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No. 21 Kansas is moving on after a successful Players Era Tournament in Las Vegas, where the team ended 3-0. The Jayhawks took down Notre Dame, Syracuse, and No. 17 Tennessee to secure the three-game sweep in three days. Bill Self and his squad did this without star player Darryn Peterson. Peterson is one of […]

The Kansas basketball team has been without star Darryn Peterson for a good while. Peterson is battling a hamstring injury. He will again miss a game on Tuesday against UConn, per ESPN. “Darryn is not going to play tonight,” Kansas coach Bill Self said in a statement. “He is very close. He has worked his […]

As the Kansas basketball team has been without star Darryn Peterson for the past six games, the program has continued to win games, showing that they are better than most people think. After the Kansas basketball team came back to beat the Tennessee Volunteers on Wednesday, 81-76, the college basketball world has started conversations around […]

The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Tennessee Volunteers, 81-76, in the third place championship game of the Players Era Festival, a tournament that has come under scrutiny due to its seeding format. Count Kansas head coach Bill Self as one of the voices suggesting that a change in the format of the Players Era tournament could […]

Kansas freshman guard Darryn Peterson is in contention for the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft, but so far Jayhawks fans have been left wondering when they’ll see the future NBA player on the court again. Darryn Peterson has been dealing with a hamstring injury that’s kept him sidelined for the past […]

Kansas basketball created some pre-Thanksgiving resiliency in Las Vegas. The Jayhawks first channeled an Oklahoma City Thunder attitude in beating Syracuse. But Wednesday sparked fan reactions after taking down Tennessee in comeback fashion. KU erased a late 12-point deficit to pull off the 81-76 comeback win in the Players Era Tournament held at MGM Grand. […]

The Kansas Jayhawks basketball team pulled out a statement win Tuesday night, defeating the Syracuse Orange 71-60 behind a balanced effort and the kind of composure that has long defined Bill Self’s programs. Even without their top guard, the Jayhawks played with an unshakable calm — and after the game, that quiet confidence became the […]

The Kansas basketball program continues to benefit from one of the most significant offseason turnarounds in a while. Although the team remains unranked, the Jayhawks have shown steady progress despite missing potential top-three NBA Draft pick Darryn Peterson. Following Tuesday’s 71-60 win vs. the Syracuse Orange, Bill Self praised sophomore big man Flory Bidunga, whose […]

The Kansas basketball program has gotten off to a tepid start to the 2025 college basketball season, currently sitting at 4-2 and unranked ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s matchup against the Syracuse Orange. That game will be a part of the Players Era Festival in Paradise, Nevada, but unfortunately, fans in attendance won’t get to see […]

The Kansas Jayhawks are off to a rough start to begin the 2025-26 campaign. Head coach Bill Self and his team started the year ranked No. 19 in the nation. They might enter the third week of the season unranked after losing to both North Carolina and Duke. I know those are powerful squads; however, […]

The Duke Blue Devils basketball team displayed resilience and star power in Tuesday’s Champions Classic win over the Kansas Jayhawks at Madison Square Garden. Freshman standout Cameron Boozer made headlines after being on the wrong end of a viral poster dunk but ultimately had the last laugh in a 78-66 victory that reinforced the Blue […]

Things haven’t quite gone according to plan so far this season for Kansas basketball, but there’s still plenty of time to get things back on the right track. On Tuesday night, however, things weren’t pretty at the end of the second half in a 78-66 loss to No. 5 Duke. Of course, there will be […]

The Kansas Jayhawks face the Duke Blue Devils on Tuesday night without their star freshman Darryn Peterson. The 6-foot-5 guard will miss his third straight game due to a hamstring strain, and sources have revealed why the Jayhawks are taking an extremely cautious approach with their projected top NBA draft pick. A source told The […]

The No. 25 Kansas Jayhawks collected their second win in a row and third overall through four games in the 2025-26 college basketball season on Saturday. As expected. Kansas basketball took care of business against the Princeton Tigers at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, crushing the visitors to the tune of a 76-57 score. However, the […]

18-year-old freshman Darryn Peterson is already being discussed as the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. He certainly isn’t the first college basketball star to receive serious hype — but sometimes the top prospects are overrated. Peterson, who is still settling into the college world with Kansas basketball, features all of […]

The 2025 Kansas basketball team has the potential to bounce back after two straight disappointing seasons by the blue bloods’ usual standards. This year’s key piece for the Jayhawks is their freshman phenom, Darryn Peterson, a five-star recruit who picked the Jayhawks out of Ohio. He could also be the top pick in the 2026 […]

Which player will be selected first overall in the 2026 NBA Draft? It is still too early to confidently make an accurate prediction, but Sam Vecenie of The Athletic believes it could be Kansas basketball star Darryn Peterson. Vecenie recently placed Peterson No. 1 overall in a 2026 mock draft. In the article for The […]

When you think of Kansas Jayhawks basketball, Bill Self is the first thing that comes to mind. The legendary coach has led his team to many victories and has established himself as a bona fide Hall of Fame coach. He has won the NCAA Championship twice, in 2008 and in 2022. He’s been the head […]

The Kansas Jayhawks have long been one of the standard bearers in college basketball, especially under head coach Bill Self. Self has led the Jayhawks to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances, including two NCAA national championships. Kansas has always been a program that’s able to attract the top recruits in the country, and they did so […]

