WRITER: Matt Tait

Jalon Daniels' status as Kansas football's starting QB is a significant part of the program's rebuilding efforts

On Wednesday morning, at the indoor practice facility adjacent to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, KU football coach Lance Leipold jokingly shouted to media members in attendance that junior Jalon Daniels was the team’s quarterback. It came off as a joke because Leipold had basically said as much one day earlier. But the declaration is no laughing matter for Kansas fans, who have become accustomed to ...

Why, and how, new Kansas basketball commitment Chris Johnson reminds me of a current Jayhawk

I have yet to see [new KU commitment Chris Johnson][1] play basketball in person, but watching his highlight clips showed me everything I needed to know. Johnson is the guard version of current Kansas forward Jalen Wilson. Big, physical, tough and fearless, Johnson plays a brand of basketball that is similar to the way Wilson plays. Give him another couple inches and 30 pounds and you might think you’re ...

All signs pointed to Kansas for 4-star combo guard Chris Johnson

Long before new Kansas basketball commitment Chris Johnson could drive, former Texas Longhorns star T.J. Ford would pick him up and take him to whatever gym he needed to go to. The two are from the same neighborhood in the Houston area, and Ford, who has long been a basketball mentor for young hoopers in his home state through his T.J. Ford Basketball Academy, always wanted to make sure he did whatever he ...

Kansas strength coach reminds Jayhawks, 'Nobody came here to play weightlifting'

For months, Kansas football strength coach Matt Gildersleeve pushed the Jayhawks to dig deep for every rep, throw up as much weight as they could and sculpt their bodies into athletic specimens. So it goes during the college football offseason. With that being the goal of the past eight months, however, Gildersleeve recently decided that the Jayhawks could use a little reminder about what they’re here ...

4-star combo guard Chris Johnson picks Kansas

The University of Kansas men’s basketball program landed its first oral commitment in the 2023 recruiting class on Tuesday evening, when four-star prospect Chris Johnson announced his plans to attend KU. Ranked No. 33 overall in his class by the 247 Sports composite rankings, Johnson, of Montverde Academy in Florida, made his announcement in front of a group of friends, family members and supporters. ...

Big 12, BIG EAST extend annual college hoops series

The Big 12 Conference on Monday announced a two-year extension of its college basketball clash with the BIG EAST. The scheduling alliance, dubbed the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle, has been in effect since the 2019-20 season and now will run through the 2024-25 season. Both conferences have added schools since the initial agreement was signed and, as a result, the extension also will increase the number of games ...