Nine days shy of opening play in The Basketball Tournament event in Wichita with nine fellow KU alums, former Kansas forward Perry Ellis solidified his future on Tuesday. Ellis, who spent the early portion of his pro career playing in the NBA’s G League as well as overseas in Australia, ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program has found a taker for its 13th and final scholarship for the 2019-20 roster. Dajuan Harris, a fast-rising 3-star point guard who is destined to crack the top 100 and earn a 4-star rating from Rivals.com when the updated ratings are released, announced his ...
The MOKAN Elite AAU program won the star-studded Peach Jam AAU tournament in Georgia over the weekend and a current KU target was one of the team’s stars. [Dajuan Harris, a 3-star point guard out of Columbia’s Rock Bridge High,][1] who Rivals.com analysts have said is on the fast track to ...
As the NBA’s Summer League in Las Vegas draws to a close, it’s time for one final look at how a few former Jayhawks fared. For the past two weeks, nearly a dozen players who once suited up for Bill Self tried to put their best feet forward to catch the eye of NBA teams in time to earn a ...
Two years ago, Kansas point guard Frank Mason III was on top of the basketball world, sitting as the reigning college player of the year and just a couple of weeks removed from being drafted into the NBA with the No. 34 overall pick by the Sacramento Kings. Today, Mason, who has been dealing ...
One of the fastest rising players in the Class of 2020 appears to have caught the attention of the Kansas basketball program. Dajuan Harris, a 6-foot-1 point guard from Columbia’s Rock Bridge High, revealed Tuesday on Twitter that he had received a scholarship offer from Kansas. Harris, a ...
It’s been a little more than a month since Kansas [freshman Devon Dotson made the big announcement that he was returning to KU for his sophomore season.][1] And given just how massive that news is for the 2019-20 Kansas basketball program, it’s worth celebrating it the way junior high ...
Ten former Jayhawks are now just two weeks away from returning to the court in crimson and blue. Self Made, a 10-man team put together by former KU guard Elijah Johnson for a run at the $2 million prize in this year’s edition of The Tournament, is putting the final touches on their plans ...
Former Kansas Jayhawk Svi Mykhailiuk is at it again out in Las Vegas. After shining with the Los Angeles Lakers’ Summer League squad in 2018, Mykhailiuk found a similar groove with his new team, the Detroit Pistons, over the weekend. Showing steady feel and rising confidence, Mykhailiuk ...
According to his Twitter account, Class of 2020 Kansas basketball target Bryce Thompson is headed to training camp for the USA Basketball Junior National Team. That fact is only going to add fuel to his fast-rising recruitment, which already includes KU and North Carolina and figures to reach ...
With the NBA’s Summer League now under way, it’s time to take a look at the handful of former Kansas Jayhawks competing for various NBA teams this month. The list includes several well-known names from KU’s recent past and features players in a variety of positions with the teams ...
Kansas sophomore Ochai Agbaji had the rare advantage of a little history with one of the Jayhawks’ four incoming freshmen at his disposal when the newcomers reported to campus in June. But that did not keep Christian Braun from surprising his former AAU teammate — both played for MoKan ...
If you follow the NBA at all, whether for the superstars and sensational storylines or the former Jayhawks scattered throughout the league, you surely know by now that some pretty big things went down on Sunday evening. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to Brooklyn. Kemba Walker to Boston. Al ...
With his stint on team “Self Made” set for late July, former Kansas big man Landen Lucas found something to keep him busy during the early portion of the month that also will help whip him back into playing shape. Lucas on Saturday announced on Twitter that he will join the Atlanta ...
Former Kansas guard Quentin Grimes has found a new home. The one-time 5-star prospect who started all 36 games for the Jayhawks during his freshman season in 2018-19 announced on Twitter Thursday that he was transferring to the University of Houston to continue his playing career. The UH ...
Now that the Kansas men’s basketball program has figured out a way to fill up its 2019 recruiting class, the KU coaches can spend their time focusing on what comes next. Although the big-picture answer to that question remains up in the air, the more immediate focus is clear. And it started ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program on Thursday afternoon announced Friday, Oct. 4 as the date for this year’s Late Night in the Phog at Allen Fieldhouse. This year’s event will be the 35th annual Late Night extravaganza that annually kicks off another season of Kansas basketball. As ...
Former Kansas guard Lagerald Vick is getting his shot in the NBA. Vick, who had an up-and-down, four-year career at KU, both on and off the court, has agreed to join the Houston Rockets’ Summer League squad, according to a report from Ian Begley, who covers the Knicks, Nets and NBA for SNY ...
Former lottery pick Thomas Robinson is eyeing a return to the NBA this summer. Robinson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft, has agreed to join the San Antonio Spurs’ Summer League roster in Las Vegas, according to Twitter account @HoopsRumors. The 28-year-old former KU ...
Back in his hometown of Peoria, Ill., for a charity golf event this week, Kansas basketball assistant Jerrance Howard was in Chicago over the weekend and he caught up with a couple of Jayhawks past and present. As luck would have it, the two were actually working out together, making it even ...