WRITER: Matt Tait

KU men's basketball to face North Texas in opening round of ESPN Events Invitational on Nov. 25

The Kansas men’s basketball team will face North Texas in the opening round of the ESPN Events Invitational on Nov. 25 in Kissimmee, Fla., the network announced Thursday. KU is one of eight teams playing in the Thanksgiving-week event, which will feature three games in four days. The game time is set for either 1 or 1:30 p.m. that day and the winner will advance to the 12 p.m. semifinal on Nov. 26 against ...

Gary Woodland fires a 3-over 73 at opening round of 2021 British Open

Across the pond, playing in golf’s final major of the season, former University of Kansas All-American Gary Woodland shot a 3-over 73 in Round 1 of the 2021 British Open on Thursday in Sandwich, England. Woodland played even-par golf through 13 holes at Royal St. George on Thursday — a bogey at No. 4, a birdie at No. 10 and the rest pars — but carded bogeys on three of his final five holes to fall down ...

Details for the return of an in-person Rock Chalk Roundball Classic starting to surface

The annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic is back, with this year’s charity basketball game slated for 7 p.m. Aug. 5 at Free State High. The 13th such game that routinely features dozens of some of the biggest names from Kansas basketball’s past, will be part of a two-night fundraiser that also will incorporate bowling into the mix on Aug. 6. “Don’t think of Roundball this year as being better than the ...

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self gearing up for final 2 summer camp sessions in late July

After a year off because of the pandemic, Bill Self Basketball Camps at KU are back in full swing and, in some ways, better than ever. “Our first camp, in late June, was very successful, even though it was different,” Self told the Journal-World this week when looking ahead to the final two sessions at the end of the month. The camps, which typically feature instruction and interaction with current and ...

Kansas senior Ochai Agbaji believes returning to KU was the right decision and now he's ready to win

Eudora — Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji said he knew he was going to come back to school “a couple of days after the combine,” and that the final decision came down to him feeling comfortable with his next move. “(It was) really just me and the mirror,” Agbaji said Tuesday during a break in Washburn Basketball’s satellite camp at Eudora High. “There’s a lot of outside voices, different people ...

Kansas basketball big man David McCormack returns to practice floor after offseason foot surgery

Kansas forward David McCormack was back on the court practicing on Monday afternoon, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World. McCormack, who had surgery to repair a broken bone in his right foot on the final day of March initially was expected to miss around 12 weeks during his recovery. Wednesday marks the 15-week mark since McCormack’s surgery. Self said the senior forward was “in good shape” on ...