Men's Basketball

Quick recap: Kansas tops TCU in Big 12 opener

The Kansas Jayhawks began Big 12 play with a 83-81 win over the TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. No. 2 Kansas (13-1) has now won 33 consecutive conference openers dating back to the 1991-92 season. In a back-and-forth track meet of a game that featured 26 lead ...

Preview: New conference season brings familiar face to Allen Fieldhouse

TCU stormed into Lawrence last January, led for 39 minutes and left with its first-ever road victory at Allen Fieldhouse. It was an 83-60 “beatdown,” as Kansas coach Bill Self called it then, and one of KU’s worst home losses in recent history. “They came in here and got after us, I ...

Adams flashes rebounding potential in WSU victory

Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris Jr. said Saturday that he gets on KJ Adams Jr. even more about needing to rebound than KU coach Bill Self gets on Harris about needing to shoot. Considering how hot of a topic Harris’ shooting — or lack thereof — was in the early ...

KU cruises past Wichita State in rare matchup, 86-67

Kansas City, Mo. — In one of its most balanced all-around showings of the season thus far, the Kansas men’s basketball team dispatched in-state foe Wichita State without incident 86-67 in its nonconference finale at the T-Mobile Center. The Jayhawks were off the mark on offense for nearly ...

KU spent $10 million to defend its basketball program against NCAA violations

$10 million over six years. That’s how much Kansas Athletics paid to defend the University of Kansas men’s basketball program from serious NCAA violations. In the end, KU got what it paid for: relatively minor sanctions over recruiting violations that could have cost the basketball ...

Preview: KU and Wichita State to revive long-dormant in-state matchup

The Kansas men’s basketball team has one last tune-up before conference play, and this one is three decades in the making. For the first time since January of 1993, the Jayhawks will take on in-state foe Wichita State during the regular season. The Shockers, who just lost to Kansas State at ...

Dickinson “very refreshed” after returning from break

Kansas' Hunter Dickinson said that once upon a time, he used to find it flattering when he would get double-teamed earlier in his career. “Now it kind of gets a little annoying," the 7-foot-2 center said Thursday. "You get so used to it, it’s kind of expected. Like I’m almost shocked if ...