Kansas Jayhawk News
Kansas football is actually mentioned in this CFP bubble watch from ESPN. Of course, it’s in the “More work to do” section.
KU Women’s basketball picked up a commitment this week.
“I got that, ‘When you
know, you know,’ feeling during my visit,” said Ernstes, whose list of finalists included Arkansas, Dayton and New Mexico. “I got chills and all excited like, ‘I can see myself going here.'”
The women’s team also announced their schedule for the year.
KU Men’s basketball announced a home game with BYU this upcoming season. It will feature two players with high hopes for their future in the NBA.
It’ll be a national must-watch: Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa going head-to-head in an elite matchup.
We also have an early How to Watch post for the KU vs Cincy football game this weekend so you can start your planning early.
Finally, the UDK has some information on Late Night, which is less than a month away.
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Bruce Pearl stepped down as head coach at Auburn earlier this week and while it’s rumored he has his eye on the seat Tommy Tuberville is vacating, Pearl denied that as his motivation:
Pearl on Monday swatted down those rumors of an imminent political run, at least for now, in announcing his retirement as basketball coach. His son, Steven, will take over. The elder Pearl will transition into an ambassador’s role in the athletic department as special assistant to the athletic director.
ESPN also has a breakdown on what Pearl’s retirement means for both Auburn and for Pearl’s legacy.
Mike Gundy is also out at Oklahoma State:
Gundy, 58, was not offered the opportunity to remain in his role through the end of the season, according to Weiberg, who explained that Gundy is set to receive the full sum of the $15 million buyout outlined in his contract, which was set to run through the 2028 season.
CBS Sports breaks down the 2025 Ryder Cup participants.
Kevin Van Valkenburg ranks the top Ryder Cup captains since 1999 and comes out swinging with Zach Johnson at the bottom:
Where should we even begin? Incoherent messaging, garbled syntax, corncob enthusiasm. The allegations of Boys’ Club favoritism were so blatant, it felt like he was using Netflix to personally rub it in Keegan Bradley’s face that he wasn’t part of the #squad. While Europe was creating heartfelt videos of family members speaking directly to players about why they were playing for something bigger than themselves, the Americans were bringing country-rap artist Kelley James into the team room to make up funny songs.
Here’s an interesting story from Richard Johnson on how college football teams are attempting to integrate artificial intelligence into their programs:
Padden describes the challenge of portal scouting as narrowing 14,000 names to four in order to figure out who to pursue in order. The specific way an AI agent can help is with filling in the gaps to simple questions with not-so-simple answers during the portal process, such as: why did a player miss a certain amount of game time over the course of a given period? Injury? Poor play? Off-field trouble?
Indiana’s moving up in the #CFB world after demolishing Illinois over the weekend.
The NCAA says they have 13 players from 6 programs involved in a betting ring:
The violations include athletes betting on and against their own teams, sharing information with third parties for purposes of betting, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes and/or refusing to participate in the enforcement staff’s investigation. The NCAA said additional sports betting cases are at varying stages.
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