The Big 12 Conference has agreed to engage in discussions with its primary television partners, ESPN and FOX, more than 18 months earlier than expected. ESPN.com’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the news, and the Big 12 followed up with the following statement from first-year commissioner Brett Yormark. “It is an exciting time for college athletics and given the changing landscape we welcome the ...
The NCAA on Wednesday voted to discontinue the Independent Accountability Resolutions Process, a largely failed infractions experiment that led to more headaches than resolutions. The vote to eliminate the IARP path was part of a big-picture overhaul of the NCAA’s infractions process, and the most relevant to those associated with the Kansas basketball program, which is still awaiting a ruling in its ...
Updated at 1:22 p.m. The Kansas football program has added a nonconference road game at Nevada to its 2023 schedule to replace a home game with Houston, KU announced Tuesday morning. The move, which was first reported by the Journal-World, is tied to Houston joining the Big 12 Conference in 2023. KU will play at Nevada on Sept. 16, 2023, and the Wolf Pack will return the game and play at Kansas during the ...
The first thing you notice about new Kansas wide receiver Doug Emilien when you meet him are his hands. You might think it would be his hair or the South Florida swagger or even his sincere smile. But it’s his hands. And a simple handshake upon introduction is all it takes for you to notice. The grip says it all. Emilien has high hopes for his first season with the Jayhawks, a fresh start in college ...
Still without a team for the 2022-23 basketball season, former Kansas guard Frank Mason III at least knows where he’ll be playing next month. USA Basketball recently announced that Mason was one of 12 players named to Team USA for the upcoming FIBA AmeriCup tournament in Recife, Brazil. The event features 12 teams from North and South America competing in both group play and a tournament at the end. Mason, ...
If you look at the numbers from ESPN’s Football Power Index, KU’s chances of winning a bunch of football games this fall aren’t great. According to the index, KU has a better than 50% chance of winning just two games — 97.1% vs. Tennessee Tech and 57.5% vs. Duke — and a 14.3% chance or less of winning nine games. That includes three games where KU’s win percentage probability is in single digits ...