WRITER: Matt Tait

Rookie point guard Devon Dotson starting ahead of huge shoes he's being asked to fill

During the past two seasons, the Kansas men’s basketball program and its adoring fan base witnessed two of the best individual seasons ever turned in by KU guards. In 2016-17, Frank Mason III rumbled his way to consensus national player of the year honors and became the first player in Big 12 history to average 20 points and five assists in a single season. Asked to walk in those dinosaur-sized footprints, ...

Report: Former Jayhawk Joel Embiid set to sign with Under Armour

[According to a report from Yahoo! Sports,][1] former KU center Joel Embiid on Wednesday is poised to finalize a lucrative endorsement deal with Under Armour. The No. 3 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, who missed his first two professional seasons because of injury, has been a rising star — both on and off the court — during recent years. His play has put him the conversation as one of the top centers ...

'This dude can score' - KU's Charlie Moore more than just a point guard

One look at his 5-foot-11, 180-pound frame is all it takes to determine that Kansas sophomore Charlie Moore is a serious contender to fill the shoes vacated by Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham as the KU point guard. But don’t let the Cal transfer’s size lock you in to thinking that point guard is the only position Moore can play. “The thing about Charlie that people might not understand is people ...

Weekend recruiting news from 3 top Kansas targets

One class of 2019 prospect was in Lawrence on an official visit. Another top KU target opened up about his recruitment at a USA Basketball event in Colorado Springs. And yet another hinted about making a commitment this fall instead of waiting until the spring. It was that kind of weekend on the action-packed recruiting trail for the Kansas men’s basketball program, which welcomed four-star Minnesota forward ...

KU doubles team becomes first in program history to win ITA All-American doubles crown

Sunday’s straight-set victory, 6-3, 6-2, over No. 17 Stanford in the championship doubles match of the Riviera ITA Women’s All-American Championships capped a wild week of five victories in four days for KU seniors Nina Khmelnitckaia and Janet Koch. It also sent the two home from Pacific Palisades, Calif., as the first-ever KU champions of a tournament that KU coach Todd Chapman calls “the toughest ...

Former KU target Josh Green picks Arizona

To almost no one’s surprised, five-star Class of 2019 guard Josh Green on Thursday orally committed to the University of Arizona via one of those social media videos that have become oh so popular. Green, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard from IMG Academy and the No. 11 overall prospect in the 2019 class per Rivals.com, chose Arizona over a final six that included North Carolina, Kansas, USC, Villanova and UNLV. ...