Men's Basketball

KU suffers another shock road loss, this time 91-85 at West Virginia

Morgantown, W.Va. — West Virginia had only made more than eight 3-pointers in a game once all season; the Mountaineers hit 14 in a loss to UMass on Dec. 16. They scored nine in the first 14:14 Saturday afternoon against Kansas, and weren’t too shabby from inside the arc either. By the ...

Influential 1930s center ‘Skinny’ Johnson will have jersey retired Monday

The Feb. 26, 1932, edition of the Lawrence Journal-World left little doubt: Kansas basketball would be “without the services” of star center Bill “Skinny” Johnson in the following day’s conference finale against Oklahoma. He and his brother Kenneth, also a teammate, had been called ...

Preview: Big 12 grind continues in Morgantown as KU challenges WVU

As Kansas coach Bill Self learned during his postgame press conference Tuesday, following a road win at Oklahoma State, Stillwater has not in fact been the toughest conference road destination of his KU career from a statistical standpoint. In fact, a few degrees worse than KU’s prior 9-8 ...

KU showed something approaching its peak offense at Oklahoma State

Stillwater, Okla. — All season, the Kansas men's basketball team has been hoping that point guard Dajuan Harris Jr. will shoot more on offense and that a solid fifth option will emerge in the starting lineup. Both came to fruition at once Tuesday night at Gallagher-Iba Arena. Harris took ...

KU dominates Oklahoma State in 90-66 road win

Stillwater, Okla. — The Kansas men’s basketball team earned a convincing 90-66 road win Tuesday night and watched one of its young players continue to blossom along the way. Australian freshman Johnny Furphy matched his career high in scoring, 15 points, with his third 3 of the game by the ...