By Grant Guggisberg
MANHATTAN – Kansas pitcher Wes Benjamin proved just how misleading the win-loss stat for pitchers can be.
Sporting a 2-7 record entering Saturday’s matchup with Kansas State, Benjamin delivered a gem … Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Danny Manning could have escaped basketball foot-loose and fancy free.
Instead, the footwork he teaches players only strengthens his reputation as an icon at Kansas — first as its all-time leading scorer and rebounder, and now as… Continue reading
Musings at the mid-week:
– Let’s see, Missouri should be ranked in the top five. Now, where to put Kansas? Right up there. Those teams are pretty even in the Big 12.
– Read the line above again if you want, but it seemed like the logical approa… Continue reading
WICHITA — When you field the most decorated high school basketball player in Kansas history, there is little sense in telling him to sit.
Perry Ellis never left the court Saturday in the Class 6A championship game at Koch Arena.
Some of his Wichi… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inside the Sprint Center, in front of a mostly blue crowd, Kansas played large stretches without its most important ingredient:
Its energy.
Time and again, Bill Self has stated that without energy, without a certain edge, this… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the record, the color was neon green and named “electricity.’’
Turned out to be appropriate. Without any construction cones to drop, potholes to fill or stripes to paint, Baylor’s road crew of Human Highlighters was def… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On the days everything is going well for Elijah Johnson, on the days he is scoring and making shots, he is aggressive.
At the core, that is the key for Johnson, KU’s streaky shooting guard with as many “on” ni… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Musings beyond the midweek from the Big 12 Tournament:
■ Three coaches were named tops in the Big 12. Could a team coached by someone else win the tourney?
■ Maybe. Kansas State is hot. Baylor is talented. Texas is led by the l… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the calendar’s turn to March, all the hard work, struggles and triumphs of the regular season are in the past.
For the Kansas State and Kansas women’s basketball teams, making some noise in the Big 12 tourname… Continue reading