KU Men’s Basketball

NBA Draft awaits with Peterson poised to become highest-drafted Jayhawk since 2014

The NBA Draft has arrived at last, and it will soon be revealed whether former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson becomes the first Jayhawk selected No. 1 overall since Andrew Wiggins in 2014, or merely the highest-drafted Jayhawk since Wiggins. The debate between Peterson and former BYU forward AJ ...

Could Peterson still go No. 1? A look at recent NBA mock drafts

With a week to go until the 2026 NBA Draft, the longstanding debate between AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson for the No. 1 overall pick — one that has raged since even before either player experienced a minute of college basketball — has not yet firmly been resolved. While Dybantsa, a ...

McCullar wins NBA title as member of Knicks

Former Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. became an NBA champion on Saturday night. With the New York Knicks winning the title — their first since 1973 — so too did McCullar, a second-year pro who is the 17th Jayhawk in KU history to earn the honor, and the first ever to do so as a member of ...

A closer look at KU’s mid-major opponents

While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen ...

KU men’s, women’s basketball teams learn Big 12 opponents for 2026-27 season

The Kansas men’s and women’s basketball teams learned their league opponents for the 2026-27 season when the Big 12 released its scheduling matrices on Thursday. The conference’s full schedules, complete with dates and times, are expected this fall. The men’s team will take on Baylor, ...