2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team

2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
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Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	19–13 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Brandon Schneider (11th season);
Associate head coach	Morgan Paige
Assistant coaches	Karyla Knight; Brock McGinnis; Patrick Schrater;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

2025–26 Big 12 women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 TCU	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
No. 11 West Virginia †	14	–	4	.778	28	–	6	.824
No. 21 Baylor	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
Oklahoma State	12	–	6	.667	24	–	9	.727
No. 25 Texas Tech	12	–	6	.667	26	–	7	.788
Colorado	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Iowa State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	10	.688
Utah	10	–	8	.556	19	–	13	.594
BYU	9	–	9	.500	23	–	11	.676
Arizona State	9	–	9	.500	24	–	11	.686
Kansas	8	–	10	.444	20	–	13	.606
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	17	.528
Cincinnati	6	–	12	.333	11	–	20	.355
UCF	3	–	15	.167	11	–	19	.367
Arizona	3	–	15	.167	12	–	18	.400
Houston	1	–	17	.056	7	–	23	.233

† 2026 Big 12 tournament winner As of March 21, 2026 Rankings from AP poll

The 2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Jayhawks are led by eleventh-year head coach Brandon Schneider and play their home games at the Allen Fieldhouse as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Jayhawks finished the season 16–14, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish in eleventh place. As the 11th seed in the Big 12 tournament, they lost in the first round to Texas Tech.

Offseason

Departures

Kansas departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Wyvette Mayberry	0	G	5'7"	Graduate Student	Tulsa, OK	Transferred to Arkansas
Freddie Wallace	10	F	6'2"	Junior	Lincoln, NE	Transferred to Arizona
Danai Papadopoulou	14	C	6'4"	Senior	Thessaloniki, Greece	Graduated
Zoe Canfield	15	G	5'11"	Freshman	Topeka, KS	Transferred to Missouri State
Carla Osma	16	G	6'0"	Freshman	Madrid, Spain	Signed to play professionally in Spain with CB Estudiantes
McKenzie Smith	25	F	6'0"	Sophomore	Amarillo, TX	Transferred
Jordan Webester	32	G	5'10"	Graduate Student	Dallas, TX	Transferred to Texas A&M

Incoming transfers

Kansas incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Lilly Meister	52	F	6'3"	Senior	Rochester, MN	Indiana

2025 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jaliya Davis F	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley North High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Nov 20, 2024
Jaliya Davis F	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (96)
Keeley Parks G	Overland Park, KS	Blue Valley North High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A	Nov 21, 2024
Keeley Parks G	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (96)
Libby Fandel G	Cedar Rapids, IA	Xavier High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Nov 13, 2024
Libby Fandel G	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (94)
Tatyonna Brown SF	USAF Academy, CO	Air Academy High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	N/A	Nov 13, 2024
Tatyonna Brown SF	Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2025 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025.

2026 recruiting class

College recruiting information (2026)
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Brooklyn Renn PF	Sellersburg, IN	Silver Creek High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Sep 30, 2025
Brooklyn Renn PF	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (92)
Mollie Ernstes SG	North Vernon, IN	Jennings County High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A	Oct 1, 2025
Mollie Ernstes SG	Recruit ratings: 247Sports: ESPN: (92)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2026 Player Commits". ESPN. Archived from the original on October 6, 2025.

Roster

2025–26 Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Hometown
G	4	Keeley Parks	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Norman, OK
G	6	Laia Conesa	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Barcelona, Spain
G	12	S'Mya Nichols	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Overland Park, KS
G	13	Libby Fandel	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Cedar Rapids, IA
F	15	Tatyonna Brown	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Colorado Springs, CO
G	21	Elle Evans	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Edwardsville, IL
G	22	Sania Copeland	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Kansas City, KS
G	23	Brittany Harshaw	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	RS Jr	Andover, KS
F	24	Regan Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	So	Kansas City, MO
F	25	Jaliya Davis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Overland Park, KS
C	33	Nadira Eltayeb	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	GS	Seattle, WA
F	52	Lilly Meister	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Sr	Rochester, MN

Head coach

Brandon Schneider (Wayland Baptist)

Assistant coach(es)

