KU Men’s Basketball

KU men’s basketball adds walk-on from Wichita

The Kansas men's basketball program fleshed out the back end of its roster a bit more on Tuesday when it earned a commitment from Will Thengvall, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound guard from Wichita's Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School who will serve as a walk-on for next year's Jayhawks, per multiple ...

Former Jayhawk Yesufu returns to Big 12

A former Kansas reserve will have the opportunity to face off against the Jayhawks next season. Joe Yesufu, a 6-foot guard from Bolingbrook, Illinois, who was a member of KU's 2021-22 national championship team and started three games the following season, announced Sunday night that he is ...

Reports: Kugel won’t attend KU

Florida transfer wing Riley Kugel will not attend Kansas, according to multiple reports Wednesday afternoon. Matt Norlander of CBS Sports was first to report the news, which follows a comment by KU coach Bill Self in an interview with the NCAA Monday about the prospect of the long-committed ...

Defensive improvement, offensive consistency could be key for Dickinson and Storr

Kansas “caught a break” by getting Hunter Dickinson back for a fifth season, as head coach Bill Self put it Monday. Even though he hasn’t been a marquee professional prospect, the second-team All-American center already played four accomplished seasons in college, went through ...

Manning added to Colorado basketball staff

Kansas legend Danny Manning will be back in the Big 12 Conference next season. Manning has been hired as an assistant coach at Colorado, where his former KU teammate Tad Boyle is the head coach. The school announced the news Tuesday morning. "I'm very excited to join coach Boyle's staff," ...

‘Up in the air’ whether Kugel will come to KU, Self says

The Kansas men's basketball staff began what turned out to be an impressive run in the transfer portal back on March 31 when it earned the commitment of former Florida wing Riley Kugel. KU went on to earn commitments from — and, importantly, sign to financial aid agreements — guard Zeke ...