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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — AJ Storr isn’t going to soon forget what it was like to be a part of Kansas basketball’s win this season, in Las Vegas, against Duke.
Storr, speaking after the Jayhawks’ NCAA tournament exit and loss against Arkansas in Providence, Rhode Island, mentioned that KU and Duke are two teams you think about as a kid when you think about college basketball.
He was thankful of the opportunity he had to wear a Kansas (21-13) jersey this season, especially in that moment. Storr started that game against Duke, and finished with 11 points in a 75-72 victory.
But as Storr reflected on the season as a whole, and praised all the seniors he had the chance to play with, the junior guard acknowledged it wasn’t always smooth sailing. That also doesn’t go for just himself. There were challenges, he outlined, that made the past year difficult.
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“For me, and the whole team, a roller coaster,” Storr said. “Just really, obviously, losing is — nobody likes losing. So, at that point, that’s what I would consider a roller coaster season. A lot of ups and downs. We stringed a couple of wins together, and then we’d lose some. String some together. Lose some. Up-and-down season.”
Storr joined Kansas as a coveted transfer portal talent from Wisconsin, where he was the team’s leading scorer during the 2023-24 season after earlier spending a stint at St. John's.
That success didn’t translate consistently with the Jayhawks, where he spent the 2024-25 campaign. He finished with 34 appearances and four starts while averaging 15.7 minutes per game, in addition to collecting 6.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per contest.
Storr’s high-profile efforts against Arkansas in the West region of the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and against UCF earlier this month in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Big 12 Conference tournament, drew a lot of attention.
They were two of, if not the top two, best performances Storr had since joining the program. But how valuable he was in those two efforts did as much to highlight the potential effect he could have on a game, as it did the lack of an effect he appeared to have at times during a challenging KU season.
Kansas entered this season as the preseason No. 1 team in the nation, in part, because of the addition Storr was thought to be to this roster. That potential never truly materialized in the way so many expected. Discussing his mindset, Storr said it never changed, and that despite the highs and lows of the roller coaster he looked to remain balanced.
Storr will now turn the page and start to look at what’s next for him during his college career, and any related choices. He’ll take time to process the Jayhawks’ season coming to an end, however long that process might take. Regardless of what’s to come, the process is starting far sooner than anyone would have thought before the season began.
“I’m going to rest for a little, talk to my family,” Storr said, “and just figure it out from there.”
Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: AJ Storr reflects on ‘roller coaster’ season with Kansas basketball
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Storr, speaking after the Jayhawks’ NCAA tournament exit and loss against Arkansas in Providence, Rhode Island, mentioned that KU and Duke are two teams you think about as a kid when you think about college basketball.
He was thankful of the opportunity he had to wear a Kansas (21-13) jersey this season, especially in that moment. Storr started that game against Duke, and finished with 11 points in a 75-72 victory.
But as Storr reflected on the season as a whole, and praised all the seniors he had the chance to play with, the junior guard acknowledged it wasn’t always smooth sailing. That also doesn’t go for just himself. There were challenges, he outlined, that made the past year difficult.
RELATED: Bill Self, Kansas basketball players lament KJ Adams' injury in Arkansas loss
“For me, and the whole team, a roller coaster,” Storr said. “Just really, obviously, losing is — nobody likes losing. So, at that point, that’s what I would consider a roller coaster season. A lot of ups and downs. We stringed a couple of wins together, and then we’d lose some. String some together. Lose some. Up-and-down season.”
Storr joined Kansas as a coveted transfer portal talent from Wisconsin, where he was the team’s leading scorer during the 2023-24 season after earlier spending a stint at St. John's.
That success didn’t translate consistently with the Jayhawks, where he spent the 2024-25 campaign. He finished with 34 appearances and four starts while averaging 15.7 minutes per game, in addition to collecting 6.1 points and 1.7 rebounds per contest.
Storr’s high-profile efforts against Arkansas in the West region of the 2025 men’s NCAA tournament, and against UCF earlier this month in Kansas City, Missouri, in the Big 12 Conference tournament, drew a lot of attention.
They were two of, if not the top two, best performances Storr had since joining the program. But how valuable he was in those two efforts did as much to highlight the potential effect he could have on a game, as it did the lack of an effect he appeared to have at times during a challenging KU season.
Kansas entered this season as the preseason No. 1 team in the nation, in part, because of the addition Storr was thought to be to this roster. That potential never truly materialized in the way so many expected. Discussing his mindset, Storr said it never changed, and that despite the highs and lows of the roller coaster he looked to remain balanced.
Storr will now turn the page and start to look at what’s next for him during his college career, and any related choices. He’ll take time to process the Jayhawks’ season coming to an end, however long that process might take. Regardless of what’s to come, the process is starting far sooner than anyone would have thought before the season began.
“I’m going to rest for a little, talk to my family,” Storr said, “and just figure it out from there.”
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Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He was the 2022 National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas. Contact him at [email protected] or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: AJ Storr reflects on ‘roller coaster’ season with Kansas basketball
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