WRITER: Matt Tait

KU's Ochai Agbaji shows better on Day 2 of NBA combine scrimmages

University of Kansas senior-to-be Ochai Agbaji delivered a slightly better showing in his second scrimmage at the NBA combine on Friday but still came out on the losing side of things. One day after falling by 40 points in the first scrimmage he played in, Agbaji and Team 3 fell to Team 1, 86-76, in a game that again showed Team 3’s inability to find easy offense. Agbaji’s numbers were better on Day 2 of ...

KU's Ochai Agbaji follows up strong testing effort with quiet scrimmage at NBA combine

After two days of posting solid numbers in the measurement and testing portions of this year’s NBA combine in Chicago, University of Kansas senior Ochai Agbaji was quiet in his first team scrimmage on Thursday. Coming off the bench for Team 4, which fell to Team 3, 94-54, in the second of two afternoon scrimmages, Agbaji had a hard time finding opportunities to showcase his game. He finished with four ...

KU's Bill Self on recent podcast: Transfer guard Remy Martin can help Kansas and Kansas can help him

Although he’s not yet certain that he’ll get to coach him, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self believes the relationship between KU and Arizona State transfer Remy Martin can be mutually beneficial for both parties. “I think that we’re in a spot where hopefully he can help us, but hopefully we can help him,” Self said Monday on the “Courtside with Greenberg and Dakich” podcast. Martin, [who ...

Kansas to host Kentucky in 2022 Big 12/SEC Men's Basketball Challenge

For the seventh time in the past eight seasons, the two winningest programs in men’s college basketball history will face off during the 2021-22 regular season. Kansas will host Kentucky on Jan. 29 at Allen Fieldhouse in the featured game of the ninth annual Big 12/SEC Challenge. ESPN and the conferences announced the event’s pairings on Wednesday. With 2,323 all-time wins, Kansas sits four victories ...

New Kansas guard Jalen Coleman-Lands arrives in Lawrence

The Kansas men’s basketball roster drew one player closer to completion on Monday, when Iowa State transfer Jalen Coleman-Lands officially made the move to Lawrence. Coleman-Lands, who committed to KU in mid-May, is a 6-foot-4, 190-pound shooting guard who, at age 24, is set to begin his seventh season of college basketball. He’ll play at KU as a super senior and is only getting the opportunity for one ...

Jalen Wilson puts up modest numbers at G League Elite camp in Chicago

In two games at last weekend’s G League Elite Camp in Chicago, Kansas sophomore Jalen Wilson made one start and came off the bench one time while averaging roughly 19 minutes per game. Playing for Team Three, at the 40-man camp, Wilson scored six points in his first game, a 94-90 victory, and four points in Game 2, a 78-74 loss. In the two games combined, he shot 5-of-13 from the floor overall, including ...