The Kansas men’s basketball program made the latest cut for five-star, Class of 2022 guard Gradey Dick, who narrowed his list to a final eight earlier this week. Joining KU on the list of programs still alive for the services of Rivals.com’s No. 37-ranked player in the 2022 class are: Alabama, Baylor, Florida, Illinois, Oklahoma State, Purdue and Texas Tech. A rising 6-foot-7, 195-pound do-everything ...
Despite averaging just 14.8 minutes per game in nine appearances for the Jayhawks so far this season, redshirt freshman Dajuan Harris has locked up a key role for the Jayhawks. After playing just three minutes in KU’s season-opening loss to top-ranked Gonzaga, Harris has settled in as Marcus Garrett’s backup at point guard. According to KenPom.com’s data from the past five games, Harris has been KU’s ...
KU sophomore Christian Braun earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors on Monday, for his strong showing against West Virginia in the Jayhawks’ 79-65 win on Dec. 22. Braun, who has started all nine games for the Jayhawks this season, scored 22 points and knocked in six of 12 shots from 3-point range in helping KU move to 2-0 in Big 12 play. Fourteen of Braun’s 22 points — and four of his 3-pointers — ...
After four days off for the holidays, the Kansas men’s basketball team returned to Lawrence on Sunday — KU coach Bill Self’s 58th birthday — to begin preparations for their next game on Saturday against No. 8 Texas (7-1 overall, 1-0 Big 12) at Allen Fieldhouse. But just because the third-ranked Jayhawks are back in Lawrence again does not mean it’ll be all basketball all the time. In fact, Self ...
When Kansas and Gonzaga battled last month the Jayhawks were outmatched and outworked, like every other team that has played the Zags this season. But KU has won every game it has played since then, and two of the team’s top leaders believe there’s one area in which the Jayhawks have improved the most since giving up 102 points to the nation’s No. 1 team. “I think we’re a little bit better at ...
Former Kansas point guard Russell Robinson did for future Jayhawk Kyle Cuffe Jr. what Cuffe’s father did for him back in his days as an upcoming basketball star in New York. Robinson, who signed with the Jayhawks in late 2003 as a five-star prospect out of Rice High in New York City, grew up watching Kyle Cuffe Sr. star at Rice before going on to play college ball down the street at St. John’s. “He was ...