WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Former KU guard Coit commits to Maryland

Former Kansas guard David Coit announced on Tuesday that he is transferring to Maryland. Coit leaves the Jayhawks after one season in the program, during which he averaged 5.1 points per game and shot 38.7% from deep in 15.5 minutes per game. He entered the transfer portal on March 31. Coit would have exhausted his eligibility following the 2024-25 season if not for an NCAA waiver, in the wake of a legal ...

'Violent player' Williams bolsters KU's backfield

Leshon Williams wasn’t exactly an avid follower of the Kansas football team during his five seasons at Iowa. But when he happened to watch KU play Illinois on television in the team hotel before one of the Hawkeyes’ games, he immediately got a clear impression of the Jayhawks’ play style. “They looked pretty good,” he recalled on Tuesday. “Just a lot of explosive plays, and I liked the creativity ...

KU baseball sits atop Big 12 after road sweep of UCF

The Kansas baseball team ranks first in the Big 12 and is D1Baseball's No. 22 team in the nation as of Monday after extending its winning streak to nine games with a sweep of UCF. As they have in quite a few of their series this season, the Jayhawks notched a pair of lopsided results, 9-2 on Friday and 13-4 on Sunday, and avoided disappointment in the one contest that got most perilous, a 10-9 thriller on ...

After 'hardest year of my life,' Keys relishes return to KU's welcoming environment

Gage Keys knew he had made a mistake almost as soon as he arrived at Auburn. The defensive tackle had just completed his second transfer, this time away from Kansas after starting his career back at Minnesota. KU had given Keys the first meaningful playing time of his career, in the form of 301 snaps on the defensive line, including three starts late in the 2023 season; he left for what he thought were greener ...

Bidunga will return to KU next season

The Kansas men’s basketball team will in fact have some returning production next season after all. Center Flory Bidunga is coming back to KU following his promising freshman season, his guardian Dillon Craft confirmed to the Journal-World on Sunday. “Jayhawk Nation, let’s run it back,” Bidunga wrote in a post on Instagram. The news came eight days after his intentions to enter the transfer portal ...

Peterson's high school season concludes with semifinal loss in Chipotle Nationals

Incoming Kansas guard Darryn Peterson’s final high school season came to an end on Friday. Peterson and his team, sixth-seeded Prolific Prep of Napa, California, lost to Texas-based No. 10 seed Dynamic Prep by a score of 83-64 at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana. The defeat knocked Prolific Prep out in the semifinals of Chipotle Nationals, an annual competition that brings together some ...