Ken Davis

Ken Davis

Ken Davis is in his 48th season of writing about college basketball. The University of Kansas graduate spent 28 years in the newspaper business, starting at The Kansas City Star and logging 20 years at The Hartford Courant. During that tenure, he was a beat writer covering Ted Owens at Kansas, Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Lefty Driesell at Maryland, and Jim Calhoun at Connecticut. His was a columnist at NBCSports.com and FOXSports.com, and his work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, The Sporting News, ESPN The Magazine, The Athletic, Athlon, and Basketball Times. Davis now has written 15 years for Blue Ribbon Basketball Yearbook. He has covered 35 Final Fours and written three college basketball books, two on Kansas and one on UConn. His writing has been awarded 14 times by the United States Basketball Writers and six times by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013.
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St. John's Dylan Darling hits the game-winning layup as time expires.

Dylan Darling’s Buzzer Beater Layup Lifts St. John’s Over Kansas

With the 67-65 win, the Johnnies headed to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1999. Kansas' Darryn Peterson led all scorers with 21 points.

By Ken Davis
Zuby Ejiofor of St. John's leads his team in scoring, rebounding, assists and blocks

For St. John’s Zuby Ejiofor, a Win Will Show Kansas What It Lost

The Red Storm big man, recently named Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, started his college career at Kansas under coach Bill Self

By Ken Davis
Cal Baptist basketball player Dominique Daniels Jr. dribbles up the court

Meet Dominique Daniels Jr., the Scoring Machine Hoping to Take Down Kansas

The Cal Baptist Lancers' junior guard was the 5th-leading scorer in D1 this season. Can he lead his team to an upset?

By Ken Davis
Jones has piled up six Ivy championships and five NCAA Tournament bids during his lengthy tenure at Yale

Bulldog Mentality: Yale’s James Jones Is Aging Into Success

James Jones was short on patience when he started coaching Yale at the age of 36. Now in his 60s, Jones has built an Ivy League powerhouse and shows no signs of slowing down.

By Ken Davis
Zuby Ejiofor is leading one of the most talented rosters in college ball

“He’s A Warrior”: Zuby Ejiofor Takes The Lead at St. John’s

The Big East Preseason Player of the Year started at Kansas and is spearheading the Red Storm’s resurgence under Rick Pitino

By Ken Davis