When the 2020-21 men’s basketball schedule was finalized, Saturday’s home showdown with Baylor was a game that every Kansas fan circled immediately. At the time, most thought the game could determine the Big 12 champion and be in the running for game of the year in college basketball. It wasn’t quite that, but for No. 17 Kansas, the 71-58 win over the second-ranked and previously unbeaten Bears might ...
No. 17 Kansas Jayhawks (17-8 overall, 11-6 Big 12) vs. No. 2 Baylor Bears (18-0 overall, 10-0 Big 12) Time: 7 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @bentonasmith & @SJacksonLJW Keys for Kansas 1. ...
Kansas seniors Mitch Lightfoot and Chris Teahan announced Friday that they are planning to take advantage of the NCAA’s waiver for an extra year of eligibility and will return to KU for the 2021-22 season. In the news release announcing their return, KU revealed that fellow senior Marcus Garrett would be honored during Saturday’s Senior Night festivities at Allen Fieldhouse surrounding KU’s 7 p.m. game ...
The Kansas men's basketball season will end up with 27 regular season games after all. KU on Thursday announced that the 17th-ranked Jayhawks (17-8 overall, 11-6 Big 12) will welcome the University of Texas at El Paso to Lawrence next Thursday for the final regular season game of the 2020-21 season. Tip time is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be shown on an ESPN platform that has yet to be announced. ...
According to reports from multiple recruiting outlets including JayhawkSlant.com and Tipton Edits, ESPN five-star Class of 2022 wing Gradey Dick is planning to announce his college decision sometime next week. A 6-foot-7, 200-pound do-everything player from Wichita, Dick is in his first season at Sunrise Christian Academy after enjoying a standout couple of seasons at Wichita Collegiate. The Kansas native is ...
The reigning Naismith Defensive Player of the Year is in the running to win the award again in 2021. Kansas senior Marcus Garrett on Thursday was named one of 10 finalists for this year’s award, given annually to the best defender in college basketball by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. Garrett won the honor at the conclusion of the 2019-20 season after establishing himself as one of the best man-to-man ...