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 ...
SAN DIEGO — It took an additional year, but Kansas and St. John’s are set to meet in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. A year after KU’s first-round exit with a loss to Arkansas in Providence, Rhode Island, deprived the 2025 postseason of a battle between legendary head coaches ...
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 ...
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 ...
SAN DIEGO — The fourth-seeded Kansas men’s basketball team escaped No. 13 seed Cal Baptist in the Lancers’ NCAA Tournament debut, as the Jayhawks earned a 68-60 win at Viejas Arena to advance to the Round of 32. “They say survive and advance," KU coach Bill Self said. "And that's what ...