The Kansas men's basketball team began to round out its 2024 recruiting class when it earned the commitment of Labaron Philon, a four-star point guard from Mobile, Alabama, who plays at Link Academy in Branson, Missouri. Philon, who visited KU over the weekend, had previously been committed to Auburn in his home state until April, and eventually chose the Jayhawks over finalists Alabama, Cincinnati and Ole ...
After opening the season 4-0, and most recently beating BYU 38-27 Saturday, the Kansas football team has been rewarded Sunday with the No. 24 spot in the Associated Press' Top 25 rankings. This is the second year in a row that KU has been ranked after a hiatus of nearly 13 years between appearances. The Jayhawks earned their previous ranking in 2022 just before hosting ESPN's "College GameDay" ahead of a game ...
The Kansas volleyball team bounced back from a fifth-set heartbreak Friday, flipping the script Saturday to earn a win over Texas Tech and boost its record to 10-2 on the season (1-1 Big 12 Conference). The Jayhawks will be back at home next Friday for their first-ever home conference matchups against Houston. Match 1 The Jayhawks saw a seven-match winning streak come to an end in dramatic fashion, as Reagan ...
The way the trajectory of Kansas football history has gone, Jayhawk fans will have the memory of any bowl win (or appearance, even) firmly lodged in their brains. BYU’s visit this week may have dredged up the memory of a particularly prominent game, the 1992 Aloha Bowl that saw KU beat the Cougars for its first postseason win in 31 years. That matchup was the only meeting between the two schools prior to ...
No one told Lance Leipold, when he was considering joining Kansas as its head coach back in 2021, that the school hadn't gone 4-0 in consecutive years for over a century. “I’m glad I didn’t do all my research," Leipold quipped Saturday night. As it turned out, the Jayhawks needed just three seasons under Leipold to end what became a 108-year drought. They used an opportunistic defense and a clock-chewing ...
One of the most common drills media members were able to observe during Kansas football's fall training camp included receivers and running backs enduring a ball-security gauntlet. They had to hold on to the ball while dodging sudden obstacles, tackling dummies and punch-out attempts from KU staff members, running through tunnels and bouncing off exercise balls. That laborious work has not yet paid dividends ...