Women's Basketball

KU women’s basketball coach Schneider receives two-year extension

Updated 12:38 p.m. Thursday: After taking the Kansas women's basketball team to its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years, with a Women's National Invitation Tournament title in between, head coach Brandon Schneider has been rewarded with a contract extension. Schneider, who has ...

KU women’s basketball adds high-scoring transfer Webster

The Kansas women's basketball team added another key piece to its new-look 2024-25 roster Monday night, earning the commitment of a high-volume scorer from the Big West Conference. Jordan Webster, a 5-foot-10 guard who played four seasons at UC Riverside, announced that she will join the ...

Jackson waived by Sun

Less than a month after she was selected by the Connecticut Sun at No. 19 overall, and less than two weeks after she began training camp with the team, former Kansas center Taiyanna Jackson has been waived. The Sun announced the news Friday morning, a day after Jackson made her first ...

KU women’s basketball makes big portal move by adding Elle Evans

If the Kansas women's basketball team is looking to add depth, size on the perimeter and 3-point shooting, as head coach Brandon Schneider said on his radio show Monday night, then it did all three Tuesday. Elle Evans, a 6-foot-3 guard who spent her first two collegiate seasons at North Dakota ...

Schneider provides offseason updates, outlines additional transfer needs

Updated 11:42 a.m. Tuesday: Minutes after guard Zakiyah Franklin rattled in a 3-pointer from the left wing to force overtime and help Kansas rally to beat Michigan in the NCAA Tournament, head coach Brandon Schneider said it “may be one of the bigger plays in Kansas women’s basketball ...

Would any other Kansans in the portal make sense for KU women’s basketball?

The four players the Kansas women’s basketball team has added over the course of the last two transfer cycles have something in common: They are all from Kansas. This year’s additions so far, Sania Copeland (a Wisconsin transfer from Kansas City) and Brittany Harshaw (a Creighton transfer ...

KU women’s basketball adds transfer Harshaw

The Kansas women's basketball team continues to flesh out its roster and to attract local players in the transfer portal. Three days after luring Kansas City, Kansas, product Sania Copeland, formerly of Wisconsin, the Jayhawks earned the commitment of Andover native and Creighton transfer ...

Jackson selected by Connecticut in WNBA Draft

Kansas super-senior Taiyanna Jackson was selected in the WNBA Draft Monday night, making her the Jayhawks’ first player picked in nine years and the first under head coach Brandon Schneider. The 6-foot-6 center went in the second round to the Connecticut Sun at pick No. 19 overall. The last ...