Men's Basketball

New-look Rosario impresses for Jayhawks

A different Kohl Rosario took the floor for Kansas on Tuesday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Different in the sense that he shone with 16 points, an array of high-flying dunks, a pair of 3s and a charge drawn after his slow start to the season, but also different physically: He ...

Preview: KU returns home to face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

It didn’t take long for a young group of Jayhawks to suffer its first setback. North Carolina raced past Kansas in a fast-paced second half on Friday at the Smith Center, resulting in a resounding 13-point defeat for KU and revealing plenty of areas for improvement at this early stage of the ...

Jayhawks taste defeat for first time

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Friday night’s venture into Chapel Hill was the first ever for the Kansas men’s basketball program. It was also the first-ever official road game for KU’s star guard Darryn Peterson, not to mention four other freshmen the Jayhawks are counting on to play, at ...

UNC’s second-half explosion dooms KU to 87-74 loss

Chapel Hill, N.C. — With Kansas trailing 46-43 and starting to lose its grip on Friday night’s blue-blood showdown with North Carolina, freshman Kohl Rosario connected on his first 3-pointer of the night to give the Jayhawks a moment of relief and an opportunity to reset the momentum. That ...

Preview: New chapter to be written in historic KU-UNC series

The shared history between Kansas and North Carolina may be generations old, but this year both teams are brand new. The blue-blood programs have each, to varying extents, handed the reins to top-notch freshmen — KU guard Darryn Peterson and UNC forward Caleb Wilson — and surrounded those ...

Bidunga displays considerable growth in season opener

Kansas forward Flory Bidunga attributed his career-best scoring performance on Monday against Green Bay to the time he spent watching film after he struggled in last week’s exhibition against Fort Hays State. His teammate, fifth-year senior guard Melvin Council Jr., had a much simpler ...