WRITER: Matt Tait

'Rivalry Renewed' KU-MU Border War revival on tap for Saturday night

It’s Border War time in Kansas City again and Jayhawks and Tigers everywhere have people on both sides of the storied rivalry to thank. At 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence, Mo., nearly 20 former KU and MU players will get together for what’s being dubbed “Rivalry Renewed,” a game between alums that will be for both bragging rights and charity. The game came ...

4-star Class of 2019 forward Chandler Lawson keeping a close eye on Kansas

Out in Southern California last weekend for yet another AAU event, Class of 2019 power forward Chandler Lawson, the younger brother of current Kansas players Dedric and K.J. Lawson, took a break from the action to discuss his game and his recruitment with a handful of reporters. KUsports.com recruiting insider Matt Scott got ahold of that interview and received a little more insight into where the 6-foot-8, ...

Even with playing time tough to come by, Cunliffe found what he was looking for at KU

Former Kansas guard Sam Cunliffe, [who announced on Monday that he would transfer before the start of the 2018-19 season,][1] left the program in about as clean and classy a manner as imaginable. And he did it with a genuine touch. So often when these types of situations arise, the player leaving will team with a media relations staff member to cobble together some kind of quote that makes both him and the ...

KU teammates seeing new, improved version of Lagerald Vick

Kansas point guard Charlie Moore spent a year around Lagerald Vick but never truly got to play with him. KU freshman David McCormack met Vick a couple of times on his visits to campus but never really got to know him. Despite those two current Jayhawks having limited past interactions with the lone senior on this year’s roster, both acknowledged recently that they had been thrilled by what they had seen so ...

Junior guard Sam Cunliffe leaving Kansas

The Kansas career of guard Sam Cunliffe, which really never got off the ground, has come to a close. According to a news release sent out by KU officials on Monday afternoon, Cunliffe will transfer this summer and will sit out one more season while retaining two years of eligibility beginning with the 2019-20 season. No decision has been made yet about where Cunliffe will continue his college basketball ...

Former Lion Anthony Bonner on brink of big jump at Colorado State

The first time first-year Colorado State basketball coach Niko Medved made a recruiting visit to Lawrence, it marked the beginning of a process that led former Lawrence High standout Dorian Green to Fort Collins, Colo., where he became what Medved regards a Top 10 player in CSU history. During his four seasons at Colorado State, Green appeared in a school-record 130 games and was a key starter on back-to-back ...