KU Men’s Basketball

Reports: KU to face Notre Dame, Syracuse in Players Era tournament

Updated 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2025: Two of Kansas' three opponents for the Players Era Festival basketball tournament during Thanksgiving week were revealed by multiple reports on Tuesday, after a participating school published and then deleted the event schedule on Monday night. According ...

KU and K-State alumni teams will again host pre-TBT scrimmage

JHX Hoops, the Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament, and Purple Reign, its Kansas State counterpart, have announced that they will face off in a scrimmage prior to the start of TBT. The game, which the teams are promoting as the second annual Wheat State Summer Showdown, is set for ...

Which Jayhawks do experts think could be selected in the 2026 NBA Draft?

The 2025 NBA Draft wrapped up on Thursday evening, and no Kansas players were selected, just the third time since 2010 that a Jayhawk’s name hasn’t been called. That doesn’t mean, of course, that the outgoing KU seniors won’t receive decent opportunities to make in the NBA. Hunter ...

Why is Frank Mason playing for a Syracuse alumni team in TBT?

Updated 11:52 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2025: This summer, Kansas fans will have to reckon with the uncomfortable reality of seeing one of the greatest Jayhawks ever wearing another college team’s colors. The Basketball Tournament on Wednesday morning announced what it called “A HUGE TBT ...

It took some time, but the vision for KU’s 2025-26 roster is now becoming clear

Whatever pent-up anxiety Kansas basketball fans might have felt about KU actually fielding a full, competitive team — anxiety that might have been eating away at them for weeks prior to Tuesday's and Wednesday’s significant commitments — they can finally breathe easy. It took a month ...

KU adds international big man Mbiya

Updated 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2025: The Kansas men's basketball team's long search for a backup big man has resulted in a significant signing. Paul Mbiya, a 6-foot-11, 260-pound center from Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is joining KU. Head coach Bill Self announced ...