Saturday’s 4 p.m. tipoff between the Kansas women’s basketball team and perennial powerhouse Baylor will mark the first game between ranked women’s teams at Allen Fieldhouse in 10 years. Coincidentally, the last time it happened featured top-ranked Baylor and No. 17 Kansas on Jan. 13, 2013. The Bears won that won in a rout, 82-60, behind 33 points and seven rebounds from Britney Griner. There is no ...
No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (13-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) at West Virginia Mountaineers (10-4 overall, 0-2 Big 12) Time: 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023 Location: WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia TV: Big 12 Now/ESPN+ | Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network via Learfield Keys for Kansas 1. Rebound, rebound, rebound Kansas coach Bill Self has been thrilled by the play of sophomore big man KJ Adams so far this season. ...
The first steps toward Kansas sophomore Bobby Pettiford’s important contributions to 3rd-ranked KU’s win at Texas Tech on Tuesday night came a couple of days earlier. After seeing teammate Joe Yesufu tweak his hamstring during a team practice, Pettiford quickly began to wrap his mind around the idea that he’d have to play — or was it get to play? — more minutes during the Jayhawks’ next game. He ...
After delivering a monster season in his first run with the Jayhawks, Kansas defensive end Lonnie Phelps Jr. has decided to try to take his game to the National Football League. Phelps, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) who led the Jayhawks in sacks (7), tackles for loss (11.5) and QB hurries (6) during the recently completed season, announced Thursday evening on his social media accounts that he was declaring for ...
Lubbock, Texas — It took Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris just a few minutes during Tuesday night’s pregame shoot-around to make a determination about how his night might go. And then he went out and made good on it, during 3rd-ranked Kansas’ 75-72 win over Texas Tech at United Supermarkets Arena. “After warm-ups, he said, ‘Y’all, the rim feels good today. Everything feels good today,’” said ...
Kansas center Taiyanna Jackson’s monster season continued last weekend, with a 17-point, 19-rebound performance in a road win at Oklahoma State. It marked her Big 12-best eighth double-double of the season to date — in 12 games — and led to her being named the conference’s co-player of the week. She shared the honor with Texas’ Rori Harmon, who averaged 15 points, 11.5 assists, seven rebounds and two ...