KU Women’s Basketball

KU women’s basketball earns commitment from guard Ernstes

The Kansas women’s basketball team earned its first commitment of the 2026 recruiting cycle on Thursday night, as Mollie Ernstes, a guard from North Vernon, Indiana, announced on Instagram that she will join the Jayhawks next season. The 6-foot Ernstes averaged 22.1 points and 6.3 rebounds ...

Women’s basketball notebook: KU appreciating added length, depth

As Kansas’ point guard, standing 6 feet tall, S’Mya Nichols has for a while taken on the unenviable task of guarding opposing teams’ power forwards. What she calls her most important area for improvement this offseason, however, will be defending against quick and shifty opposing ...

If KU’s highly touted freshmen need guidance, Nichols can provide it

Kansas guard S’Mya Nichols was looking to begin the next stage of her college career when she kicked off her search for a place to live off campus during the 2025-26 season. But a feeling kept nagging at her “deeper down.” Interaction with upperclassmen — yes, including her, now that ...

The next front: A look back at big moments in the women’s basketball Border War

With the football edition of Kansas-Missouri in the rearview mirror, next up is another sport in which meetings between the two schools have been few and far between. The KU and MU women’s basketball teams, who have plenty of history of their own dating back to the 1970s, will rekindle their ...

Big 12 adopts player availability reports for football and basketball

The Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday afternoon that its schools will soon be required to publish information about player availability. Big 12 teams will provide availability reports, to be published on the conference's website, ahead of league games for football, men’s basketball ...