The Big 12’s Most Improved Player award has only been around for a handful of years, but Kansas coach Bill Self has already resigned himself to the fact that KJ Adams Jr. is unlikely to claim the honor for the second consecutive year. That was a notion he disagreed with following KU’s 86-67 ...

The defensive matchup against Texas had looked like a massive test for Kansas. The Longhorns were bringing to Lawrence guard Max Abmas, a newly minted 3,000-point scorer in his career, one of just 12 men to reach that milestone — but not even the Longhorns’ top scorer of late, because they ...

Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas played the sort of game in which Parker Braun could mishandle a layup attempt off an errant lob pass, only for KJ Adams to corral Braun’s miss and make a contested close-range shot. It was the sort of game in which a 3-point attempt by Texas’ ...

After a week off, the Kansas men’s basketball team returned with a purpose during its 86-67 win over Texas on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks (21-6, 9-5 Big 12) remain undefeated at home this season. Despite being without Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas essentially controlled things ...

Both Kansas and Texas are likely a couple games behind where they expected to be at this point in the season. KU, the preseason No. 1 team in the country and early favorite to win the Big 12 Conference, is 8-5 in league play and will have to rely on help from Baylor against Houston and the ...