Men's Basketball

KU defense vexed Texas’ top scorers

The defensive matchup against Texas had looked like a massive test for Kansas. The Longhorns were bringing into Lawrence guard Max Abmas, a newly minted 3,000-point scorer in his career, one of just 12 men to reach that milestone — but not even the Longhorns’ top scorer of late, because ...

KU cruises past Texas for dominant home win, 86-67

Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas played the sort of game in which Parker Braun could mishandle a layup attempt off an errant lob pass, only for KJ Adams to corral Braun’s miss and make a contested close-range shot. It was the sort of game in which a 3-point attempt by Texas’ ...

Quick recap: Kansas rolls past Texas after week off

After a week off, the Kansas men’s basketball team returned with a purpose during its 86-67 win over Texas on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks (21-6, 9-5 Big 12) remain undefeated at home this season. Despite being without Kevin McCullar Jr., Kansas essentially controlled things ...

Preview: KU looks to start final stretch strong against Texas

Both Kansas and Texas are likely a couple games behind where they expected to be at this point in the season. KU, the preseason No. 1 team in the country and early favorite to win the Big 12 Conference, is 8-5 in league play and will have to rely on help from Baylor against Houston and the ...

Self discusses ‘Let’s just win today’ approach in modern recruiting

Kansas coach Bill Self was asked on his “Hawk Talk” radio show Monday night if he would rather recruit a five-star one-and-done player or a three-star prospect whom he could develop at KU for four or five seasons. The answer wasn’t surprising — “A five-star stud that’s guaranteed ...

Jayhawks, McCullar in particular get much-needed break

Only twice since beginning its season in early November has the Kansas men’s basketball team gone from one Saturday to the next without playing a game: once for finals week, once for its Christmas break. The Jayhawks have finally gotten to do so again this week. After playing 13 Big 12 ...

Cutting deficit before half helped KU storm back in Norman

Norman, Okla. — What already feels like an eternity ago, on Jan. 10 in Orlando, the game that kicked off a month's worth of road struggles from Kansas was decided by one pivotal stretch late in the first half. The Jayhawks led a struggling UCF — which was playing its first-ever home game ...