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Moore could be right addition at right time for Jayhawks

The Kansas men’s basketball team’s acquisition of Shakeel Moore did not arrive with the greatest fanfare. On3 ranked him as the 285th-best transfer in the portal. 247Sports gave him a comparatively generous ranking at 274th. For comparison, AJ Storr, arguably the jewel of the Jayhawks’ ...

KSHSAA board approves postseason changes for four sports

KSHSAA's executive board announced in a press release on Thursday several approved changes to postseason competition in football, basketball, track and field and wrestling from the board's meeting this week. Football's 2024 state championships will take place at three locations across the ...

The new Big 12: What to know about league’s four women’s basketball additions

At first glance, the colossal shift in the makeup of the Big 12 Conference for women’s basketball might seem like a boon to the teams remaining in the league. Oklahoma and Texas, which were the top two teams in the league last season — one won the regular-season title, the other the ...

Buford joins KU coaching staff as analyst

The Kansas men's basketball team is bringing back another familiar face to serve on its coaching staff. Chase Buford, who spent three seasons as a walk-on for Bill Self from 2007 to 2010, will now join Self as an analyst, KU announced Friday morning. Buford most recently served as the head ...

Charity, a proposal and NBA talent headline the 2024 Rock Chalk Roundball Classic

Very few basketball games are played to raise money for pediatric cancer treatment. Still fewer feature one assistant coach asking for another’s hand in marriage. Thursday night’s 16th annual edition of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, the charity game featuring former Kansas basketball ...

Former KU great Keith Langford reflects on a year of retirement

Keith Langford never had an issue with his identity being defined by his status as a basketball player. In his year of retirement since stepping away from a lengthy and decorated overseas professional career, though, Langford, 40, has swiftly developed a new identity: “glorified ...