Kansas guard Darryn Peterson entered his freshman season with higher expectations than perhaps anyone to play for Bill Self. Despite his impressive statistics and undeniable talent, most Jayhawk fans would agree that he has been a letdown.
This Saturday, Kansas will host Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown for the Jayhawks' final home game of the 2025-26 campaign. It will serve as Senior Day for Bill Self's squad and the last time Allen Fieldhouse is used as a home court until next season.
Bill Self is looking to make the most of his team's final home game of the season on the recruiting trail. The Jayhawks will host one of the top prospects in the Class of 2027 on campus for Saturday's matchup against Kansas State in the second rendition of the Sunflower Showdown.
There has been one constant amid Kansas' ugly stretch of three losses in its past four games. Its starting big men, Flory Bidunga and Bryson Tiller, have been consistently pushed around in the paint by their opponents.
After losing three of its past four games in the heart of conference play, particularly Tuesday's dreadful defeat to Arizona State, the Kansas basketball program has positioned itself for yet another uninspiring finish to the season.
For much of the college basketball season, the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball looked like a team capable of making another deep March run. But with Selection Sunday approaching, the Jayhawks suddenly find themselves battling something far more concerning — momentum going in the wrong direction.
The No. 14-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are down to their final two games of the Big 12 regular season, starting with their last road contest of the year in Tempe, Arizona, on Tuesday night for a matchup versus the Arizona State Sun Devils.
It is now officially March, which means the Kansas Jayhawks (11-5, 21-8) are gearing up for their final Big 12 action of the 2025-26 season as they position themselves for one of the top seeds in this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Kansas was utterly dominated by Arizona on Saturday evening, falling 84-61 to the Wildcats in what was the biggest margin of defeat for Bill Self's squad all year.
The Kansas baseball had its first real test of the season against Minnesota, and sort of passed. The Gophers and Jayhawks played a four-game series, and each team won two after KU beat Minnesota, 8-3, in Sunday's series finale.
Kansas surprised everyone earlier this month when it took down a top-ranked Arizona squad that had yet to lose a game. The Jayhawks rallied from behind double digits and pulled off one of the most memorable comebacks in recent Allen Fieldhouse history.
The first matchup between Kansas and Arizona in Allen Fieldhouse was arguably the Jayhawks' best win of the season. However, there was one key piece of KU's lineup missing at tip-off.
Kansas defeated Arizona 82-78 in the first matchup on Feb. 9 at Allen Fieldhouse, but oddsmakers favor the Wildcats in Saturday's rematch. Arizona is favored by 8.5 points, and the over/under is 146.5, according to the DraftKings Sportsbook on Friday afternoon.
The Kansas basketball team picked up a much-needed win over No. 5 Houston on Big Monday to keep its Big 12 title hopes alive. It was an encouraging bounce-back performance after the Jayhawks had just fallen to Cincinnati at home two days earlier.
For the last few months now, the primary topic of conversation among many Kansas basketball fans has been something along the lines of “What is going on with Darryn Peterson?” It’s not hard to understand why.
Kansas picked up one of its biggest wins of the year on Big Monday after it defeated Houston by 13 points in Allen Fieldhouse. It was a much-needed bounce-back performance from the Jayhawks, who had lost to Cincinnati at home just two days prior.
The scariest part about Kansas might be what it hasn't yet become. Monday's 69-56 win over No. 5 Houston was certainly impressive, but even more intriguing is that the performance displayed a long-term view of the Jayhawks' high ceiling.
College basketball has seen some titanic matchups over the last weeks, including No. 1 Michigan vs. No. 3 Duke and No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 2 Houston. Tonight will feature much of the same, with two top-25 matchups, one of which incudes now-fifth-ranked Houston facing off against the up-and-down No.
Although the Kansas Jayhawks suffered an upset loss on Saturday afternoon, FOX4's Taylor Burr managed to win over the college basketball community. Burr, a former weekend anchor and sports reporter at TV20 in Florida, has become quite popular since taking her talents to FOX4 Sports.
The No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks obliterated the Oklahoma State Cowboys at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Okla., on Wednesday, 81-69, but their win doesn’t seem to be grabbing as much as attention as the continuation of the Darryn Peterson saga.