WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas volleyball freshman Caroline Bien becomes 10th Jayhawk to earn AVCA All-American recognition

One day after being named to the NCAA Tournament’s Pittsburgh Regional team for her play during the Kansas volleyball team’s run to the Sweet 16, KU freshman Caroline Bien landed an even bigger honor. The freshman from nearby St. Thomas Aquinas High was named an honorable mention All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association on Wednesday, becoming just the 10th player in program history to ...

Kansas basketball announces future home-and-home hoops series with Indiana

Dig out the footage of former Kansas point guard Jacque Vaughn hitting a game winner and cue the chatter about coaching legend Bobby Knight throwing a chair. The Kansas men’s basketball program on Tuesday announced a home-and-home series with the Indiana Hoosiers, scheduled to begin next season. The Jayhawks will play host to Indiana on Dec. 17, 2022, and travel to Bloomington, Indiana, on Dec. 16, 2023 ...

O is for Offense: How Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji has gotten off to a hot start and why many believe it will continue

When Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji woke up on Monday morning, there was no one ahead of him on college basketball’s scoring list. Nine games into a senior season that almost never happened, Agbaji leads the nation in scoring at 22.4 points per game. The senior from nearby Oak Park High in Kansas City, Mo., has topped the 20-point mark in seven of KU’s nine games this season, while leading the Jayhawks in ...

Kansas basketball up a spot to No. 7 in latest AP poll, which features some serious Big 12 flavor

The Big 12 Conference has quietly taken over the Associated Press Top 25 weekly poll. In addition to Baylor moving into the No. 1 spot in this week’s rankings — following Purdue’s loss to Rutgers and BU’s 57-36 beatdown of Villanova over the weekend — the conference now has five teams ranked in the Top 25. Kansas, at No. 7, is the second-highest ranked Big 12 team. The Jayhawks moved up a spot this ...

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self debuts tighter rotation in blowout win over Missouri

Perhaps lost in the euphoria that accompanied last Saturday’s near-40-point beatdown of rival Missouri was Kansas coach Bill Self’s first significant step toward paring down his roster. Sure, the eighth-ranked Jayhawks still played 11 scholarship players and two walk-ons in the 102-65 Border War blowout. But Self used just eight players in the first half, relying mostly on his starters to build a 22-point ...

Border Blowout: Junior guard Christian Braun sparks KU's 102-65 win over Missouri

Kansas junior Christian Braun’s final stat line in Saturday’s 102-65 beatdown of Missouri at Allen Fieldhouse was far from special. But his impact was immeasurable. And the fire, passion, intensity and even venom that he brought to the floor in the game’s opening minutes was, by itself, enough to ensure that the eighth-ranked Jayhawks would wind up in the win column in the first game against their ...