WRITER: Matt Tait

Former Jayhawk Tyshawn Taylor fills up the stat sheet in TBT loss with the Stillwater Stars

Despite being decked out in black and orange instead of crimson and blue, former Kansas point guard Tyshawn Taylor filled up the stat sheet in the Stillwater Stars’ opening-round loss at The Basketball Tournament on Saturday. Taylor, [who teamed with fellow former Jayhawk Naadir Tharpe to join the Oklahoma State alums,][1] finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists in the Stars’ 87-71 loss to ...

Former Jayhawk Jacque Vaughn gearing up for next NBA head coaching opportunity

While the upcoming restart to the NBA season will be big for a handful of former Jayhawks still chasing a title, it may be even bigger for former KU point guard Jacque Vaughn. Vaughn, who graduated from KU in 1997 and played 12 seasons in the NBA with five different franchises, is currently holding a lottery ticket that could be worth a lot. The goal: Don’t lose it. Four days before NBA officials shut ...

Kansas coach Bill Self in no hurry to determine who plays where during 2020-21 season

The Kansas men's basketball team will be welcoming a handful of new faces and seeking to replace popular starters Devon Dotson and Udoka Azubuike in the upcoming season, but coach Bill Self is hardly concerned with roles and minutes right now. “As far as tinkering and stuff, it’s hard for me to come up with ideas on how to play when I haven’t even seen four of them play yet,” Self said of newcomers ...

The return of the Percentage Wheel, a look at KU's 2020-21 strengths and weaknesses and a little recruiting

There's no time like the present to get back to our "Ask Us Anything" blog, which will feature questions from readers about KU hoops, KU football and anything else on your minds. We got a bunch of good questions this week and look forward to more in the weeks ahead. So if we didn't get to yours today, look for it next week and keep the questions coming in the meantime. We'll plan to post a new version of the ...

Louisiana wide receiver Keon Coleman picks Kansas over Oklahoma, South Carolina

At an outdoor Fourth of July barbecue on Saturday night in his hometown of Opelousas, Louisiana, Class of 2021 wide receiver Keon Coleman orally committed to play football at Kansas. The two-sport athlete who also hopes to play basketball in college picked KU over Oklahoma and South Carolina. Seated in front of a camera in his driveway with his mother to his left, Coleman revealed on Instagram Live that Kansas ...

Kansas football suspends voluntary workouts after 12 positive COVID-19 tests

An uptick in positive COVID-19 tests has led the Kansas football program to suspend its voluntary summer workouts, KU officials announced Friday morning. Twelve football players have now tested positive for COVID-19, and KU is requiring a 14-day self-quarantine for all football players and staff members. The number of positive tests is four times what the figure was on Monday morning, the last time the program ...