Nginyu Ngala had two choices: either begin his professional career overseas or head south to the United States. With three years at Dalhousie and one at Laurentian under his belt — in the Canadian U Sports competition, which gives players five years to play — Ngala was pretty sure he would have a fifth year of college basketball eligibility at his disposal if he went stateside. He had interest from a ...
It’s hard to know what to make of the Kansas defense, even with a fairly large sample size to consider seven games into the 2025 season. The Jayhawks’ young secondary has looked better than expected for much of the season, but got torn apart in a home loss to Cincinnati. The defensive front continues, as expected, to serve as the strength of the team, and the linebackers have been even better than ...
The second of Kansas’ unprecedented three bye weeks of 2025 has arrived, and with the Jayhawks seven games into the year and four games into the conference slate, this is the closest thing they’ll get to a halftime break this season. In the broadest possible results-based sense, the first seven games didn’t feature too many surprises. At rival Missouri and at cash-rich, high-intensity Texas Tech always ...
Friday night’s men’s basketball portion of Late Night in the Phog featured an extended riff on the reality show “Love Island" that culminated in Kansas coach Bill Self selecting not just one of his players but all 16 — the entire team. “I love this team,” he said in the skit. In a speech to assembled fans, setting the tone for the season ahead, he emphasized that the sentiment he expressed wasn’t ...
Former Kansas and Lawrence High guard Zeke Mayo has signed a contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his agency ADS Sports Management announced on Instagram on Friday evening. “Just the beginning for Zeke, who will surely keep turning heads and prove the doubters wrong,” the agency wrote in its post, which Mayo also shared on his own Instagram story. Terms of his contract with Cleveland were not disclosed. ...
Kansas guard Darryn Peterson continues to pile up honors before even playing a collegiate game, as he was named both the Big 12's freshman of the year and a unanimous preseason all-conference selection on Thursday morning. The freshman from Canton, Ohio, battled with BYU's AJ Dybantsa for the No. 1 spot in national recruiting rankings in the class of 2025, and finished with that mark in both 247Sports and On3's ...