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Kansas Jayhawks News
Final 2025 men’s NCAA basketball recruiting class rankings – ESPN
Nate Ament’s commitment catapulted Tennessee into our final top 25, along with three other programs. (keep scrolling to find KU)
Kansas’ first visit to NCAA Tournament since 2014 doesn’t come with trepidation or inexperience – KU Sports
With Kansas baseball’s first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in over a decade, the vast majority of the 39 Jayhawks on the roster will be playing postseason baseball at the Division I level for the first time in their lives. While playing on the largest stage for college baseball in one of the most iconic […]
But the truth is that each of those developments had long been baked into the 2025-26 CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 preseason college basketball rankings because I’ve always assumed those three players would do exactly what they did, i.e., go through the predraft process but ultimately withdraw and return to college to collect on big NIL deals. So none of those players’ decisions impacted Version 14 of the Top 25 And 1. (also have to keep scrolling here)
Other Sports News
Class 4A State Softball Capsules – Kansas State High School Activities Association
Worth noting: Red Raiders are two-time defending state champions, beating Andale/Garden Plain 5-0 in last year’s championship game and McPherson in the 2023 title game. … Wamego also won state title in 2021 and took third in 2022.
Boys State Golf Day 1 Recap – Kansas State High School Activities Association
Perhaps looking to make up for lost time, Blue Valley North got 4-under-par 68s from juniors Brady Rapp and Drew Krystyn on Tuesday to give the Mustangs a slim lead over Shawnee Mission East in the team competition at the midpoint of the Class 6A state tournament at Winfield’s Quail Ridge.
SEC and Big Ten’s Latest College Football Playoff Proposal Destroys Drama
The conferences want four automatic bids and possibly three qualifying games that would water down the playoff field and diminish actual title contenders.
Kirby Smart says SEC coaches want clarity on transfer portal – ESPN
“You think tampering is a problem?” he asked. “Put that [one] portal [window] in April and see what teams do in January, February and March. Just think about it now because we’re getting ready to make a big decision, and a lot of people believe, ‘Well the kids won’t be able to leave if we put it in April. They’ll have to stay the next semester.’
PGA Tour eliminates starting-strokes format at Tour Championship – ESPN
The PGA Tour is eliminating the controversial starting-strokes format from the Tour Championship in its latest attempt to make its season-ending tournament more compelling and climactic for golf fans, the tour announced Tuesday.
Greg Sankey talks 5+11 CFP model with SEC coaches, rues timing – ESPN
“They talked about — I’ll call it a 5+11 model — and our own ability to earn those berths,” Sankey said at the conclusion of the second day of spring meetings. “… At the coaching level, the question is, why wouldn’t that be fine? Why wouldn’t we do that? We talked about 16 with them. So, good conversation, not a destination, but the first time I’ve had the ability to go really in depth with ideas with them.”
Tyrese Haliburton triple-double keys Pacers’ Game 4 win vs. Knicks – ESPN
Tyrese Haliburton had 32 points, 15 assists and 12 rebounds without a turnover for a historic playoff triple-double in the Pacers’ Game 4 win over the Knicks on Tuesday night.
With college sports in limbo and key issues coming to a head, the spotlight is on the SEC: ‘It’s going to get heated’
With potential CFP format changes, athlete revenue sharing and the impending House ruling all in flux, college sports is at a critical juncture. And the SEC is at the forefront of it all this week in Florida.
Other News
Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies — and it’s been a violent year • Kansas Reflector
The U.S. has had more reported tornadoes than normal — over 960 as of May 22, according to the National Weather Service’s preliminary count. That’s well above the national average of around 660 tornadoes reported by that point over the past 15 years, and it’s similar to 2024 — the second-most active year over that same period.
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