Kansas downs TCU, moves into Big 12 baseball tourney finals
Starting pitcher Kahana baffles the Horned Frogs to pick up a 4-0 win. Jayhawks can get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a victory over Oklahoma on Sunday.
One stellar recruiting week at Kansas lifts Self’s spirits again
Surprising KU one win from Big 12 baseball championship
Q and A with KU football coach Charlie Weis
KU baseball team beats West Virginia
Paris Daniels leading KU track revival
With Andrew Wiggins and Tarik Black, what’s up for KU hoops?
Campus Corner
Q and A with KU football coach Charlie Weis
Earlier this week, Kansas football coach Charlie Weis concluded what was supposed to be an eight-city spring preview tour. Weis also addressed a number of issues regarding his program. Those included the expected renovation at Memorial Stadium, with the removal of the track in the near future; in-state recruiting; and the perception of Kansas football after his first year on the job.
With Andrew Wiggins and Tarik Black, what’s up for KU hoops?
In the aftermath of an NCAA Tournament meltdown, and the loss of five starters from a Sweet 16 team, KU basketball coach Bill Self added the final pieces to what could be considered his finest recruiting class in Lawrence. Here’s what Andrew Wiggins, Tarik Black and the rest of the class bring to the Jayhawks and a stab at a starting lineup for next season.
KU football team adds wide receiver Nick Harwell from Miami (Ohio)
KU football coach Charlie Weis announced the addition of Nick Harwell, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) who was the nation’s second-leading receiver in 2011. But Harwell was dismissed from the school following a March arrest stemming from a dispute with his girlfriend. It’s unclear if Harwell will be able to play right away for KU this fall.
Jayhawks’ Kuntz hoping for a big finish at Big 12 tourney
Son of Royals’ first-base coach is the most dependable defender in a resurgent KU program. But a six-game losing streak has put all of KU’s hope of getting into the NCAA Tournament on a good showing in Oklahoma City.
Where will Ben McLemore land in the NBA Draft?
It’s been decades since a true shooting guard went No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft. And Ben McLemore is trying to become the first Jayhawk to go first overall since Danny Manning in 1988. But does McLemore have a chance?
KU basketball team adds Memphis transfer Tarik Black
Kansas’ basketball team has added another big body to a burgeoning roster overhaul. Former Memphis forward Tarik Black has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play basketball at Kansas, the school announced Tuesday.
KU's Self thinks of home state after deadly storms
Kansas coach Bill Self grew up just north of Oklahoma City, attending high school in the suburban enclave of Edmond, Okla. So on Monday afternoon, as a mile-wide tornado ripped through the area and flattened parts of Moore, a southern suburb, Self’s mind turned toward his home state.
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
Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb’s revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.
Weis wants to give KU fans reason to believe
Close to 150 Jayhawks supporters filled the Wichita Marriott banquet hall for Thursday’s luncheon in conjunction with the 2013 Kansas Football Preview Party. But while KU football coach Charlie Weis said it was exciting to see fans energized about the future, he added the team must do its part by delivering results.
Top basketball recruit Andrew Wiggins, described by Self as an ‘alpha dog,’ picks KU
Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 college basketball recruit in the country, announced Tuesday morning he will attend Kansas, picking the Jayhawks over three other finalists, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina.
KU’s Bill Self gets exactly what he needed in Andrew Wiggins
Think about what KU basketball coach Bill Self pulled off Tuesday in landing consensus No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins. The 6-foot-7 Canadian star had long been linked with Florida State (where his parents played basketball) and Kentucky (where John Calipari collects five-star recruits like garden gnomes). Those schools have been in on him for years, building relationships and dreams long before Wiggins became the presumed No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.
Andrew Wiggins among biggest recruiting victories in Kansas basketball history
When word came that Kansas was the college choice of Andrew Wiggins, the 6-foot-7 forward from Huntington Prep in West Virginia who is considered the nation’s top college basketball prospect, Jayhawks coach Bill Self had scored the biggest recruiting victory of his decade-long KU tenure. But Wiggins also ranks among some of the biggest gets in KU history.
East St. Louis linebacker Kyron Watson commits to KU football team
It’s not often that a highly recruited high school football player cancels a campus visit to Michigan and then commits to Kansas. But that’s what Kyron Watson, a 6-foot, 226-pound linebacker, did on Tuesday.
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.
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
