WRITER: Matt Tait

Three Jayhawks fighting through minor injuries, another set to return as 4th-ranked KU heads to Orlando

The fourth-ranked Kansas men’s basketball program is taking a bruised and battered backcourt to Orlando for this week’s ESPN Events Invitational. But Kansas coach Bill Self said Tuesday that ailments affecting point guards Remy Martin and Bobby Pettiford, along with senior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands’ lingering toe injury, were not expected to keep any of the Jayhawks on the bench. Because the Jayhawks ...

Former Kansas great Paul Pierce inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame

Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., earlier this year, former Kansas great Paul Pierce was one of eight former college standouts inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday evening. Pierce, who starred at KU from 1995-98, averaged double digits in scoring during each of his three seasons as a Jayhawk. He was joined in the 2021 class by ...

Kansas volleyball completes sweep of TCU in home finale

The Kansas volleyball team completed its sweep of visiting TCU with in four sets at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena on Saturday evening, 25-15, 25-18, 23-25 and 25-20. For the second day in a row, KU (14-11 overall, 6-8 Big 12) won the first two sets and lost the third. This time, however, the home team regrouped a little quicker, winning the fourth set instead of needing all five. The Kansas defense made ...

Unbeaten Jayhawks ready to welcome Jalen Wilson back to lineup

Three games into a regular season in which third-ranked Kansas has outscored its opponents by an average margin of 88-65, the Jayhawks are poised to bring back one of their top players from a season ago. Sophomore wing Jalen Wilson, who was suspended for KU’s exhibition game and the first three regular season games following a DUI arrest in October, is expected to return to the KU lineup next week, when the ...

Another scoring outburst from Ochai Agbaji propels No. 3 KU past Stony Brook

After arriving on 999 points for his career during Thursday’s 88-59 rout of Stony Brook at Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji was given one more chance by Bill Self to get to 1,000. “When they told me that, I put him back in and I told him to shoot it and he didn’t shoot it,” Self said after the victory. “I told him, ‘You’re only going to get one more chance.’ I was hoping he could get ...

Third-ranked Kansas looking for faster play, better defense vs. Stony Brook

The way Kansas basketball coach Bill Self sees it, last week’s battle with Tarleton State was the perfect tune-up for Thursday’s matchup with Stony Brook. “They’re going to be small like that,” Self said of the Seawolves, who will take on the third-ranked Jayhawks at 7 p.m. Thursday night at Allen Fieldhouse. “That is similar. So our big guys are going to have to chase around (players who stand) ...