Apr 18

KU women to play in Paradise Jam

The Kansas women’s basketball team will travel to the Virgin Islands for three games in the Paradise Jam next season.
The Jayhawks will face Central Michigan on Nov. 28, followed by Xavier on Nov. 29 and Duke on Nov. 30. The Chippewas and Blue Devils… Continue reading

Mar 29

Video: C-J writers break down KU-Michigan matchup

Capital-Journal columnist Kevin Haskin and Kansas beat writer Austin Meek, in the Dallas area for Friday night’s NCAA South Regional at Cowboys Stadium, say the quickness of the Michigan guards can present a problem for the more physical Jayhawks.
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Mar 28

Phog Nation archive 3-28

Phog Nation FeaturedDon’t miss this week’s Phog Nation!This week on Phog Nation, Jonas, Pete and Molly all abandon Pat, but that doesn’t stop him from talking about the Kansas-Michigan matchup with a few guests. Kansas basketball Matt Tait, writer for the Lawrence Journal World Everett Cook, Michigan men’s basketball beat writer for The Michigan Daily     Continue reading

Mar 27

Ready to get this game going yet? Kansas v Michigan – Sweet 16

The Kansas Jayhawks (31-5, 14-4) will arrive in Dallas, Texas today in preparation of their Sweet 16 game against Michigan (28-7, 12-6) on Friday evening inside the Jerry Dome. Michigan defeated South Dakota State (71-56) and VCU (78-53) in order to ge… Continue reading

Mar 25

Sweet 16 schedule, times, TV listings

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
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Mar 18

Withey, McLemore make USBWA second team

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

Mar 03

Local sports briefs: K-State wins; KU loses

K-STATE BASEBALL SWEEPS OAKLAND: Kansas State combined for 22 runs on 25 hits over two games en route to a 9-2 and 13-3 doubleheader sweep of Oakland on Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan. With the two victories, K-State improved t… Continue reading

Feb 24

Local sports briefs: WU softball splits; K-State baseball falls

WU SOFTBALL TEAM SPLITS AT MIAA/NSIC CROSSOVER: Washburn’s softball team finished the MIAA/NSIC Crossover by losing to St. Cloud 2-1 and beating Sioux Falls 8-0 on Sunday at Rochester, Minn.

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Feb 10

Top 25 in turmoil as ranked teams drop games

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.

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Nov 26

KU men up to No. 10 in AP poll

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