Kansas big man Flory Bidunga, Wake Forest’s Juke Harris and Saint Mary’s Paulius Murauskas were among the parade of players entering the transfer portal Tuesday, the first of 15 days Division I men’s basketball players can go looking for a new school.

Bidunga finished his second season with the Jayhawks as the Big 12 defensive player of the year and an Associated Press All-Big 12 second-team pick. He averaged 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game and was a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year finalist. He led the Big 12 and was fourth nationally with 91 blocked shots and 10th in field-goal shooting at 64%.

Bidunga recorded 13 double-doubles and was the only Division I player to average more than 13 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots.

Harris was voted the Atlantic Coast Conference’s most improved player after he increased his scoring average from 6.1 points per game as a freshman to 21.4 this past season. He also was an AP All-ACC second-team pick after becoming one of two players in program history to score 750 points in a season.

Murauskas was the West Coast Conference’s second-leading scorer with 18.4 points per game and had two 30-point games. He was an All-WCC first-team pick both years he was with the Gaels after transferring from Arizona.

Purdue announced it had signed forward Caden Pierce, who played three seasons at Princeton and sat out this year as a redshirt while completing his degree. Pierce started 89 games for the Tigers and was 2023-24 Ivy League player of year after averaging 16.6 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists. He chose the Boilermakers over Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville and Connecticut.

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – A Kansas woman has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after being caught with a large amount of fentanyl pills.

According to court documents, 51-year-old Mana Elena Reyes from Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Reyes had multiple discussions between April and May of 2023 with a person she was unaware was an undercover officer with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office. During the conversations, she discussed purchasing and selling methamphetamine and fentanyl.

The Kansas Highway Patrol conducted a traffic stop and searched Reyes’ vehicle, where they found approximately 115,000 fentanyl pills and over 4,000 grams of methamphetamine. They also found heroin, fentanyl powder and cocaine.

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Gracie Hunt is engaged to Derek Green, the youngest son of former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Trent Green.

The NFL heiress, who is the daughter of billionaire Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt, announced the exciting news in a sweet Instagram post on Saturday.

“It was always you,” Gracie, 27, wrote alongside a series of pics from Derek’s proposal.

The photos showed Derek, 26, down on one knee as he popped the question to his now-fiancée beneath an outdoor altar decorated with white flowers.

Another featured the happy couple kissing, while a third showed the NFL heiress’s emerald-cut engagement ring, which was encrusted with white diamonds and a single emerald stone along the band.

The carousel of photos also included some of the pair’s family and friends filming the proposal and clapping in celebration after Gracie said “yes.”

Gracie’s mom, Tavia, took to her own Instagram over the weekend to celebrate her daughter and future son-in-law’s engagement.

“We’re getting another SON!!” the 54-year-old wrote on her Instagram Stories. “Gracie Green has a nice ring to it!!”

Tavia and Clark share daughters Gracie and Ava, 21, as well as a 23-year-old son, Knobel.

“Forever looks so beautiful on these two,” Gracie’s mom continued. “God brought these two together in such a special way, and our hearts are overflowing with joy … We are so grateful for His hand in their lives and so excited for all that lies ahead.”

Gracie first teased her and Derek’s relationship in a since-deleted Instagram video of them together at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, in April 2025.

“After meeting 7.5 years ago in this place… all along there was some invisible string,” she captioned the clip while quoting Taylor Swift’s song “Invisible String” from the pop star’s album “Folklore.”

Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, both 36, are also engaged. Kelce asked the “Fate of Ophelia” hitmaker to marry him in August 2025.

Gracie, meanwhile, returned to social media in July of last year to reveal that she and her now-fiancé have been “friends since 2017.”

“I’m dating my best friend,” Gracie wrote in the Instagram post with Swift’s “You Belong With Me” playing in the background.

Before dating Derek, Gracie was with real estate broker Cody Keith.

Keith wasn’t seen at the NFL heiress’s 26th birthday party in March 2025, nor in attendance for the Chiefs’ 2025 Super Bowl loss against the Philadelphia Eagles that February.