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self has hired veteran assistant Tony Bland to his staff, sources tell ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Bland, most recently an assistant at Washington, comes to the Kansas bench shortly after the Jayhawks lost another veteran assistant, Norm Roberts, who retired after last season. Self also lost assistant Chase Buford to the […]

In late July, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self underwent a heart procedure due to blockage in two of his heart arteries. A successful procedure that enabled his surgeon to give Self the green light to continue coaching. As for Self, that scary experience never compelled him to think of retirement, per Sam Gillenwater of On3Sports. […]

Bill Self has battled some health issues over the last couple of years, leaving Kansas basketball fans to wonder if the legendary head coach will be manning the sidelines for much longer. Despite undergoing a heart catheterization and having two stents inserted for blocked arteries in late July, the two-time national champion still has a […]

In late July, Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self underwent a heart procedure. He endured a heart catheterization after having blockages in his arteries. After his procedure, Self spoke to Jeff Goodman of The Field of 68 and said he is a ‘clean bill of health”. He said that he is back to work, playing […]

Former Kansas Jayhawks star Zeke Mayo is ready for the next chapter of his basketball career. Mayo revealed that he is going overseas, signing a professional contract to play for Ironi Kiryat Ata in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. This decision comes after he took part in the NBA Summer League in July. He represented […]

Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self is recovering in the hospital after undergoing a heart procedure. The university issued a statement regarding this development, providing some good news about the two-time national champion’s health. “Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self felt unwell and experienced some concerning symptoms Thursday,” the athletic department said, per On3’s Nick […]

Kansas men’s basketball got some good news on Monday when head coach Bill Self announced that guard Elmarko Jackson has been fully cleared for all basketball activities. Jackson tore his patellar tendon last summer, forcing him to redshirt the 2024-25 season. As a freshman the year before, he averaged 4.3 points per game to go […]

Joel Embiid has blossomed into one of the best players in the NBA since entering the league from the Kansas basketball program. Embiid was convinced he would redshirt and then play four seasons for the Jayhawks. However, by the end of Embiid’s freshman season, he was already projected as the No. 1 pick in the […]

Kansas basketball’s Hunter Dickinson landed with a team from the Western Conference after going undrafted in the 2025 NBA Draft. The Jayhawks’ center had a decorated college career. Dickinson, who transferred to Lawrence after three years at Michigan, has been a five-time all-conference selection and a three-time All-American. The double-double machine possesses a polished post […]

Kansas basketball is one of the biggest blue bloods in college basketball, but the team has felt stuck in place for the last two seasons. It has not lived up to the standard set by Kansas basketball, which is why Bill Self hit the ground running on the recruiting trail. Today, Self got another batch […]

The Kansas Jayhawks will have the services of transfer guard Melvin Council Jr. in the 2024-25 college basketball season after all. Council transferred to Kansas basketball but also had his eyes on the 2025 NBA draft, which he has now withdrawn from, according to college basketball insider Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. “Kansas’ Melvin Council […]

Hunter Dickinson had a long college basketball career, and it came to an end when the Kansas basketball team lost in the NCAA Tournament this past season. Dickinson started his career at Michigan in 2020, and he spent three years with the Wolverines before coming to play for the Jayhawks. Dickinson was always one of […]

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self will not have a familiar face by his side when the Jayhawks take the court next season. Longtime assistant Norm Roberts announced his retirement after 13 seasons on the Kansas staff and more than 30 years in college basketball “I want to thank everybody at the University of Kansas […]

In today’s day and age, many college basketball programs have taken to reloading on the fly by means of the transfer portal rather than recruit high school seniors. For the Kansas Jayhawks, they have a good mixture of incoming freshman recruits and transfer portal commitments. Kansas just landed a solid addition out of the transfer […]

The No. 1 player in the 2026 high school boys basketball class will take a visit to Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks this weekend, according to Joe Tipton of On3. Tyran Stokes, a forward out of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, CA, will also skip the grassroots circuit this summer, leading to […]

Bill Self and the Kansas basketball program know that the transfer portal isn’t all about who you bring in. It’s also about who you keep from leaving. After Jayhawks’ freshman center Flory Bidunga put his name in the portal, Self was able to keep the big man in Lawrence for next season. “Sources: Coveted big-man […]

The Kansas basketball team has been one of the best teams in the transfer portal the past few offseasons, but they haven’t been able to put it all together on the court. The Jayhawks landed one of the best players on the market last offseason as Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr came to play for the […]

It was a short run for Bill Self and Kansas basketball in the 2025 NCAA Tournament, losing to No. 10 Arkansas in the Round of 64. The program has now switched gears, and is eyeing the transfer portal. Monmouth’s best scorer (20.1 PPG) from last season Abdi Bashir Jr. announced his decision to enter the […]

Following its loss to Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Kansas basketball freshman big man Flory Bidunga has decided to enter the transfer portal. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was among the first to report the news. “Kansas big man Flory Bidunga has informed the staff that he intends to enter the transfer portal, […]

The college basketball season isn’t over yet, but the transfer portal is already open. This happens in college football as well, and it tends to create some issues with both players and coaches. That is also the case with basketball, but that’s just the way that it works right now. One team that has hit […]