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Late last month, Bill Self said he didn’t expect to hear anything conclusive from the NCAA Eligibility Center about prize recruit Cheick Diallo’s eligibility for the upcoming season until mid-September, “at the earliest.” So it’s too early to panic, but not premature to wonder what Kansas University’s experienced basketball team might look like with and without the 6-foot-9, 220-pound freshman from Kayes, Mali, Africa. By Tom Keegan
New Cleveland Cavaliers center Sasha Kaun is a proud four-year graduate of Kansas University ... and KU’s Basketball Boot Camp.
Stormy weather forced postponement of the second round of the Schooner Women’s Golf Classic on Sunday. Rounds 2 and 3 will be played today.
The Kansas University women’s tennis duo of Maria Jose Cardona and Summer Collins fell in the semifinals of the Midland Invitational on Sunday, 6-4 to Texas Tech’s Sabrina Federici and Felicity Malthy.
Bill Self’s 13th basketball Boot Camp at Kansas University is off to a rousing start. by Gary Bedore
Before Kansas University landed arguably the best player on the 2015 football roster, former KU defensive back Patrick Resby believed so much in the ability of current KU running back Ke’aun (pronounced KEY-on) Kinner that he was not about to leave it to chance that Kinner would be discovered. By Matt Tait
Late last month, Bill Self said he didn’t expect to hear anything conclusive from the NCAA Eligibility Center about prize recruit Cheick Diallo’s eligibility for the upcoming season until mid-September, “at the earliest.” So it’s too early to panic, but not premature to wonder what Kansas University’s experienced basketball team might look like with and without the 6-foot-9, 220-pound freshman from Kayes, Mali, Africa. By Tom Keegan
Kansas University’s Maria Jose Cardona and Summer Collins advanced to the semifinal round of the Midland Invitational with a 6-3 victory over TCU’s Seda Arantekin and Alexis Pereira on Saturday.
Yupaporn “Mook” Kawinpakorn set a Kansas University 18-hole record and a Schooner Classic record for score versus par when she surged into the lead of the Classic on Saturday at the par-71 Belmar Golf Club.
Kansas University’s volleyball team could not have played much better than it did during the 2015 nonconference season. By Gary Bedore
After 35 years in the coaching ranks, including a five-year stint at the helm of Kansas University’s football program from 1997-2001, Terry Allen is not calling plays from the sidelines this fall.
Power Five schools — Kansas University included — generally make plenty of money off sports to sustain their respective athletics programs. Between television contracts, ticket sales and donations, KU and its fellow large-conference universities have healthy and sustainable funding models, a KU scholar says. In contrast, health, sport and exercise sciences assistant professor Jordan Bass’ recently published research focuses on a different category of schools: those that are questing for the same high level of athletics recognition but may not have the funding to back it up. By Sara Shepherd
New Cleveland Cavaliers center Sasha Kaun is a proud four-year graduate of Kansas University ... and KU’s Basketball Boot Camp.