KU Men’s Basketball

17th annual Roundball Classic featured firsts on and off the court

As organizers of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic continue to stress, the event’s focus will always be on children battling cancer, and indeed it featured six primary beneficiaries in Thursday night’s edition. But in its 17th year, the event expanded for the first time to benefit a parent ...

3 Jayhawk rookies, 2 returnees set for NBA Summer League

With all 30 rosters released for the 2025 edition of the NBA Summer League, the full complement of rookies and sophomores from KU is now set to participate in this year’s competition. Returnees Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. and newcomers Hunter Dickinson, Dajuan Harris Jr. and Zeke ...

TBT announces Mayo will join KU alumni following Summer League

The Basketball Tournament announced on Monday morning that Zeke Mayo will join the Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops "once his summer league obligations are complete." Mayo, a Lawrence native who played for KU during the 2024-25 season, is currently set to join the Washington Wizards for the NBA ...

Shelby enters portal

Kansas guard Noah Shelby has entered the transfer portal on Monday after one season with the program, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World. Shelby, listed as an invited walk-on on KU's roster, is a former high-level recruit — the No. 14 point guard on Rivals and No. 17 ...

Roundball Classic returns for 17th year with new and familiar philanthropic efforts

As event organizer Brian Hanni, the broadcasting voice of the Jayhawks, puts it, an event like the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic could only really happen at Kansas because of the wide-ranging pool of basketball players available and the high character of those players. “That’s a huge, huge ...