KU Men’s Basketball

KU completes stunning comeback to beat TCU 104-100 in overtime

Kansas trailed by as many as 16 points on Tuesday night, including by 13 with four minutes to go, but completed a wild comeback to beat TCU in overtime, 104-100, at Allen Fieldhouse. KU guard Darryn Peterson came back from another late-game absence to hit three free throws and tie the game ...

Preview: KU looks to bounce back against TCU

The Kansas men’s basketball team, which features just three players who had played Big 12 minutes prior to this season, has already gotten a taste of just how difficult it can be to win in the conference. The Jayhawks’ league opener at UCF on Saturday didn’t go according to plan, as star ...

This day in Jayhawk history: 10 years ago, 3 overtimes

The game lasted 55 action-packed minutes, but one of its lasting images manifested itself well after the final buzzer. When Oklahoma guard Buddy Hield, fresh off one of the greatest performances ever recorded by a Kansas opponent at Allen Fieldhouse, concluded his postgame interview on the ...

Longtime KU academic adviser ‘Scooter’ Ward dies

Updated 10:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026: Scott “Scooter” Ward, an esteemed longtime academic adviser who most recently served as KU Athletics’ director of peak performance and leadership, died on Saturday, his wife Robin wrote in a post on Facebook. He was 59. “This man — Scott ...

‘We’ve got to have that to be good’: KU doesn’t produce in post against UCF

Orlando, Fla. — As much as Kansas may have missed Darryn Peterson’s production in the second half of Saturday’s 81-75 upset loss at UCF, Melvin Council Jr. picked up the slack quite effectively. The fifth-year senior transfer from St. Bonaventure didn’t necessarily make it look as easy ...

No. 17 KU falls short at UCF, 81-75

Orlando, Fla. — Darryn Peterson scored 23 points in the first half and Melvin Council Jr. added 20 in the second as Peterson spent the final minutes on the bench, but the 17th-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team’s comeback attempt fell short in an 81-75 loss at UCF on Saturday ...