of league victories over Houston

In two battles Friday and Saturday, the No. 19 Kansas volleyball team took a big step forward in Big 12 Conference play by twice defeating its 20th-ranked counterparts from Houston, 3-2 and 3-0, in Lawrence. The Jayhawks improved to 12-2 on the season (3-1 Big 12) and will head back out on the road next weekend for a pair of even bigger tests at Texas. Match 1 With their backs against the wall, the Jayhawks ...

Notebook: Not everyone forgets 2021, Sarkisian praises Daniels and more

Austin, Texas — With the Jayhawks’ return to Austin came obligatory questions for head coaches Lance Leipold and Steve Sarkisian about KU’s stunning upset win at Texas in 2021, the first season for both coaches. Neither was too keen on dwelling on that two-year-old result, though both acknowledged its longer-term impact on the programs’ trajectory. The Longhorns’ sixth-year senior lineman Christian ...

Offense falters, run defense struggles as KU falls 40-14 to Texas

Austin, Texas — For much of Saturday’s game, the Texas offense could do everything but score touchdowns. The Longhorns outgained in time of possession by nearly 20 minutes and total yards by more than 400 but settled for four field goal tries and missed two. That gave the Jayhawks plenty of chances to march toward another memorable upset at Darrell K Royal-Texas Stadium. But playing unexpectedly without its ...

Bean's unexpected start raises questions about how KU should prepare for future games

Austin, Texas — Quarterback Jason Bean said he didn't know he was going to start Saturday's game — on the road at the No. 3 team in the country, in front of an announced 102,986 fans — until 30 or 45 minutes before it started. Kansas coach Lance Leipold said he didn't know that starter Jalon Daniels had aggravated his back while warming up at the hotel until the team arrived at the stadium Saturday. ...