Men's Basketball

Lawrence native, South Dakota State transfer Mayo commits to KU

Updated 10:12 p.m. Tuesday: Zeke Mayo is coming home. The former Lawrence High basketball standout and 2023-24 Summit League player of the year announced Tuesday evening that he is transferring to Kansas. Mayo picked his hometown Jayhawks over Creighton, Oklahoma and Texas; On3 had reported ...

KJ Adams confirms he’ll return for senior year

Kansas junior KJ Adams announced Tuesday afternoon that he'll return for his fourth and final year with the Jayhawks, posting a photo on social media captioned in part with the phrase, "Never was leaving." Adams was already the Big 12 Conference's most improved player as a sophomore in ...

Big 12 delays Mexico initiative

The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday morning that its Big 12 Mexico project, which would have brought the Kansas men's and women's basketball teams to Mexico City for games against Houston on Dec. 14, has been delayed "with a new target date of 2025." "Since Big 12 Mexico was announced ...

KU in contention for Toledo transfer

Kansas picked up the commitment of one transfer guard Sunday, is one of the top choices for another and has now placed itself in contention for a third. With the services of Florida transfer Riley Kugel already secured and Lawrence native Zeke Mayo considering making the move from South Dakota ...

KU earns commitment of transfer guard Riley Kugel

Updated 3:07 p.m. Sunday: The Kansas men's basketball team picked up its first transfer of the offseason on Easter Sunday when former Florida guard Riley Kugel announced that he will join the Jayhawks next year. Kugel, a native of Orlando, Florida, averaged 9.2 points and 3.5 rebounds per ...

KU makes top-four lists for two transfer guards

Updated 11:20 p.m. Saturday: The college basketball season hasn’t even come to a close yet, but Kansas is well into its offseason and is already making moves in the transfer portal. South Dakota State transfer guard Zeke Mayo, who is a native of Lawrence, and Florida transfer guard Riley ...

Former KU star Walt Wesley dies at 79

Walt Wesley, a member of Kansas’ 1965-66 conference championship team and one of the legendary Jayhawks whose jerseys hang in the rafters of Allen Fieldhouse, died Thursday morning in Tampa, Florida, KU Athletics announced. He was 79. A two-time All-American with the Jayhawks, the 6-foot-11 ...

Self laments KU’s lack of ‘firepower’ by season’s end

Salt Lake City — Before Kansas even started its run in the NCAA Tournament, head coach Bill Self gave a glimpse into how he viewed the Jayhawks' up-and-down campaign when he was asked what he considered the most challenging part of the season. "I would say really probably not knowing day to ...