Men's Basketball

Dickinson announces return to KU

Updated 1:42 p.m. Friday: Kansas will get its second-team All-American back for a second season. Center Hunter Dickinson announced in a social media post Friday that he will use his fifth and final year of eligibility and return to KU for the 2024-25 season. The announcement was prompted in ...

Griffen becomes KU’s fourth transfer commitment, third signing

Updated 1:40 p.m. Friday: The Kansas men’s basketball team continues to bolster its roster with big-name transfers, cultivating levels of depth far beyond anything it had during the 2023-24 campaign, and on Friday former Alabama wing Rylan Griffen signed to join the Jayhawks next ...

KU will play at Creighton in Big 12-Big East Battle

Kansas will travel to Omaha to face Creighton in this year's edition of the Big 12-Big East Battle men's basketball game. The Jayhawks will face the Bluejays on Dec. 4, according to a Big 12 Conference press release distributed Thursday morning. KU is 11-6 in its history against Creighton and ...

Philon reportedly requests release from letter of intent, will not attend KU

Point guard Labaron Philon, a four-star prospect from Mobile, Alabama, who committed to Kansas in September and signed in November, has requested a release from his National Letter of Intent and reopened his recruitment, according to multiple reports Tuesday night. Travis Branham of 247Sports ...

KU makes top-five list for ex-Dayton sharpshooter

Kansas is in contention for Dayton transfer Koby Brea, the nation's leading 3-point shooter from the 2023-24 season, but it will have to outlast some tough competition in order to acquire his services. KU made Brea's top-five list — as he released Monday to a variety of media outlets ...

With transfer haul, KU ensures it will leave spacing issues in the past

In the grand scheme of the 2023-24 Kansas men’s basketball season, the Border Showdown on Dec. 9 didn’t really leave much of an impression. It was a win over a rival, yes but a little too close for comfort for KU at 73-64 after 27- and 28-point victories the previous two years, and ...

KU earns commitment of transfer wing AJ Storr, one of portal’s top players

Updated 4:21 p.m. Thursday: The Kansas men's basketball team secured the services of one of the portal's most highly coveted players, Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr, on Thursday afternoon. "With great excitement and humility, I announce my commitment to the University of Kansas Basketball ...

Furphy declares for draft while retaining college eligibility

Updated 10:20 a.m. Wednesday: Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy announced Tuesday night that he intends to declare for the 2024 NBA Draft while leaving the door open for a potential return to college basketball. In a statement released by the KU men's basketball program on its X account, ...