KUsports.com Headlines for November 24

Basketball Friends: [Basketball Friends | Greg Gurley expects to see new and improved Jalen Wilson]( By: Matt Tait As the 2021-22 Kansas basketball team heads to Orlando to play three games in four days at the ESPN Events Invitational, radio color analyst and ... Posted today at 1:42 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Game day breakdown: Kansas basketball vs. North Texas in Orlando]( [Kansas forward David McCormack (33) gets a shot over Stony Brook forward Jaden Sayles (23) during the second half on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021 at Allen Fieldhouse.]( By: Matt Tait A look at some of the keys for fourth-ranked Kansas in Thursday's opening-round game against North Texas at the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando ... Posted today at 1:39 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['He's kind of embraced being the man': Jayhawks credit QB Jalon Daniels for reenergizing KU football late in season]( [Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels (6) scrambles against Texas during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)]( By: Benton Smith A Kansas football team that looked dead in the water not long ago found a source of revitalization for the season’s final weeks when ... Posted today at 1:03 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [KU volleyball standouts Langs, Turner snag Big 12 weekly honors]( [Freshman setter Camryn Turner runs the Kansas offense against the Kansas City Roos on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021 at Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena. ]( By: J-W Staff Report Senior middle blocker Rachel Langs and freshman setter Camryn Turner both won Big 12 Conference player of the week honors this week, after strong showings ... Posted yesterday at 6:07 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [QB Jalon Daniels rested his arm 'a little bit' after taking 'a few nicks' in KU football's tight road loss]( [Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels (6) looks to pass against TCU during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. TCU won 31-28. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins)]( By: Benton Smith Jalon Daniels had another productive start for the Jayhawks this past weekend at TCU, but the Kansas football quarterback didn’t leave the narrow road ... Posted yesterday at 4:28 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kyron Johnson's 'adrenaline was rushing' when KU football D-end earned NFLPA Collegiate Bowl invite]( [FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, Kansas linebacker Kyron Johnson (15) follows a play during an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)]( By: Benton Smith When Kansas football players were informed after practice on Tuesday that a representative from the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl was in attendance and about to address ... Posted yesterday at 3:23 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Three Jayhawks fighting through minor injuries, another set to return as 4th-ranked KU heads to Orlando]( [Kansas forward Jalen Wilson (10) cruises in for a bucket on a fast break during the second half on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 at Allen Fieldhouse.]( By: Matt Tait The fourth-ranked Kansas men’s basketball program is taking a bruised and battered backcourt to Orlando for this week’s ESPN Events Invitational. By Matt ... Posted yesterday at 11:07 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Ochai Agbaji on becoming ‘the guy’ for KU basketball as a senior]( [Ochai Agbaji on becoming ‘the guy’ for KU basketball as a senior]( By: Benton Smith Kansas basketball senior Ochai Agbaji, who is averaging 26.3 points per game, says “everything” has changed about his game since last season. “It’s ... Posted yesterday at 10:49 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Jalen Coleman-Lands on Jayhawks’ expectations]( [Jalen Coleman-Lands on Jayhawks’ expectations]( By: Benton Smith Kansas super-senior guard Jalen Coleman-Lands gives an update on his hurt toe and discusses the Jayhawks’ expectations heading into their Thanksgiving week trip to ... Posted yesterday at 10:36 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Bill Self previews KU’s trip to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational]( [Bill Self: KU to encounter 'probably underrated' field at ESPN Events Invitational]( By: Benton Smith Kansas basketball coach Bill Self says the Jayhawks are about to encounter a “probably underrated” field at the ESPN Events Invitational. KU faces North ... Posted yesterday at 10:26 a.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Availability of TEs in question heading into KU football finale]( [Kansas tight end Mason Fairchild (89) celebrates his touchdown catch against Texas during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)]( By: Benton Smith The Kansas football running back room isn’t the only one where available bodies are dwindling late in the season. When asked during his Monday ... Posted November 22 at 3:12 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Unbeaten Jayhawks jumped by Purdue in latest AP college basketball poll; KU still 3rd in coaches poll]( [Michigan State's A.J. Hoggard (11) drives past Kansas' Dajuan Harris (3) during the first half of an NCAA basketball game Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)]( By: Matt Tait The Kansas men’s basketball team maintained its spot at No. 3 in the USA Today coaches poll but dropped a spot in the Associated ... Posted November 22 at 3:05 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Jayhawks' RB depth could be tested, with Devin Neal 'questionable to doubtful' for finale]( [Kansas running back Devin Neal (4) is brought down shy of a first downm forcing a turnover on downs, by Oklahoma State safety Kolby Harvell-Peel (31), safety Sean Michael Flanagan (18) and linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez (20) during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Stillwater, Okla. (AP Photo/Brody Schmidt)]( By: Benton Smith The Kansas football team could be without its starting running back, Devin Neal, in its season finale this Saturday. Posted November 22 at 2:18 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- KUsports Video: [Kansas football coach Lance Leipold on what a strong finish to the season would mean for KU]( [Kansas football coach Lance Leipold on what a strong finish to the season would mean for KU]( By: Matt Tait Posted November 22 at 12:11 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Former Kansas great Paul Pierce inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame]( [Former Kansas basketball legend Paul Pierce smiles during an interview at the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, Mo., where he was enshrined as a member of the 2021 class on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. ]( By: Matt Tait Enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., earlier this year, former Kansas great Paul Pierce was one of eight former ... Posted November 21 at 11:15 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Juco LB Mike Smith joins KU football's 2022 recruiting class]( [Kansas University football recruiting]( By: Benton Smith The first recruiting class for head coach Lance Leipold at the University of Kansas won’t be completely comprised of high school prospects. The Jayhawks ... Posted November 21 at 10:54 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Slow start doesn't stop KU women's basketball from moving to 4-0]( [Kansas sophomore forward Ioanna Chatzileonti takes a jumper against SIU-Edwardsville during the Jayhawks' season-opener, on Nov. 10, 2021.]( By: The University of Kansas women’s basketball team recovered from a slow start versus St. Louis in the first half Sunday to remain unbeaten. 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