KU Women’s Basketball

March Madness tournaments will expand to 76 teams each starting next season

The NCAA announced Thursday that it will expand its two March Madness tournaments by eight teams each next season, a long-expected move that will drop more games into the first week of the highly popular and lucrative showcase without substantially changing its overall form. The new, 76-team ...

KU women’s basketball adds Southern transfer Cunningham

The Kansas women’s basketball team continues to fill out its roster, and on Wednesday afternoon it earned the commitment of Mykayla “Kayos” Cunningham, a 5-foot-10 guard who most recently played at Southern. For the Jaguars, who reached the NCAA Tournament and won a First Four game ...

Schneider hires pair of veteran assistants

Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider announced the hirings of two new assistants on Friday morning: Jerise Freeman and Jayci Stone. Both are Kansans with power-conference coaching experience. They replace Morgan Paige, who was recently hired as the head coach at Loyola-Chicago, ...

Colorado transfer Gooden signs with KU women’s basketball

The Kansas women’s basketball team earned its second transfer commitment of the offseason, this time from within the Big 12. Former Colorado guard Erianna Gooden signed with KU, the team announced on social media on Thursday afternoon. Gooden is a 6-foot point guard from Fort Smith, ...

KU women’s basketball signs Xavier transfer Noel

The Kansas women’s basketball team has locked in its first commitment out of the transfer portal. Mariyah Noel, a 5-foot-11 guard who most recently played at Xavier, signed with the Jayhawks on Wednesday, the team announced. She is coming off a highly productive season with the Musketeers ...

Two KU women’s basketball guards will enter portal

Kansas women’s basketball guards Laia Conesa and Keeley Parks are entering the transfer portal. Conesa went into the portal on Monday, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed. The 5-foot-11 guard from Barcelona, Spain, averaged 3.7 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 20.0 minutes per game ...