WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas guard Holly Kersgieter joins teammates in announcing return to KU for super-senior season

The Kansas women’s basketball team’s starting five from the 2022-23 season is officially returning for an encore. The picture became complete Saturday morning, when senior guard Holly Kersgieter announced on social media that she would be back for her super-senior season. With underclassmen Wyvette Mayberry and Chandler Prater already planning to return, the Jayhawks learned this week that the three ...

KU women's basketball's leading scorer Franklin returning, injured forward Chatzileonti entering transfer portal

The Kansas women’s basketball program received good news from another key starter this week, when senior guard Zakiyah Franklin announced her plans to return to KU for her super-senior season. Franklin, who led the Jayhawks in scoring this season while earning all-Big 12 first-team honors and a spot on the WNIT’s all-tournament team, announced her plans on Instagram, with a post that included a graphic, ...

Highlights from Thursday's Kansas basketball banquet

On Wednesday, Kansas fans across the country got to hear from KU basketball coach Bill Self, who met with the media for the first time since March 8 to provide an update on his health and the KU basketball roster. At Thursday’s Kansas men’s basketball banquet, several KU supporters got to see Self in person. And while Thursday’s annual banquet, held at the Burge Union adjacent to Allen Fieldhouse, was ...

Friday night's Spring Showcase the perfect way for Kansas football to put the final touches on a successful spring

Their starting center was in the press box serving as a guest analyst on the radio broadcast, the scoreboard read 13-0 at the final horn even though at least six touchdowns were scored and the Kansas football team wore three different uniforms at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on Friday night. A normal spring game this was not, but that did not mean the Jayhawks did not get something out of their final ...

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self to Kevin McCullar Jr.: 'I want you back'

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has never been one to openly campaign for players with eligibility remaining to return to KU for another season. And, technically, he didn’t exactly do that on Thursday night at the annual team banquet. But the Hall of Fame coach did make it known to senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. that he has a spot at Kansas if he wants to stay in college. “I want you back,” Self ...

Kansas football hoping to feature a mix of physicality and fun during Friday's Spring Showcase

Kansas football coach Lance Leipold has said on numerous occasions throughout the past few weeks that this year’s spring practices have been as physical as any he’s ever been a part of. In many ways, that was by design. Leipold and his assistant coaches talked heading into the offseason about turning up the intensity early and using the edge that comes with it to improve as a program faster than in years ...