Women's Basketball

Nichols’ increased leadership role has wide-ranging influence on Jayhawks

The Kansas women’s basketball team will field a new-look roster this year, but fortunately for head coach Brandon Schneider, he already has a sample of data he can refer to for what a S’Mya Nichols-led team looks like — from late last season. As he has repeatedly pointed out throughout ...

Four key games from KU women’s basketball’s 18-game conference slate

The Jayhawks will face familiar foes and host brand-new matchups during the 2024-25 season thanks to conference realignment, which has extended the Big 12 farther than it’s ever gone before. Kansas’ grueling 18-game conference schedule commences even before the winter break this year. ...

Big 12 announces conference schedules for KU men’s, women’s basketball

The Big 12 Conference announced full conference schedules on Thursday for the new-look 16-team league. The Kansas men's and women's basketball teams will both begin playing league games before the start of the new year — in the women's case, as early as Dec. 21. Men's basketball has an ...

KU women’s basketball gets commitment from Brown; more key visits to come

The Kansas women's basketball team added to its 2025 class when Tatyonna Brown, a 6-foot-2 forward, announced her commitment to join the Jayhawks on Sunday. Brown attends Air Academy High School, located at the Air Force Academy just outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her team reached the ...

Washington documents upbringing, KU sports history in new book

Marian Washington’s recently released autobiography, “Fierce: My Fight for Nothing Less,” features several key moments at which Washington pauses the narrative of her life to reflect on the process of recounting it. In one early chapter, Washington writes about living on a bus with her ...

Lil Jon announced as new headliner for Late Night in the Phog

The word "yeah" is certain to be uttered a record amount of times at Allen Fieldhouse on Oct. 18, as Kansas Athletics has revealed rapper Lil Jon as the new headliner for the 2024 edition of Late Night in the Phog. Lil Jon replaces Nelly, who had previously been announced as the featured ...

KU women’s basketball gets marquee commitment from Fandel

The Kansas women's basketball team earned a significant commitment for its 2025 recruiting class in the form of Libby Fandel. Fandel, listed as a 6-foot-1 guard from Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced on Monday night that she will join the Jayhawks. She is the No. 41 prospect ...