Category Archives: player

Apr 08

Local sports briefs: KU, K-State baseball players earn honors

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KU RELIEVER DRAWS BIG 12 ACCOLADE: After earning two saves in Kansas’ series win against No. 19 Oklahoma State, junior reliever Jordan Piché was named the Big 12 Conference’s newcomer of the week on Monday.

Piché worked 62/3 innings and allowed no runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts while notching three saves. The junior college transfer ranks second in the Big 12 with a 0.59 ERA and has compiled a 4-1 record with 25 strikeouts in 15 appearances.

Kansas will take on Iowa at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Iowa City and 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

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Apr 07

Withey, Oladipo named top defenders

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Kansas center Jeff Withey was named national co-defensive player of the year Sunday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
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Mar 23

12th-seeded Kansas women whip Colorado in NCAA Tournament opener

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BOULDER, Colo. — The Kansas Jayhawks still have Colorado’s number.

Angel Goodrich and Carolyn Davis each scored 14 points and the 12th-seeded Jayhawks upset their former conference foe and fifth-seeded Buffaloes 67-52 Saturday night on Colorado’s home floor.

The number the Jayhawks swear they aren’t the least bit concerned with is their seeding.

So, no, they don’t feel slighted that the selection committee made them a 12.

After all, they lost five of their last seven coming into the tournament: “We lost a lot of games down the stretch,” Davis said.

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Mar 20

Camo, neon aren’t college basketball fan favorites

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NEW YORK — It seems an unpopular position in college basketball is fashion forward.

The neon-colored jerseys and camouflage-covered shorts debuted by six teams in their postseason conference championships ahead of the NCAA men’s basketball tournaments weren’t well received in the press or social media, with critics particularly targeting UCLA, Kansas and Notre Dame because of the schools’ tradition-rich athletic histories. Louisville, Cincinnati and Baylor also got uniform makeovers from Adidas, and they didn’t go over so well, either.

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Mar 15

KU freshman Ellis explodes for career-high 23 points

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With four minutes and forty seconds left in Perry Ellis’ career game, Naadir Tharpe looked to throw an entry pass to his smoldering hot freshman.

But the freshman was wise enough to know it wouldn’t end well.

“No, no , no,” Ellis yelled.

Tharpe obliged and swung the ball to Travis Releford on the wing. A few seconds later, Tharpe was in the same situation. But this time Ellis had position and Tharpe had a passing lane.

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Mar 09

Ellis the best of KU’s bigs vs. Baylor

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WACO, Texas – Bill Self called Perry Ellis the best player on the floor for Kansas on Saturday, which was both a compliment and an indictment.

Ellis, a freshman forward from Wichita, scored 12 points and went 5-for-7 from the floor in KU’s 81-58 loss at Baylor. The Jayhawks needed him, too, after starter Kevin Young picked up two fouls in the first four minutes.

“He was aggressive,” Self said. “He attacked them. The guys he was scoring on or over or around were legitimate shot blockers that were much bigger.”

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Mar 05

KU women win on senior night

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LAWRENCE — From an outsiders perspective, it would seem that a two-point performance from Angel Goodrich on senior night would be disappointing.

Most outsiders don’t quite understand the player that Goodrich really is.

“It’s fitting,” Bonnie Henrickson said.

Never one for stats outside of assists and turnovers, Goodrich was more than content with her 12 assists and three errant plays Tuesday night as the 17-12 (8-10 Big 12) Jayhawks beat TCU 74-67.

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Mar 05

Kevin Haskin: Letting all refs in on action proper move

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Musings at the mid-week:

■ Thanks to everyone for the cards and letters regarding basketball officiating in the Big 12.

■ Well, whatever the correspondence is called in this electronic media world we chatter in.

■ Of all the conclusions, suggestions and allegations, one of the soundest was to be willing to assign any official working in the Big 12 to any game.

■ This would be poorly received by coaches, who have their favorites, but hey, one way to get refs to improve is to believe in them.

■ Watching the same guys work night-in, night-out, gets tiresome.

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Feb 28

Iowa State investigates threatening tweets after KU game

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AMES, Iowa — Officials at Iowa State University are investigating three students accused of sending threatening and racial tweets to a University of Kansas basketball player after a heated overtime game.

Dean of Students Pamela Anthony says Thursday the tweets about KU guard Elijah Johnson were reported to the university earlier this week. She couldn’t provide more information because of federal privacy rules.

Anthony says the school is “repulsed by the derogatory and threatening statements.”

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Feb 25

Local sports briefs: KU’s Withey wins Big 12 player of the week

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WITHEY NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second straight week, Kansas senior Jeff Withey has been named the Big 12 player of the week, the conference office announced Monday.

Withey averaged 17.5 points and 10 rebounds in two KU victories last week. Withey also had seven blocked shots, increasing his Kansas and Big 12 career records to 272.

Withey is the first player this season to win back-to-back Big 12 player of the week honors. The accolade is Withey’s third of the season and fourth of his career.

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