Men's Basketball

McCullar wins NBA title as member of Knicks

Former Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. became an NBA champion on Saturday night. With the New York Knicks winning the title — their first since 1973 — so too did McCullar, a second-year pro who is the 17th Jayhawk in KU history to earn the honor, and the first ever to do so as a member of ...

A closer look at KU’s mid-major opponents

While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen ...

Buzzer-beater caps off 18th annual Roundball Classic

Travis Releford concluded the 18th annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic with some on-court heroics. The former Kansas guard, now working in medical device sales and as an assistant coach at Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa, capped off Thursday night’s all-star charity basketball game ...

Two more former KU players to join TBT team

Two familiar faces will join the Kansas alumni team in The Basketball Tournament this summer. Guards Zeke Mayo and Lagerald Vick have committed to play for JHX Hoops next month, it was announced on Thursday. Both will return after being part of the team in 2025, and in Vick’s case, each year ...

KU men’s basketball announces nonconference schedule

The Kansas men’s basketball team on Tuesday morning announced its full nonconference schedule for the 2026-27 season. KU’s slate is headlined by previously announced matchups against the likes of Kentucky and Ohio State and on the road at UConn, as well as a set of three games at the ...