TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has, for fleeting moments this season, demonstrated to head coach Bill Self that it can remain aggressive and cohesive while also giving star freshman Darryn Peterson opportunities to, well, be Darryn Peterson. There was the first half ...

TEMPE, Ariz. — After Kansas lost to Arizona on Saturday, in a game that verged on a blowout early before KU came back only to get blown out again, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the biggest area in which the Jayhawks need to improve is their toughness. “We can’t back down from ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Some teams could draw two early fouls on Kansas forward Bryson Tiller and not do all that much to improve their chances of winning. Tiller is a strong and steadily improving player, of course, and the Jayhawks are better with his scoring spark. But for Arizona — one of the ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team didn’t have Darryn Peterson when it beat Arizona in Lawrence, and on Saturday Peterson supplied 24 points to the cause as the Jayhawks battled the Wildcats again at the McKale Center. The problem this time for KU was how the rest of the ...

After Kansas beat Houston on Monday to bring itself into what eventually became a four-way tie for second place in the league standings, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the Jayhawks were focused on securing a double bye in the Big 12 tournament — that is, finishing as one of the league’s ...