Kansas guard Kyle Cuffe Jr. suffered a knee injury during Saturday’s practice and will be out an extended period of time. According to acting KU coach Norm Roberts, Cuffe tore his MCL and PCL ligaments while running up the court in practice. Roberts said it was a non-contact injury and that Cuffe is expected to be able to return to basketball activities in 10-12 weeks. “Doctors are really, really ...
Seventh-ranked Duke steamrolled South Carolina Upstate, 84-38, on Friday night, to set up a Champions Classic showdown with No. 5 Kansas next week that will feature a pair of blue bloods that sit at 2-0 on the season. All four games have been blowouts, and no one on either side is expecting that trend to continue next Tuesday night, when KU and Duke meet up at 8:30 p.m. at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in ...
It’s still early in the 2022-23 college basketball season, yet Kansas fans already have seen KU freshmen Gradey Dick and MJ Rice make pretty memorable college debuts in back to back games. Both players used the word “dream” when describing their first games as Jayhawks, and both had a big impact on the Jayhawks’ wins over [Omaha][1] and [North Dakota State.][2] “I’ve been dreaming about this for ...
It’s been a while since anyone’s had to take a real look at how the Kansas football program could earn its way into the Big 12 Championship game. But that time is here. And it’s real. It’s also pretty simple. I’ll give you a minute to catch your breath and take a seat if you need to. At 3-3 in the Big 12, KU currently sits one game behind K-State, Baylor and Texas for second place. All three of ...
There are a dozen ways to evaluate Kansas quarterback Jason Bean’s impact on this offense and why he has been able to keep KU afloat after starter Jalon Daniels went down with a shoulder injury midway through Game No. 6. But the best indicator of who Bean is and why this has worked is a story he shared Tuesday about his jersey number. After wearing No. 17 during his first season with the Jayhawks in 2021, ...
The plan for the fifth-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team against North Dakota State’s quality big men on Thursday night was to make their heads spin before they got set. Boy, did it work. In a game that was all but over 10 minutes into the first half, Kansas overwhelmed NDSU 82-59, winning the first half 48-19 to set the tone for the run-away victory. “Speed makes size do funny things,” acting KU ...