KU Women’s Basketball

14-team Big 12 will yield one odd year of scheduling

The Big 12 Conference has for years neither been especially big nor contained 12 schools. From 2012 until now it survived with just 10, a number that made it one of the smallest leagues in the Football Bowl Subdivision. As a result of a move nearly two years in the making, however, it will ...

Star recruit Nichols unbothered by pressure as she arrives at KU

More than four years ago, Kansas women’s basketball found itself mired in a string of losing seasons, and head coach Brandon Schneider offered a scholarship to a promising player from Overland Park who wasn’t even in high school yet. Now, the Jayhawks have reached the NCAA Tournament and ...

Dramatic Roundball Classic ends in sudden-death free-throw contest

The two most exhilarating moments of Thursday night’s Rock Chalk Roundball Classic at Free State High School came immediately before and after the final whistle. First, four of the six beneficiaries of the charity basketball game — the 15th annual installment of the event, founded by ...

PHOTOS: Governor honors Kansas women’s basketball for WNIT victory

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the state Legislature honored the WNIT-winning University of Kansas women's basketball team on Thursday at the Statehouse in Topeka. The Jayhawks won the WNIT title with a 66-59 victory over Columbia earlier this month at Allen Fieldhouse.