Kansas Jayhawk News
As posted earlier, KU has lost a highly rated recruit.
The initial acquisition of Dunnigan in January, when he picked KU over Kansas State, Nebraska, Stanford and others, was at the time a major in-state
recruiting coup for the Jayhawks, and helped set off a series of commitments from Kansan players during the winter. Dunnigan, who planned to play both sides of the ball during his time in Lawrence, also said that he attempted to play an active role in recruiting his contemporaries to join the Jayhawks.
It’s Homecoming week for the KU and the Jayhawks. Find a schedule of events here.
Matt Tait writes about the importance of leadership as the Jayhawks try to finish the season on a high note.
This, however, will be one of their biggest tests in that department to date, simply because of how high the hopes were for ending K-State’s 17-game win streak and for how flat they fell in their pursuit of that goal.
The UDK has a nice photo gallery from the Sunflower Showdown.
SI looks at some of the freshmen we may see in the exhibition game against Fort Hays.
Bill Self’s recruiting class of 2026 is currently the highest rated in the country after landing Luke Barnett.
Barnett is now the fourth high school recruit to commit to KU. He joins four-star center Davion Adkins (No. 34 overall), four-star small forward Trent Perry (No. 120 overall), and five-star point guard Taylen Kinney (No. 13 overall) as part of what is now the No. 1 ranked class in the country.
Through the Phog looks at Melvin Council Jr:
The 6-foot-4 combo guard from Rochester, New York, enters the season with one year of eligibility remaining and stands out as one of Bill Self’s most important portal additions.
The women’s team is also getting some hype and attention for their upcoming season as S’Mya Nichols is named to the Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List.
Other Links!
Here’s a great story on the Shohei Ohtani game from last week. Was it the greatest game to attend ever?
NPR looks at how Trump is using “common sense” for populist appeal.
The Dodgers take game 2 of the World Series with a walkoff in the 18th inning.
Despite the government shutdown, the Senate is asking the NBA for information on their investigations into gambling.
In its letter, the Commerce, Science and Transportation committee asked the NBA to provide documents on any investigations into players, coaches, employees or owners since 2020, communications between the league and sportsbooks and integrity monitors about suspicious wagers, and the findings and report from its internal investigation of Rozier.
Five reasons Brian Kelly failed at LSU.
How’s Lane Kiffin’s saga going to go?
QOTD: Did you ever do anything special for homecoming while in school?
