Latest NBA Mock Draft Stokes Fire Around Two Kansas Jayhawk Stars

Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self during the exhibition basketball game with the Louisville Cardinals at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky Friday, October 24, 2025. | Matt Stone/Courier Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn ImagesTonight marks the start of a new No. 19 Kansas basketball season. For months, fans have been longing to see Bill Self’s newest rendition of what he hopes will be his third NCAA National Championship.

This Jayhawk team in particular sees nine new players join the squad either via the portal or as freshmen.

Leading the pack was always going to be the freshman Darryn Peterson. Peterson made an instant impact with 26 points in an unofficial exhibition 90-82 win…