CALENDAR
Professional
BASEBALL
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
College
BASEBALL
Big 12 Tournament
Oklahoma City
Kansas State vs. Baylor, 12:30 p.m.
Kansas vs. Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
High school
TRACK AND FIELD
State Outdoor at Cessna Sta… Continue reading
Kansas center Jeff Withey was named national co-defensive player of the year Sunday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
Withey, who broke his own school record with 146 blocks as a senior, shared the honor with Victor Oladipo of Indiana…. Continue reading
NCAA SWEET 16
EAST
Games Thursday at Washington
Miami (29-6) vs. Marquette (25-8), 6:15 p.m. (WIBW 13.1)
Indiana (29-6) vs. Syracuse (28-9), 30 minutes following (WIBW 13.1)
WEST
Games Thursday at Los Angeles
Arizona (27-7) vs. Ohio State (28-7), 6:47… Continue reading
Jeff Withey and Ben McLemore of Kansas were named second team All-Americans by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Monday.
This marks the fifth straight year that KU has been represented on the USBWA teams and the fifth time two Jayhawks have be… Continue reading
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Travis Releford slowly strolled across the Sprint Center’s court, sporting his new Big 12 Tournament champions hat to go with his gray sweats. He was following his 2-year-old son, Travis Jr., who was running across the court’s confetti-filled floor.
Travis picked up his son, along with a piece of pink confetti for Travis Jr. to play with, to have as a memento of his father’s recent accomplishment. Only Travis Jr. wasn’t impressed. He threw it to the floor, perhaps hoping for a more meaningful piece of confetti in the future.
Wisconsin’s tying half-court heave went in, of course. Then Kansas lost again. And in case you were asleep late Saturday night, Notre Dame rallied past Louisville in five overtimes.
March Madness is weeks away, but February Frenzy is already in full swing.
Six more Top 25 teams went down Saturday, including two of the top five. When the next Associated Press poll comes out Monday, it likely will have a new No. 1 for the sixth straight week — marking the second-longest such streak since the first rankings in 1949.
The Kansas men (8-1) remained at No. 9 in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s poll on Monday after earning one victory last week, an 89-60 win against Belmont on Saturday.
The KU women (9-1) moved up three spots to No. 19 after a 72-60 win against Prai… Continue reading
The Kansas men moved up two spots to No. 10 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll released Monday.
Indiana is still No. 1 in the poll which was changed a lot because of the holiday weekend tournaments.
Duke moved up to take Louisville’s … Continue reading
Kansas was ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 poll released Friday.
KU earned the same preseason ranking in the coaches poll. Indiana claimed the No. 1 spot with 43 of 64 first-place votes.
No. 19 Baylor was the only other team in … Continue reading
KU VOLLEYBALL SNAPS STREAK IN LOSS TO NOTRE DAME: The Kansas volleyball team lost three sets by two points Sunday, as it fell to Notre Dame 22-25, 26-24, 25-23, 29-17 in South Bend, Ind., as part of the Golden Dome Invitational.
KU (11-2) went 2-1 in t… Continue reading