Kansas basketball preview 2026-27: roster, transfers and schedule
Kansas returns 6% of last season's minutes, and adds four transfers and the No. 3 recruiting class.
Last season it ranked No. 22 in adjusted net rating (No. 64 on offense, No. 9 on defense). The biggest loss is Melvin Council Jr., 12.7 points a game. The schedule has 30 games, seven against last season's adjusted top 25.
2026-27 roster
PPG to MPG are last season’s numbers, wherever he played: a transfer’s line is from his old school. Freshmen have none yet.
Who left
The players who left played 94% of last season’s minutes. Also gone, under 5 minutes a game: Samis Calderon, Nginyu Ngala, Wilder Evers, Justin Cross.
Adjusted net rating, last three seasons
Points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I team. Last season: offense 117.4 (No. 64), defense 92.8 (No. 9).
2026-27 schedule
Rank is each opponent’s adjusted net rank last season; gold marks a top-25 opponent. 30 games, 18 in the Big 12. Tip times are set closer to each game.
Questions
Who is back for Kansas in 2026-27?
3 players who played for Kansas last season: Kohl Rosario, Paul Mbiya, Will Thengvall. They played 6% of its minutes.
Who did Kansas add for 2026-27?
Leroy Blyden Jr. (transfer from Toledo), Keanu Dawes (transfer from Utah), Dennis Parker Jr. (transfer from Radford), Christian Reeves (transfer from Charleston), Tyran Stokes (freshman, No. 1 recruit), Taylen Kinney (freshman, No. 22 recruit), Davion Adkins (freshman, No. 70 recruit), Trent Perry (freshman, No. 103 recruit), Luke Barnett (freshman, No. 126 recruit).