Minutes after his first season as head coach at the University of Kansas concluded, Les Miles obviously was not at all pleased with the Jayhawks’ finale, a 61-6 home loss to Baylor. “That’s not the way you wanted to see this team go out,” Miles said. Still, the head coach had a ...
A day that ended in frustration for everyone on the Kansas football roster began with a scene that the Jayhawks who played their final college game can look back upon more fondly. Head coach Les Miles and the program honored 23 seniors prior to kickoff at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium on ...
Senior Days are not supposed to look like this. In the final college football game for nearly two dozen Jayhawks on Saturday at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, the optimism and competitiveness that could be spotted during the highest points of head coach Les Miles’ first year on the job ...
You are what your record says you are. For Kansas, a 3-9 clip in Year 1 of the Les Miles era should be considered a step in the right direction. After all, it matches the best win total of any season by the Jayhawks this decade. And there were plenty of positive moments regarding the program ...
It was not the ending to the 2019 season that Kansas had hoped for. From start to finish, KU was overwhelmed in every aspect of its 61-6 loss to No. 11 Baylor Saturday afternoon at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The Jayhawks concluded Year 1 of the Les Miles era with a 3-9 record, which ...
With three players setting career-highs in scoring and two in rebounding, Kansas rolled past FAU for a 90-60 win to clinch first place in the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament in FAU Arena on Saturday. Sophomore guard Brooklyn Mitchell led the team in scoring with a career-high 23 points on 10-of-13 ...
Hutchinson — The Class 3A state championship game couldn’t have started any worse on Saturday for Perry-Lecompton. But overcoming early adversity is nothing new for the Kaws. Playing in its second state-championship game in school history, against established power Andale, Perry-Lecompton ...
In its final match of the season, the Kansas volleyball team fell to the West Virginia Mountaineers (25-20, 25-19, 25-22, 25-22, 15-8) in five sets. The Jayhawks captured the first two sets but were unable to close out the match on the road. The Jayhawks opened up the first set on fire and ...
Over the course of 12 games in three days, there were at least a few dozen plays at the Maui Invitational that made fans jump out of their seats. And many of those plays, be they big-time blocks or dunks, deep 3-pointers or high-flying plays in transition, will be remembered for a while. ...
Perry-Lecompton will be competing in its first state championship game in 11 years this afternoon. Entering the season, the goal for every football team is to be playing on the final weekend of the year. It is not always realistic, especially given how loaded Class 3A was this year. But the ...
Behind freshman guard Zakiyah Franklin’s career-high 19 points, Kansas came back to defeat Wright State, 74-63, in the opening game of the FAU Thanksgiving Tournament in FAU Arena on Friday. Franklin led the way in the scoring column, but sophomore guard Aniya Thomas (15) and freshman guard ...
Three wins. Two wins. One win. No wins. In a decade dominated by losses, those are the only season win totals the Kansas football program has known. And if the current Jayhawks who haven’t experienced the entirety of KU’s struggles firsthand didn’t already know, they now understand ...
— Kansas (3-8 overall, 1-7 Big 12) vs. No. 11 Baylor (10-1, 7-1) • 2:30 p.m. kickoff, David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium • Game-time forecast: 56 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • TV: ESPN • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live coverage ...
Every year for the past three-plus decades, the eight coaches competing at the Maui Invitational have expressed their gratitude over the opportunity to take a team to Maui. And this year certainly was no different. But for Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird, who last year for the first time in ...
Lahaina, Hawaii — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has one simple rule when it comes to ball handlers and this season’s Jayhawks. Regardless of the specific combination or the amount of time they play together, two of the KU trio of Devon Dotson, Ochai Agbaji and Marcus Garrett are to be ...
Perry-Lecompton junior Dawson Williams has been stopped by everybody within the community this week. Ever since Perry-Lecompton defeated Hayden in the semifinals, that has been the case for a lot of players. The community is buzzing with excitement, as the Kaws are playing in the state ...
Carter Stanley didn't have to play his final college season at the University of Kansas. At one point, the quarterback wasn't even sure he wanted to. Earlier this year, Stanley had just wrapped up his fourth spring in the KU football program. Weeks away from graduating, he wasn’t certain ...
Lahaina, Hawaii — The plan was for junior defensive stopper Marcus Garrett to spend most of Wednesday’s Maui Invitational title game guarding Dayton big man Obi Toppin. But then things went horribly wrong. Lauded for years for his defensive prowess and ability to guard multiple ...
It all changed for Perry-Lecompton quarterback William Welch following an 8-3 loss to Jefferson West on Oct. 11. The junior quarterback threw two interceptions and completed 11 of 23 passes for 90 yards, which made Welch take a hard look in the mirror. It wasn’t the start to the year that ...
Sending its veterans out on a high note, Kansas volleyball on Wednesday celebrated senior night with a 3-2 (25-14, 25-23, 25-22, 26-24, 15-12) victory over Iowa State. "Really happy for the resolve that these girls showed tonight and the plays they made down the stretch," KU coach Ray Bechard ...
