The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

According to Self, Henry notified the coaching staff in late July of his intention to transfer to another university where he would continue his collegiate basketball career.

Bill Self heavily courted three guards for the 2010–2011 season and landed the biggest one there was in the form of Josh Selby of Baltimore, MD.

[2] Shooting guard Royce Woolridge of Phoenix, AZrizona, who committed to Kansas in 2009, also joined the team in the fall as a freshman and ranked in Rivals.com's Top 150 recruit list as well.

On October 12, 4-star point guard Naadir Tharpe signed a letter of intent to join the Jayhawks as a freshman for the 2011–12 season.