The minute she heard that the University of Kansas was looking for a new athletic director, Patti Phillips, the CEO of the Kansas City-based organization Women Leaders in College Sports, felt her adrenaline surge.
Every open AD job at a Power 5 university is a new opportunity for Phillips, and the hundreds of women she represents and promotes, to increase their presence in an industry long dominated by their ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Tuesday that KU sophomore Tristan Enaruna was leaving the program and had entered his name into the transfer portal.
Enaruna becomes the second Jayhawk to announce his plans to leave this week, following the lead of junior guard Tyon Grant-Foster, who entered the transfer portal on Monday.
Enaruna’s departure opens up another scholarship for the ...
Less than 24 hours after learning about the departure of two players from the 2020-21 roster, the Kansas men’s basketball program got word of a replacement when Bobby Pettiford Jr., a 6-foot-1, 175-pound point guard from Creedmoor, N.C., announced his commitment to the Jayhawks on social media.
"Thanks to all the coaches that recruited me through these tough times," Pettiford wrote on his Twitter page ...
Kansas junior Tyon Grant-Foster has entered the transfer portal, KU coach Bill Self announced Monday afternoon.
Grant-Foster, the former No. 1-ranked junior college player in the country, appeared in 20 games for the Jayhawks during his lone season with the program, averaging 3.1 points and 2.2 rebounds in 8.3 minutes per game.
“Tyon and I visited today and he told me of his intention of putting his name ...
While the list of candidates to fill the University of Kansas’ vacant athletic director chair remains vast, there is reason to believe that at least a couple of KU grads are in the mix.
It’s still too early to know exactly which direction KU’s search committee is headed with the hire, but if that group, with an assist from powerhouse search firm TurnkeyZRG, elects to go with a former Jayhawk, it would ...
As college basketball players around the country continue to seek out new opportunities, the Kansas men’s basketball program has started to surface as a potential landing spot for a few of them.
Yesterday, we shared a report that [Northeastern’s sophomore point guard, Tyson Walker, had Kansas on his list of six finalists][1] and that a decision was expected this weekend.
Another player worth tracking who ...
