KU Men’s Basketball

Preview: KU opens season against Fordham

The Kansas men’s basketball team learned quite a bit about its makeup in exhibition games against Louisville and Duke, even as neither went its way. “For me personally, I view both those teams as national championship contenders,” center Christian Reeves said. “... I think we fought. I ...

Will Kaufman-Renn make KU debut on Monday? Self weighs in

Former Purdue forward Trey Kaufman-Renn is the newest member of the Kansas men’s basketball team, having arrived on Oct. 18 after obtaining a preliminary injunction in Clark County, Indiana, for another year of eligibility. But Kaufman-Renn didn’t appear in either of KU’s exhibition ...

How good can Stokes become? Much better than what he’s shown already, Self says

The Kansas men’s basketball program only acknowledges seven triple-doubles. Kevin McCullar Jr. is responsible for two of them in consecutive games early in the 2023-24 season; before him were Jeff Withey (2012) and Cole Aldrich (2009); Wilt Chamberlain gets credit for a couple unofficial ...

Perry earns positive reviews after extended action against Duke

The Kansas men’s basketball team couldn’t deliver freshman wing Trent Perry an exhibition win over Duke for his birthday on Sunday, but it did give him some sort of gift: 14 minutes of game time in which to prove his worth. During that playing time, which encompassed some of KU’s most ...

KU’s small-ball lineup gets trial by fire in Duke exhibition

Kansas coach Bill Self said on Oct. 15 that the Jayhawks hadn’t practiced playing small yet — that is, for this year’s team, deploying 6-foot-9 forward Keanu Dawes as an undersized center with Tyran Stokes at power forward. Even prior to Sunday, Dawes said, KU still hadn’t spent much ...