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.
Despite the roster reconstruction taking shape at Kansas, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed: The Jayhawks are still scheduling like a blue-blood program. The latest matchup came out on Thursday, when KU officials confirmed that the Jayhawks will play New Mexico at the Sprint Center on Dec. 14. It’s a one-off game with no return trip, and part of the Jayhawks’ season-ticket package. It’s also added to the list of marquee games for next season.
Andrew Wiggins, a Kansas target and the most highly sought-after prize in the class of 2013, has given little public indication about where he’ll be playing basketball next season. But on Monday, Wiggins, a 6-foot-7 swingman at Huntington Prep (W.Va.), reportedly decided to cancel remaining in-home visits with Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State.
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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. The two-page document will be displayed at a new $18 million, three-story center to be built at the northeast corner of Allen Fieldhouse.
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.
Due to the impending severe weather in the area, the meet moved indoors to the Douglas County Fairgrounds, making for a different atmosphere for the eight athletes in the field.
Jeff Withey and Travis Releford share KU team MVP award at annual awards banquet.
The Kansas Relays arrive Wednesday for a four-day stay and are likely to be the final relays staged in Memorial Stadium, where they have operated almost annually since their inception in 1923. On Tuesday, the university staged a ceremonial groundbreaking for Rock Chalk Park, a $39 million athletic complex in west Lawrence that will include a new track and field stadium.
Kansas State guard Brittany Chambers and Kansas guard Angel Goodrich were chosen in the WNBA Draft on Monday night. Chambers went 22nd overall to the Los Angeles Sparks and Goodrich, an Oklahoma native, was taken 29th overall by the Tulsa Shock.
Kansas senior tight end Nick Sizemore has been suspended for the first three games of the 2013 season for a violation of team rules, KU football coach Charlie Weis announced in a statement Monday.
When Kansas offensive tackle Tanner Hawkinson needed some advice on preparing for the NFL Draft, he knew just where to turn. Hawkinson had just spent his senior season with KU offensive line coach Tim Grunhard, who had played 11 seasons with the Chiefs.
Former Bishop Miege wide receiver Justin McCay starred in Kansas’ spring game on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, finishing with a game-high eight reception for 99 yards and a touchdown from quarterback Jake Heaps. They were chosen co-offensive MVPs as the KU starters defeated a squad of mostly reserves 34-7.
After his first spring as the Jayhawks’ starting quarterback, junior Jake Heaps is hoping to be part of a group that can help second-year coach Charlie Weis lift Kansas from the depths of a one-win season in 2012.
A federal judge has refused to shorten the sentence of a former University of Kansas athletics consultant caught up in a $2 million ticket scalping conspiracy, rejecting defense claims that Thomas Blubaugh's former attorney did a poor job representing him.
When Kansas took the field for spring practice, coach Charlie Weis put his new offensive plan into action. He created a new personnel group that would allow Tony Pierson to play alongside starting running back James Sims, and Pierson has spent the spring getting acclimated to his new hybrid role as a running back and pass-catcher.
After a debut season in which he broke 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.
Ben McLemore had to turn pro. He is 6 feet 5 with superhuman athleticism and a gorgeous jump shot. This wasn’t hard to figure. McLemore has enough talent to be an NBA star. But that’s only part of what it takes.
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.
Rio Adams, the KU freshman guard who had second thoughts about transferring last week, will not return to the Jayhawks for the 2013-14 season. KU coach Bill Self said in a statement today that he and Adams talked and that they came to a mutual decision that it's in his best interest to play at another school.
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Rio Adams, the freshman guard who announced his decision to transfer from Kansas on Tuesday, is apparently having second thoughts about leaving KU.
The Big 12 Conference had just one representative in Wednesday night’s McDonald’s High School All-American Game at the United Center in Chicago. The University of Kentucky had six. But future KU guard Wayne Selden handled himself quite well.
Kansas coach Charlie Weis opened up spring practice to the media for the first time on Tuesday evening. Here are five thoughts and observations from the practice session.
On Tuesday night, freshman guard Rio Adams announced his intention to leave KU and transfer to a new school. One day later, Adams said he would be looking for a school closer to his hometown of Seattle.
Kansas freshman guard Rio Adams is leaving the program after just one season. KU coach Bill Self confirmed to The Star on Tuesday night that Adams had informed him of his decision to transfer and that the split was amicable.
Ben McLemore began the season as an unknown quantity. 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.
The Kansas women, who were the first 12-seed to make the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, were defeated by Notre Dame 93-63 Sunday in Norfolk, Va.
