KU Men’s Basketball

Plenty at stake as KU hosts Houston off loss

Kansas’ first home loss of the season, 61-56 to UConn on Dec. 2, stuck with fifth-year senior guard Melvin Council Jr. to the point that he had it on his mind when he helped will the Jayhawks to victory over Arizona two months later. To lose at home, Council said on Saturday — after KU’s ...

No. 8 KU suffers resounding home loss to red-hot Cincinnati

An uneasy and abnormally quiet Allen Fieldhouse crowd roared to life for a moment when Elmarko Jackson tied Saturday’s game at 49 with 12 minutes to go. Jackson had two chances to ratchet the noise up to another level, and put game pressure on Cincinnati, but missed a pull-up 3 and then ...

KU projected as No. 3 seed, No. 10 overall, in NCAA bracket preview

The NCAA men’s basketball committee projected Kansas as a No. 3 seed in its bracket preview show on Saturday morning. The program, which aired on CBS on Saturday morning, includes a ranking of the top 16 teams in the country — in other words, the No. 1 through No. 4 seeds with three weeks ...

Self explains how Peterson can quiet national criticism: ‘Play. Finish.’

The events of Wednesday night, when Kansas’ star guard Darryn Peterson exited a road win at Oklahoma State less than three minutes into the second half due to the latest resurgence of his cramping issues, exposed Peterson to the most thorough national backlash he has faced all ...