Men's Basketball

Self ejected after pair of technical fouls at Arizona State

TEMPE, Ariz. — Kansas coach Bill Self was ejected in the first half of Tuesday night’s game at Arizona State when he received two technical fouls after arguing an offensive foul call against Darryn Peterson. Peterson was battling with ASU guard Bryce Ford to get to the right wing from the ...

As calendar flips to March, Jayhawks still seek consistency

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has, for fleeting moments this season, demonstrated to head coach Bill Self that it can remain aggressive and cohesive while also giving star freshman Darryn Peterson opportunities to, well, be Darryn Peterson. There was the first half ...

Preview: KU heads to Arizona State for road finale

TEMPE, Ariz. — After Kansas lost to Arizona on Saturday, in a game that verged on a blowout early before KU came back only to get blown out again, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the biggest area in which the Jayhawks need to improve is their toughness. “We can’t back down from ...

Early foul trouble set poor tone for KU on bad day in paint

TUCSON, Ariz. — Some teams could draw two early fouls on Kansas forward Bryson Tiller and not do all that much to improve their chances of winning. Tiller is a strong and steadily improving player, of course, and the Jayhawks are better with his scoring spark. But for Arizona — one of the ...

KU falls behind early, rallies, still loses by 23 at No. 2 Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Kansas men’s basketball team didn’t have Darryn Peterson when it beat Arizona in Lawrence, and on Saturday Peterson supplied 24 points to the cause as the Jayhawks battled the Wildcats again at the McKale Center. The problem this time for KU was how the rest of the ...

Jayhawks hope to make most of this year’s two-game swing through Arizona

The increased numerical size and broader geographical footprint of the new-look Big 12 has generated a number of situations in which teams have been scheduled to play back-to-back opponents in the same distant state or region of the country, and so chosen to stick around for a couple days in ...

Preview: KU headed for rematch with league leader Arizona

After Kansas beat Houston on Monday to bring itself into what eventually became a four-way tie for second place in the league standings, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the Jayhawks were focused on securing a double bye in the Big 12 tournament — that is, finishing as one of the league’s ...