When freshman guard Darryn Peterson found out that former Kansas great Jacque Vaughn was joining the coaching staff as an assistant, he sent Vaughn a text: “So excited to learn from you.” Those were clearly not just empty pleasantries. Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said on Wednesday ...
As organizers of the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic continue to stress, the event’s focus will always be on children battling cancer, and indeed it featured six primary beneficiaries in Thursday night’s edition. But in its 17th year, the event expanded for the first time to benefit a parent ...
With all 30 rosters released for the 2025 edition of the NBA Summer League, the full complement of rookies and sophomores from Kansas is now set to participate in this year’s competition. Returnees Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. and newcomers Hunter Dickinson, Dajuan Harris Jr. and ...
The Basketball Tournament announced on Monday morning that Zeke Mayo will join the Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops "once his summer league obligations are complete." Mayo, a Lawrence native who played for KU during the 2024-25 season, is currently set to join the Washington Wizards for the NBA ...
Kansas guard Noah Shelby has entered the transfer portal on Monday after one season with the program, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World. Shelby, listed as an invited walk-on on KU's roster, is a former high-level recruit — the No. 14 point guard on Rivals and No. 17 ...
As event organizer Brian Hanni, the broadcasting voice of the Jayhawks, puts it, an event like the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic could only really happen at Kansas because of the wide-ranging pool of basketball players available and the high character of those players. “That’s a huge, huge ...
Updated 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2025: Two of Kansas' three opponents for the Players Era Festival basketball tournament during Thanksgiving week were revealed by multiple reports on Tuesday, after a participating school published and then deleted the event schedule on Monday night. According ...
