LAWRENCE — It could be the most daunting non-conference schedule that KU coach Bill Self has ever encountered. Duke. Florida. Georgetown. And a month-long span without a game at Allen Fieldhouse in November and December.
When Kansas freshman Ben McLemore declared for the NBA Draft on April 9, he became just the third Jayhawk to leave school after just one season in Lawrence. (The others: Xavier Henry and Josh Selby)
The story goes that Kathy Hawkinson forced her son to take piano lessons during his first years of elementary school. She wanted her children to be well-rounded. And perhaps she didn’t realize that young Tanner would grow to be 6-foot-5 and more than 300 pounds.
In many ways, Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson represents exactly what Kansas coach Bill Self looks for in a player.
The Kansas basketball program landed Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson on Thursday, coach Bill Self said.
About midway through the afternoon session of the Kansas Relays, the video board at Memorial Stadium offered a reminder about the strength of the Jayhawks’ women’s track program.
T.J. Sparr was present when the players arrived on Friday for the 2013 Kansas Barnstorming Tour stop at Wichita East.
The most valued document in sports — basketball’s original rules authored by James Naismith — will have a permanent home at the University of Kansas, the school announced Wednesday.
Joe Dooley, the Kansas basketball assistant who struck recruiting gold for the Jayhawks on the East Coast, was announced Wednesday as the new head coach at Florida Gulf Coast University, which became a darling of the NCAA Tournament with its “Dunk City” nickname and became the first No. 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16.
The Kansas Relays arrive Wednesday for a four-day stay with the usual strong fields of athletes and incentive for fans of nostalgia.
When Kansas’ Tanner Hawkinson needed some advice on preparing for the NFL Draft, he knew just where to turn.
Kansas wide receiver Justin McCay’s last three football seasons included very little football competition.
You probably don’t need a refresher course on everything that’s gone wrong with the Kansas football program during the last four seasons. Coaching changes. Shoddy defense. Poor quarterback play. A toxic stew that has resulted in six victories in KU’s last 37 games.
Even four months later, with the Kansas football program basking in the glow of spring optimism, the statistic remains a telling wart from a 1-11 season.
After a debut season in which he set the Jayhawks’ freshman scoring record with 15.9 points per game, Ben McLemore announced Tuesday at a news conference that he will forgo his remaining three years of college eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self and freshman guard Ben McLemore will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse. McLemore is likely to announce whether he will declare for the NBA Draft
Kansas freshman guard Rio Adams is leaving the program after one season.
Ben McLemore began the season as an unknown quantity, a partial academic qualifier who was forced to sit out the 2011-12 season. More than five months later, McLemore, a redshirt freshman guard, is now Kansas’ all-time freshman scoring leader and a member of The Associated Press second-team All-America squad.
For the second year in a row, the Kansas women’s basketball team put together a Cinderella-like run in the NCAA tournament.
Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw said she knows Kansas’ Sweet 16 run in the NCAA Tournament has been good for a college game that suffers from underexposure and a lack of upsets.
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