WRITER: Matt Tait

3-star PG from Missouri picks up offer from Kansas

One of the fastest rising players in the Class of 2020 appears to have caught the attention of the Kansas basketball program. Dajuan Harris, a 6-foot-1 point guard from Columbia’s Rock Bridge High, revealed Tuesday on Twitter that he had received a scholarship offer from Kansas. Harris, a 3-star prospect in the Class of 2020, initially had been committed to Missouri State but, according to Rivals.com ...

Devon Dotson's decision to stay marks return of one of Bill Self's true workhorse point guards

It’s been a little more than a month since Kansas [freshman Devon Dotson made the big announcement that he was returning to KU for his sophomore season.][1] And given just how massive that news is for the 2019-20 Kansas basketball program, it’s worth celebrating it the way junior high kids in relationships tend to celebrate their anniversaries — by the week, to the day or even on the hour would all be ...

Schedule, uniforms set for Self Made squad in TBT

Ten former Jayhawks are now just two weeks away from returning to the court in crimson and blue. Self Made, a 10-man team put together by former KU guard Elijah Johnson for a run at the $2 million prize in this year’s edition of The Tournament, is putting the final touches on their plans for the big event. Johnson, who graduated from KU following the 2012-13 season, has said that the team will host a ...

Jayhawks at Summer League: Svi Mykhailiuk off to another hot start in Vegas

Former Kansas Jayhawk Svi Mykhailiuk is at it again out in Las Vegas. After shining with the Los Angeles Lakers’ Summer League squad in 2018, Mykhailiuk found a similar groove with his new team, the Detroit Pistons, over the weekend. Showing steady feel and rising confidence, Mykhailiuk proved to be one of the Pistons’ main offensive weapons over the weekend. In the opener, a 96-80 exhibition-type ...

KU's depth eye-opening for freshman point guard Issac McBride

Throughout his time as a standout basketball player on the Arkansas prep hoops scene, Kansas freshman Issac McBride made a name for himself as a prolific scorer. Last season, as a senior at Baptist Prep in Little Rock, Ark., McBride averaged 29 points per game and earned All-State and Gatorade Player of the Year honors. But he might not need to tap into those skills quite as much during his freshman season ...

Class of 2020 KU target Bryce Thompson invited to USA Basketball training camp, eyeing date to trim list

According to his Twitter account, Class of 2020 Kansas basketball target Bryce Thompson is headed to training camp for the USA Basketball Junior National Team. That fact is only going to add fuel to his fast-rising recruitment, which already includes KU and North Carolina and figures to reach the best of the best by the time it’s finished. Thompson, a 5-star guard from Booker T. Washington High in Tulsa, ...