Men's Basketball

What we learned from KU’s exhibition loss to Louisville

You wouldn’t know at first from listening to the Kansas players in Wednesday night’s press conference, with Melvin Council Jr. taking responsibility for insufficient defense and Tre White speaking about learning from the “pain,” that the game they had just lost didn’t count. KU coach ...

KU falls short, 89-83, in home exhibition against Louisville

Kansas managed to hold Flory Bidunga, the former Jayhawk and top-ranked transfer-portal acquisition, to five points and three rebounds on Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. But KU turned out to have much bigger problems in its first exhibition against a power-conference opponent. No. 11 ...

White returns for second season at KU with ‘chip to win a chip’

Newly eligible via an injunction in the state of Indiana, Kansas forward Tre White says he’s coming back to the Jayhawks with a chip on his shoulder. He wants to win, to demonstrate his own improvement, to lead the team — he has “a chip to win a chip,” as he put it. “Being grateful, ...

KU players react to addition of Kaufman-Renn

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas men’s basketball team has loaded up on talent in the final days of the offseason to the point that, following the addition of former Purdue standout Trey Kaufman-Renn, it now has 16 players able to take part this year. Now they all just have to figure out what ...

Bidunga’s return to Lawrence headlines KU-Louisville exhibition clash

From the moment Flory Bidunga announced his transfer destination, it became clear that the former Jayhawk was going to return to Kansas more immediately than anyone would have expected. The Congolese forward, who was the Big 12 defensive player of the year last season at KU, picked Louisville ...

KU men’s basketball ranked No. 17 in AP preseason poll

The Kansas men’s basketball team received a preseason ranking of No. 17 in the AP Top 25 poll released on Monday morning. That is higher than its starting point of No. 19 from last season, but otherwise lower than at any point since 2008, when it opened the year ranked No. 24. The Jayhawks ...