Former Jayhawk Opurum signs with Chiefs
Former Kansas player Toben Opurum signed a contract with the Chiefs on Friday as an undrafted rookie.
Ben McLemore breaks silence about payments to former AAU coach
Weis wants to give KU fans reason to believe
Top basketball recruit Andrew Wiggins, described by Self as an ‘alpha dog,’ picks KU
KU’s Bill Self gets exactly what he needed in Andrew Wiggins
Andrew Wiggins among biggest recruiting victories in Kansas basketball history
East St. Louis linebacker Kyron Watson commits to KU football team
Campus Corner
Central Missouri stays alive in Division II baseball tournament
Central Missouri rallied for seven runs in the final two innings for a 7-3 win over Missouri Southern in an NCAA Division II Central Regional elimination game on Friday afternoon in Mankato, Minn.
K-State basketball announces addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden
Kansas State officially announced the addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden to the Wildcats’ men’s basketball team Friday.
Former KU forward Zach Peters transferring to Arizona
Former Kansas basketball player Zach Peters will get a fresh start at Arizona. Peters, 6-foot-9 forward, made his transfer public on Sunday after leaving Kansas last fall while dealing with health issues during his freshman season.
Wildcats near another Big 12 baseball title
K-State sophomore Mitch Meyer had a career-high three RBIs as the Wildcats topped rival Kansas 7-3 and completed a three-game sweep on Sunday in the Sunflower Showdown.
K-State tops KU, stays atop the Big 12 baseball standings
K-State won the second game in a three-game series against Kansas on Saturday and is in first place in the Big 12.
KU and K-State baseball square off this weekend with Big 12 title at stake
This weekend’s three-game series in Lawrence, which begins on Friday, is one of the most intriguing in the recent history of the Sunflower Showdown: Baseball Edition. K-State, 34-15 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12, is tied atop the conference standings with Oklahoma and West Virginia, while the Jayhawks, 31-18 overall and 12-9 in the Big 12, have won six straight games and sit just a half-game out of first.
Former AAU coach concerned about Ben McLemore
Darius Cobb, the former AAU coach of Ben McLemore, repeated on Monday the allegations that he received $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.
KU raises basketball ticket prices
Sitting on an unprecedented nine straight Big 12 league titles, Kansas will now do something it hasn’t done in five years: Increase season-ticket prices.
KU women’s track team wins Big 12 title, has eyes on NCAA crown
Kansas sprinter Diamond Dixon owns a gold medal from the London Olympics for her participation on a relay team. But Sunday, when Dixon helped the Jayhawks women win their first Big 12 championship for outdoor track, the feeling of satisfaction was just as strong.
KU reviewing report that McLemore's AAU coach accepted cash payments
Kansas officials confirmed Saturday that they were reviewing a report that Ben McLemore’s former AAU coach accepted cash payments from a middleman who was attempting to attract the KU freshman on behalf of sports agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.
College hoops teams can now start practice two weeks earlier
The college basketball offseason is getting shorter. The NCAA on Friday passed a proposal that will allow men’s teams to begin practice two weeks earlier than in the past. Programs will now be able to conduct 30 practices in the six weeks before the first regular-season game, while in the past, those practices were folded into a four-week period before the first game.
Breaking down Kansas' 2013-14 non-conference schedule
It may be the most daunting non-conference schedule that KU coach Bill Self has ever maneuvered. Duke. Florida. Georgetown. And a month-long span without a game at Allen Fieldhouse in November and December. Here's a breakdown of the Jayhawks' non-conference slate.
KU basketball team faces tough nonconference schedule
Let’s get this straight: Kansas coach Bill Self says he didn’t intentionally schedule what he calls maybe the toughest nonconference slate of his KU tenure.
KU's McLemore leads crowded list of NBA early entries
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.
Three years after leaving KU, Cole Aldrich will don cap and gown
Three years after he left school early for the NBA Draft, Aldrich will dress up in a cap and gown later this month and take the traditional walk down the hill with the KU student body and pick up his degree in communications.
Bengals pick up KU’s Tanner Hawkinson in fifth round of NFL Draft
The Cincinnati Bengals were impressed enough with former KU player Tanner Hawkinson’s character and intangibles — in addition to his potential on the offensive line — to select him with the 23rd pick in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
KU coach Bill Self looks to add to already solid recruiting class
In addition to landing Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson, who’ll have to sit out a year, Kansas is slated to add a five-man freshman class in 2013-14, including four players ranked in the top 40 of Rivals’ top 150 rankings. And there are a few big fishes remaining, namely top overall recruit Andrew Wiggins, who is still considering Kansas, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina.
KU picks up 6-10 transfer forward from Arkansas
The Kansas basketball program has landed Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson on Thursday. Mickelson, a 6-foot-10 sophomore forward, will sit out a year before being eligible to play his final two seasons at KU, beginning with the 2014-15 season.
NCAA Tournament
Second Round
Third Round
Sweet SixteenRegional Semifinals
Elite EightRegional Finals
Final FourRegional Champion
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Sweet SixteenRegional Semifinals
Elite EightRegional Finals
Final FourRegional Champion
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Sweet SixteenRegional Semifinals
Elite EightRegional Finals
Final FourRegional Champion
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Sweet SixteenRegional Semifinals
Elite EightRegional Finals
Final FourRegional Champion
Men's Basketball
Schedule
- 11/9, KU 74, Southeast Missouri State 55
- 11/13, Michigan State 67, KU 64
- 11/15, KU 69, Chattanooga 55
- 11/19, vs. Washington State in KC, 9 p.m.
- 11/20, Texas A&M/St. Louis in KC, 6 or 8:30 p.m.
- 11/26, vs. San Jose State, TBA
- 11/30, vs. Oregon State in KC, 7 p.m.
- 12/8, vs. Colorado, 1 p.m.
- 12/15, vs. Belmont, TBA
- 12/18, vs. Richmond, 8 p.m.
- 12/22, at Ohio State, 3 p.m.
- 12/29, vs. American, 7 p.m.
- 1/6, vs. Temple, 12:30 p.m.
- 1/9, vs. Iowa State, 6 p.m.
- 1/12, at Texas Tech, 3 p.m.
- 1/14, vs. Baylor, 8 p.m.
- 1/19, at Texas, 1 p.m.
- 1/22, at Kansas State, 7 p.m.
- 1/26, vs. Oklahoma, 3 p.m.
- 1/28, at West Virginia, 8 p.m.
- 2/2, vs. Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
- 2/6, at TCU, 6 p.m.
- 2/9, at Oklahoma, 3 p.m.
- 2/11, vs. Kansas State, 8 p.m.
- 2/16, vs. Texas, 8 p.m.
- 2/20, at Oklahoma State, 8 p.m.
- 2/23, vs. TCU, 3 p.m.
- 2/25, at Iowa State, 8 p.m.
- 3/2, vs. West Virginia, 1 p.m.
- 3/4, vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
- 3/9, at Baylor, 5 p.m.
- 3/13-3/16, Big 12 tournament
