Barring something unforeseen happening on the recruiting trail in the next couple of weeks — and let’s face it, absolutely nothing would surprise me the way things have gone this offseason — the Kansas men’s basketball team is moving toward the 2019-20 season facing the prospects of handing out exactly zero starts to a freshman for just the second time in the past 12 seasons.
That became more a ...
Through its “Next Stars” program, [which now has a 5-star face in former KU target R.J. Hampton,][1] Australia’s National Basketball League is making its move toward international relevance.
But the goal of the league is not to replace the NBA, rather to help it.
So said NBL commissioner Jeremy Loeliger during a Tuesday night phone interview with the Journal-World during which he examined the impact of ...
With exactly three hours remaining before the deadline for underclassmen to pull their names from the NBA draft pool, Kansas freshman Devon Dotson did exactly that.
The KU point guard announced his decision to return to Kansas for his sophomore season on Twitter at 7:59 p.m., saying simply, “Got a whole lot more in store. Year 2. Let’s Riiiiddeeeee!”
Just for good measure, Dotson added the hashtag ...
Kansas freshman Quentin Grimes is not staying in the NBA draft, but he is not returning to KU either.
Through a release from the Kansas basketball offices, Grimes on Wednesday evening announced his intention to transfer to another university for the 2019-20 season.
In accordance with NCAA transfer rules, Grimes, who did not immediately return the Journal-World’s text message requests for comment on ...
After a handful of college visits and weeks of breaking down the few programs on his list of finalists, 5-star prep prospect R.J. Hampton has decided to turn pro.
No, Hampton has not found a loophole in the NBA’s age restriction. Instead, the 6-foot-5 guard from Little Elm, Texas, ranked No. 6 overall in the 2019 class by Rivals.com, will be heading to the other side of the world to play at least one season ...
Kansas point guard Devon Dotson is taking his stay-or-go decision to deadline day.
So says his father, Dana Dotson, who told the Journal-World in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon that Devon planned to return home to Charlotte, N.C., from his Tuesday pro day for NBA scouts in Los Angeles to meet with his family and make a decision, which will be announced sometime Wednesday.
Dana Dotson said he and his son ...
