KU Men’s Basketball

At Draft Combine, Peterson says he has regained pre-college level of athleticism

Darryn Peterson’s lone season at Kansas already feels like it was “so long ago,” the guard told reporters on Wednesday. Indeed, he’s had a busy couple of months since the Jayhawks lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, and in particular a busy week at the NBA Draft Combine in ...

Prep school wing Richmond commits to KU

The Kansas men’s basketball team continues to round out its roster and on Saturday earned the commitment of 6-foot-8 wing Atticus Richmond. Richmond spent a postgraduate year in prep school at The Newman School in Boston, where according to MaxPreps he averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds ...

Former Jayhawk Taylor has grown presence in Lawrence basketball scene

From 2008 to 2012, Tyshawn Taylor helped lead Kansas basketball to Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles and an NCAA championship, but little did he know that basketball would lead him back to Lawrence years later in a different capacity. After stints in the NBA and overseas, Taylor ...

Reeves will be out ‘most of summer’ after labrum surgery

New Kansas signee Christian Reeves played through a shoulder injury throughout his lone season at Charleston, as KU coach Bill Self noted in announcing his signing on May 1. The 7-foot-2, 255-pound transfer center was still productive for the Cougars, posting 11.1 points and 7.8 rebounds per ...

March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season

The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a long-expected move that will drop more games into the first week of the highly popular and lucrative showcase without substantially changing its overall form. The new, 76-team ...