WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas freshman Zsofia Telegdy steps up in big moment during latest WNIT win

Kansas freshman Zsofia Telegdy didn’t realize quite how big her 3-pointer in Wednesday’s win over Washington actually was until long after the game. And, in reality, given the fact that the Jayhawks went on to drub Washington by 25 points, a bucket that delivered three points midway through the first quarter does not exactly jump out as huge in the big picture. But it was at the time and it played a key ...

Spring football notebook: KU QB Jalon Daniels 'full go' and several Jayhawks faster than ever

While watching Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels during spring practices, you really can’t tell that he missed time with a significant shoulder injury last season. He looks strong, confident, mobile and accurate. He feels good, too. “I’m just going out there to take all the reps that they give me,” Daniels said after spring practice No. 11 on a warm Thursday morning. “My amount of reps is on the ...

KU clobbers Washington 61-36 to reach WNIT title game

After a sluggish start to Wednesday’s WNIT semifinal game against Washington at Allen Fieldhouse, the Kansas women’s basketball team woke up with a vengeance. Riding the fire of a team that wanted to erase its slow start and the determination of a team that had decided to beat its opponent as badly as possible even though the outcome was basically decided by halftime, the Jayhawks rolled to a 61-36 victory ...

Kansas guard MJ Rice becomes 5th member of 2022-23 roster to enter transfer portal

Kansas freshman MJ Rice has become the fifth member of the 2022-23 KU men's hoops team to enter the transfer portal, a Kansas Athletics official confirmed to the Journal-World on Wednesday afternoon. Jason Jordan, the Director of Basketball Recruiting for Sports Illustrated, was the first to report Rice’s intention to enter the portal on Wednesday. Rice joins Cam Martin, Bobby Pettiford, Zach Clemence and ...

WNIT Notebook: Jayhawks 'emotional' over support from large home crowd

There were at least a dozen reasons for the Kansas women’s basketball team to absolutely love the rocking home environment they played in front of during Wednesday’s 61-36 win over Washington in the WNIT semifinals at Allen Fieldhouse. But the one KU coach Brandon Schneider liked the most came when the crowd booed what it thought was a bad call with the Jayhawks rolling and up by 25 points late in the ...

KU women hoping WNIT run leads to new interest in program and bigger, better days ahead

Long before the first game of the WNIT tipped off a couple of weeks ago, Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider believed his team was ready for a run. Although the Jayhawks only had a couple of days to get over their disappointment of being left out of the NCAA Tournament, Schneider saw his team regroup quickly and move forward with a new face. The reason was simple, and so was his message to ...