#19 Kansas Men's Basketball 2025-2026 Preview

 
Kansas Jayhawks

2025-2026 Overall Rank: #19
 
Conference Rank: #6 Big 12
 
 
2024-25 Record: 21-13, 11-9
2024-25 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Bill Self
Coach Record: 609-148 at Kansas, 836-256 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Hunter Dickinson, Center, 17.4 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 2.1 apg
Zeke Mayo, Guard, 14.6 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.9 apg
KJ Adams, Forward, 9.4 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.5 apg
Dajuan Harris, Guard, 9.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg, 5.7 apg
Rylan Griffen, Guard, 6.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.4 apg
AJ Storr, Forward, 6.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 0.7 apg
David Coit, Guard, 5.1 ppg, 1.5 rpg, 1.3 apg
Shakeel Moore, Guard, 3.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 1.4 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
Flory Bidunga, Sophomore, Forward, 5.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 0.3 apg
Jamari McDowell, Sophomore, Guard, 1.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.5 apg
Elmarko Jackson, Sophomore, Guard, DNP in 2024-25
 
Key New Players:
Samis Calderon, Freshman, Forward
Melvin Council, Senior, Guard, Transfer from St. Bonaventure
Jayden Dawson, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Loyola Chicago
Paul Mbiya, Freshman, Forward, Played in France
Darryn Peterson, Freshman, Guard
Kohl Rosario, Freshman, Guard
Bryson Tiller, Freshman, Forward
Tre White, Senior, Forward, Transfer from Illinois
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.1 (111th in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.6 (91, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.0 (54, 4)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.0 (17, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.4 (205, 12)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.4 (94, 6)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.6 (202, 11)
Rebound Margin: 3.8 (67, 7)
Assists Per Game: 17.7 (5, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.8 (187, 8)