KU Men’s Basketball

KU eliminated by St. John’s on buzzer-beater

SAN DIEGO — On a day when it committed 16 sloppy turnovers and let modest but unspectacular 3-point shooting team St. John’s convert 11 3s on a season-high 35 attempts, Kansas still found a way to give itself a chance in the final minutes. Darryn Peterson evened the score with two free ...

St. John’s forward is getting ready for his 6th career game against Kansas

SAN DIEGO — The player most familiar with Kansas on the St. John’s roster is quite clearly Zuby Ejiofor. That’s not a surprise. Ejiofor played for the Jayhawks as a freshman during the 2022-23 season, transferred out in search of greater opportunities elsewhere and has since blossomed ...

Notebook: Peterson made history in tournament debut

SAN DIEGO — In the process of carrying Kansas to a too-close-for-comfort victory over Cal Baptist on Friday night at Viejas Arena, freshman guard Darryn Peterson set some records. His 28 points, which he earned on 11-for-24 shooting with four 3s, were the most ever scored by a KU freshman in ...

Mbiya, an unlikely ‘second-best player,’ delivered in KU’s first-round win

SAN DIEGO — It took just two weeks for one of Kansas head coach Bill Self’s senior-day proclamations to bear fruit. After freshman forward Paul Mbiya threw down a couple of dunks on March 7 in the Jayhawks’ dominant home win over Kansas State, Self declared that Mbiya — the 7-foot ...