Baseball

Just catching up with KU baseball? Here’s what you need to know

To those Kansas fans who may just now be tuning in to witness the baseball program’s sudden and unprecedented success: Welcome! Maybe you turn away from the crimson and blue completely when the buzzer sounds on KU men’s basketball’s final NCAA Tournament game and go into a sort of ...

KU officially named regional host for NCAA baseball tournament

There will indeed be a Lawrence Regional for the first time in the history of the Kansas baseball program. The NCAA announced KU as one of the top 16 seeds in its postseason tournament on Sunday night, a day after the Jayhawks beat West Virginia 9-0 to complete their sweep of the Big 12’s ...

KU wins Big 12 tournament championship against West Virginia, 9-0

It had been 77 years since the Kansas baseball team earned a regular-season conference title and a relatively modest 20 since the Jayhawks won the Big 12 tournament. KU has now accomplished both those feats in the same calendar year. After a nervous first six innings in which the Jayhawks ...

Where NCAA baseball bracket projections have KU as selection day approaches

The full bracket is due out as part of the NCAA selection show on Monday at 11 a.m., but the Kansas baseball team will learn even sooner whether it will host NCAA Tournament games at Hoglund Ballpark for the first time. The NCAA is set to announce the 16 regional hosts at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, ...

Flowers hits walk-off home run as KU escapes Baylor in Big 12 tournament, 8-7

The Kansas baseball team escaped a potential disaster on Thursday evening thanks to an unlikely hero. Savion Flowers, a sophomore outfielder from Cisco College, entered as a defensive replacement midway through KU’s Big 12 tournament opener against Baylor. At the time, the Jayhawks had built ...

KU baseball team back to work ahead of Big 12 tournament

The Kansas baseball team already has one championship under its belt: the Jayhawks’ first regular-season league title since 1949. But since returning from their weekend series at BYU, in which they won two of three, they’ve had to simply go back to work. “It just feels like another day, ...