Darryn Peterson looked every bit like a possible No. 1 overall NBA draft pick as a Kansas freshman — when he was on the court. The 6-foot-5, 199-pound combo guard averaged 20.2 points but missed 11 games with a variety of injuries and illnesses. He headlines a position featuring freshman ...

With a week to go until the 2026 NBA Draft, the longstanding debate between AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson for the No. 1 overall pick — one that has raged since even before either player experienced a minute of college basketball — has not yet firmly been resolved. While Dybantsa, a ...

Former Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. became an NBA champion on Saturday night. With the New York Knicks winning the title — their first since 1973 — so too did McCullar, a second-year pro who is the 17th Jayhawk in KU history to earn the honor, and the first ever to do so as a member of ...

While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen ...

The Kansas men’s and women’s basketball teams learned their league opponents for the 2026-27 season when the Big 12 released its scheduling matrices on Thursday. The conference’s full schedules, complete with dates and times, are expected this fall. The men’s team will take on Baylor, ...

Javon Bardwell, a five-star prospect in the class of 2027 who committed to KU back in October, has impressed overseas of late. Playing for a 3SSB Select squad as part of the Adidas Eurocamp in Treviso, Italy, Bardwell earned a spot on the event’s all-tournament team. The 6-foot-6 wing began ...