Men's Basketball - Kansas Jayhawks

Former Kansas men’s basketball standout Joel Embiid has been named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team, USA Basketball announced April 17. The team will compete at the Olympic Games in Paris, July 26-Aug. 11, 2024.

Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy has announced that he has declared for the 2024 NBA Draft. Furphy will retain NCAA eligibility while testing the draft process. Per NCAA rules, student-athletes can participate in the NBA Draft process if withdrawn by May 29.

Junior KJ Adams Jr. was honored with the Danny Manning Mr. Jayhawk Award at the Kansas men’s basketball annual team banquet Thursday evening at the Burge Union on the KU campus.

Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy has been named to the Australian Boomers team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Basketball Australia announced April 11.

Kansas center Hunter Dickinson has been named to the Wooden Award 2023-24 Men’s Basketball All American Team, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Tuesday evening on ESPN2.

Kansas great Walt Wesley died at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, Thursday morning, former KU head coach Ted Owens informed Kansas Athletics. Wesley was 79 years old and had been fighting leukemia the past few years.

Kansas men’s basketball senior Hunter Dickinson has been named 2024 Consensus All-America Second Team, the NCAA has announced.

Gonzaga played a nearly perfect second half, busting open a back-and-forth game with a 15-0 run Saturday to pull away from Kansas for an 89-68 win and extend its nation-best streak of trips to the Sweet 16 to nine.

No. 4 seed Kansas (23-10) will face No. 5 seed Gonzaga (26-7) in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament on Saturday, March 23. Tip from Delta Center in Salt Lake City will be at 2:15 p.m. CT and the game will be televised on CBS.