Put KU on the top line, make Kansas State a No. 4 seed, and place both in Kansas City.
Perhaps the NCAA Tournament selection committee has done just that, rewarding the Big 12 tournament champion Jayhawks and regular-season co-champion Kansas State after KU’s 70-54 triumph at the Sprint Center on Saturday night.Seems like an easy call from here, giving a short drive to the top two teams of a highly rated conference.Kansas is a lock to return to Kansas City this week and attempt to make it 8-0 at the Sprint Center this year. Either as a No. 1 or a No. 2 seed, when the committee begins placing the better seeded teams in opening-round regional sites, Kansas City will be available.
My 11th birthday came in the spring of 1989, which means I wore striped socks up to my knees and had a huge crush on the lead singer of the Bangles and will fight anyone who disrespects Back to the Future.
The Star and Randy Covitz, in conjunction with the NAIA, is celebrating the 75th year of the Division I Men's Basketball Tournament by counting down the top 75 moments in NAIA history.
The Star's Blair Kerkhoff breaks down the Jayhawks' loss to Baylor and discusses whether they could still grab a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
No doubt KU and MU fans don't like each other, but what about the bars they frequent? The Star's Kent Babb drops in at some local establishments to find out.
Former Kansas player Toben Opurum signed a contract with the Chiefs on Friday as an undrafted rookie.
Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb’s revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles.
Close to 150 Jayhawks supporters filled the Wichita Marriott banquet hall for Thursday’s luncheon in conjunction with the 2013 Kansas Football Preview Party. But while KU football coach Charlie Weis said it was exciting to see fans energized about the future, he added the team must do its part by delivering results.
Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 college basketball recruit in the country, announced Tuesday morning he will attend Kansas, picking the Jayhawks over three other finalists, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina.
Think about what KU basketball coach Bill Self pulled off Tuesday in landing consensus No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins. The 6-foot-7 Canadian star had long been linked with Florida State (where his parents played basketball) and Kentucky (where John Calipari collects five-star recruits like garden gnomes). Those schools have been in on him for years, building relationships and dreams long before Wiggins became the presumed No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.
Jenna Marston comes through with a three-run homer in Tigers’ 3-0 win over Stony Brook.
A little more than 24 hours before the biggest game of the season, Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine was still unsure whether his best pitcher, Chelsea Thomas, would take the mound.
Cornerback Finis Stribling IV, who became Missouri’s ninth verbal commitment for the Class of 2014 on Monday, is the second defensive back in the 2014 class to commit to Missouri, joining East St. Louis safety Greg Taylor. Stribling is also the second prospect from Tennessee to commit, joining two-star receiver Thomas Richard from Nashville.
Missouri will be building a new softball stadium. Associate athletic director Tim Hickman confirmed over the weekend the building is now in the school’s plans, though no site has been determined. He expects the stadium to cost in the neighborhood of $15 million.
Blue Valley West rising senior Michael Fairchild, a 6-foot-6, 283-pound offensive tackle, verbally committed to Missouri on Monday night.
Kansas State defeated Oklahoma 6-5 and clinched the program’s first Big 12 championship and the first league title of any kind since sharing the Big Six in 1933.
Kansas State officially announced the addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden to the Wildcats’ men’s basketball team Friday.
The Kansas State baseball team is on the verge of making history. With one more victory, it will clinch at least a share of its first conference championship since 1933 and add an exclamation point to an already stellar year for the Wildcats’ athletic department: becoming the second Big 12 school to win conference titles in football, men’s basketball and baseball in the same academic year.
The Chiefs have signed fullback Braden Wilson of Kansas State, the second of the team’s two sixth-round draft picks. Wilson is the fourth of Kansas City’s eight selections to sign with the club.
Like everyone else, Kansas State basketball coach Bruce Weber’s expectations for next season dropped when Angel Rodriguez transferred to Miami.
Angel Goodrich scored 23 points as the Jayhawks overcame a 16-point first-half deficit Sunday, but they gave up late basket and lost 72-70 to Texas Tech at Allen Fieldhouse. Texas Tech led 39-23 at the break, but Goodrich’s basket tied the game at 70-70 with 18 seconds left. Christine Hyde won it with a basket with four seconds left.Auburn 67, Missouri 59
