WRITER: Matt Tait

Big 12 announces make-up date for KU-TCU, setting up back-to-back games between Jayhawks and Horned Frogs

The Big 12 Conference on Thursday announced the make-up date for the Kansas men’s basketball program’s home game with TCU. KU will play host to the Horned Frogs at 7 p.m. on March 3. The game will be televised by Big 12 Now/ESPN+. Originally scheduled for Jan. 1 at Allen Fieldhouse as the Big 12 opener for both programs, the game was postponed because of COVID-19 issues within the TCU program. The new ...

KU freshman KJ Adams impresses in first start for the Jayhawks

On Tuesday night, in a 62-61 home win over No. 15 Iowa State, Kansas freshman KJ Adams became the third Jayhawk to start at the 5 for KU this month. He played just 10 minutes total — doubling his season average through the first 14 games — but did enough in the limited time he was out there to make using him in that role again a viable option for the Jayhawks moving forward. It’s no secret that Kansas ...

Two Big 12 road wins in one week a significant step for new-look Kansas women's basketball program

The Kansas women’s basketball program’s upset victory at No. 13 Texas on Wednesday night delivered the Jayhawks their second road win of the week and moved KU to 2-1 in Big 12 Conference play. Those are mighty big achievements by recent Kansas women’s basketball standards. To put the week in perspective, Brandon Schneider’s program had recorded two Big 12 road wins total in the previous three seasons ...

Kansas senior Ochai Agbaji now comfortable with the ball in his hands and the game on the line

College basketball All-Americans and national champions are not made on a single night in early January, but there was Kansas senior Ochai Agbaji on Tuesday night with an opportunity to show the world that he’s capable of being either. In a game which the ninth-ranked Jayhawks led for nearly the entire second half, KU trailed No. 15 Iowa State twice by a point in the final minute. Both times, it was Agbaji ...

Notebook: Former Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams calls return to Allen Fieldhouse 'pretty dang nice'

Former Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams’ return to Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night came with a whole bunch of firsts. But the one that stood out to him above most came during the pregame festivities. “It’s a thrill,” Williams said of his first game at Allen Fieldhouse since he left Kansas for North Carolina in 2003, a 62-61 KU victory over No. 15 Iowa State. “I’m sitting there tonight and ...

Dajuan Harris' tough layup in final seconds leads No. 9 Kansas past No. 15 Iowa State

An already tough task of taking down the nation’s 15th-ranked team became decidedly more difficult, both before and during Tuesday’s Kansas basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. But after a sluggish start and a halftime deficit, the ninth-ranked Jayhawks proved they were up to the challenge, winning 62-61 in a thriller. Sophomore guard Dajuan Harris Jr. hit an off-balance, driving layup inside of 10 seconds ...