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‘Options’ stand out to Self on 2024-25 roster

There was a time near the conclusion of the 2023-24 season when, as Kansas coach Bill Self put it, “That was not a very good team we were putting out there at the end.” The Jayhawks were thin from the start of the year but at one point were even missing both of their top two scorers, Kevin ...

Injury questions persist for KU out of bye week

Time will tell if Kansas' first bye week of the season helped cure its on-field ills, but in the near term, it may not have done enough for the Jayhawks' physical health. Asked how much the bye week helped injured players get back into action, Leipold said, "Not as much as I had hoped yet ...

KU men’s basketball selected preseason No. 1

For the second season in a row and the fifth overall, the Kansas men’s basketball team will begin the year ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press’ Top 25 poll. The Jayhawks, who received exactly half of the first-place votes from the 60-member panel, will look to convert that mark into a ...

Preps Notebook: Free State to send two players to state tennis tournament

Free State singles players Cami Lee and Annie Pilakowski earned their spot at the state tennis tournament after both placed in the top six of the regional tennis tournament on Thursday. Lee and Pilakowski, both juniors, placed fifth and sixth, respectively, after entering the tournament with ...

KU soccer hosts final home game ahead of push for Big 12 tournament

As Kansas coach Nate Lie put it on Thursday, after his Jayhawks battled back twice to earn a hard-won 2-2 draw against BYU, "A tie is nothing to celebrate." Lie, in a press release, praised his team's effort and resilience, particularly after it had struggled in a 3-0 home loss to Oklahoma ...

Bye-week breakdown: How KU’s defensive players are faring this year

During the first few weeks of the college football season, the popular narrative about Kansas and its early-season struggles was that new coordinator Jeff Grimes, Jalon Daniels and the offense were letting down a resurgent, high-intensity, physical KU defense. That storyline got twisted on ...