Morgan Paige (Wisconsin)
Karyla Knight (Alabama)
Brock McGinnis (Ottawa)
Patrick Schrater (Kansas)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[1]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Fort Hays State	W 90–59		29 – Davis	8 – Davis	5 – S'mya	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas City	W 74–64	1–0	21 – Nichols	9 – Meister	7 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,581) Lawrence, KS
November 9, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Northwestern State	W 75–60	2–0	28 – Davis	8 – Meister	7 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,174) Lawrence, KS
November 12, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Lamar	W 65–54	3–0	15 – Nichols	15 – Williams	6 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,006) Lawrence, KS
November 15, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Missouri Border War/StorageMart Border Showdown	W 82–77	4–0	20 – Tied	7 – Williams	7 – Nichols	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
November 19, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Minnesota	W 63–57	5–0	24 – Nichols	10 – Meister	3 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,518) Lawrence, KS
November 23, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts	W 86–75	6–0	15 – Nichols	7 – Meister	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,646) Lawrence, KS
November 28, 2025* 6:30 p.m., Ion	vs. Georgia Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division	L 62–68	6–1	40 – Nichols	12 – Meister	3 – Nichols	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (944) Fort Myers, FL
November 29, 2025* 6:30 p.m., Ion	vs. Dayton Fort Myers Tip-Off Island Division	L 58–59	6–2	16 – Evans	4 – Williams	3 – Williams	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (932) Fort Myers, FL
December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+	at Northwestern	W 74–62	7–2	22 – Williams	11 – Meister	7 – Nichols	Welsh–Ryan Arena (918) Evanston, IL
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Missouri State	W 73–70 ^OT	8–2	24 – Nichols	7 – Nichols	6 – Nichols	Great Southern Bank Arena (2,338) Springfield, MO
December 14, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Denver	W 77–38	9–2	21 – Nichols	8 – Brown	3 – Tied	Allen Fieldhouse (3,709) Lawrence, KS
December 17, 2025* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Haskell	W 107–39	10–2	26 – Harshaw	9 – Meister	8 – Conesa	Allen Fieldhouse (4,646) Lawrence, KS
Big 12 Conference regular season
December 21, 2025 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	at No. 10 Iowa State	L 76–79	10–3 (0–1)	29 – Nichols	6 – Conesa	7 – Nichols	Hilton Coliseum (10,699) Ames, IA
January 1, 2026 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	West Virginia	L 72–79	10–4 (0–2)	21 – Davis	9 – Meister	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (4,149) Lawrence, KS
January 4, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UCF	W 83–68	11–4 (1–2)	26 – Davis	6 – Meister	7 – Nichols	Addition Financial Arena (1,075) Orlando, FL
January 7, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Utah	L 59–62	11–5 (1–3)	20 – Davis	6 – Meister	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,458) Lawrence, KS
January 11, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 16 Baylor	L 64–79	11–6 (1–4)	21 – Davis	10 – Meister	7 – Nichols	Foster Pavilion (3,651) Waco, TX
January 14, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Oklahoma State	L 76–85	11–7 (1–5)	30 – Davis	6 – Tied	6 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,346) Lawrence, KS
January 17, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona State	L 51–67	11–8 (1–6)	11 – Tied	5 – Davis	3 – Copeland	Desert Financial Arena (3,812) Tempe, AZ
January 20, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Arizona	W 80–69	12–8 (2–6)	25 – Davis	8 – Davis	4 – Tied	McKale Center (5,503) Tucson, AZ
January 25, 2026 12:00 p.m., FS1	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 83–61	13–8 (3–6)	22 – Davis	8 – Davis	6 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (6,129) Lawrence, KS
January 29, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN	at No. 12 TCU	L 77–79	13–9 (3–7)	29 – Davis	9 – Davis	4 – Copeland	Schollmaier Arena (2,613) Fort Worth, TX
February 1, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Colorado	L 66–69 ^OT	13–10 (3–8)	22 – Nichols	9 – Evans	5 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,942) Lawrence, KS
February 4, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	BYU	W 81–60	14–10 (4–8)	28 – Davis	12 – Davis	4 – Tied	Allen Fieldhouse (3,679) Lawrence, KS
February 7, 2026 4:30 p.m., ESPN+	Cincinnati	W 80–71	15–10 (5–8)	28 – Davis	8 – Tied	6 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (6,171) Lawrence, KS
February 10, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at No. 16 Texas Tech	L 65–70	15–11 (5–9)	15 – Nichols	6 – Williams	2 – Tied	United Supermarkets Arena (3,893) Lubbock, TX
February 14, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston	W 85–68	16–11 (6–9)	25 – Davis	10 – Meister	9 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,744) Lawrence, KS
February 21, 2026 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 75–68	17–11 (7–9)	17 – Nichols	9 – Davis	4 – Tied	Bramlage Coliseum (4,845) Manhattan, KS
February 25, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20 Texas Tech	W 68–59	18–11 (8–9)	19 – Nichols	10 – Davis	3 – Nichols	Allen Fieldhouse (3,566) Lawrence, KS
February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., FS1	at Oklahoma State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Big 12 Conference Tournament
March 4–9, 2026 TBA	vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	RV	RV	—	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". kuathletics.com. University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". kuathletics.com. University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved October 6, 2024.

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Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball
Venues	Allen Fieldhouse (1968–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk"
People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References