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.
Sprinter Paris Daniels, a Missouri girl raised in St. Louis, is leading a women’s track renaissance at KU.
In the aftermath of an NCAA Tournament meltdown, and the loss of five starters from a Sweet 16 team, KU basketball coach Bill Self added the final pieces to what could be considered his finest recruiting class in Lawrence. Here’s what Andrew Wiggins, Tarik Black and the rest of the class bring to the Jayhawks and a stab at a starting lineup for next season.
KU football coach Charlie Weis announced the addition of Nick Harwell, a transfer from Miami (Ohio) who was the nation’s second-leading receiver in 2011. But Harwell was dismissed from the school following a March arrest stemming from a dispute with his girlfriend. It’s unclear if Harwell will be able to play right away for KU this fall.
Son of Royals’ first-base coach is the most dependable defender in a resurgent KU program. But a six-game losing streak has put all of KU’s hope of getting into the NCAA Tournament on a good showing in Oklahoma City.
It’s been decades since a true shooting guard went No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft. And Ben McLemore is trying to become the first Jayhawk to go first overall since Danny Manning in 1988. But does McLemore have a chance?
It’s been a calendar year since Missouri’s softball season ended against LSU in the NCAA super regional round. But if you think the blow has been softened by a fourth consecutive trip to the same round this year — the Tigers play host to Washington in a best-of-three series starting Thursday night at University Field — you’d be dead wrong.
In a 17-inning affair that lasted nearly five hours — the longest game in MU baseball history — the Tigers fell to Mississippi State 2-1 in the first round of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Hoover, Ala.
Former Baylor swingman Deuce Bello — once ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 54 player in the country — has decided to transfer to Mizzou. “I just feel like the coaching staff is good, and I’ve been cool with (associate coach) Tim (Fuller) for a while,” Bello said. “At Baylor, we played Mizzou three times and I like their style of play.”
With his team needing a win Tuesday night to keep its season alive and advance in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson will see a familiar face. The Tigers first-round opponent, fifth-seeded Mississippi State, is led by John Cohen, who coached under Jamieson as the primary hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at MU from 1995-97.
In an NCAA Regional game that essentially amounted to a winner-take-all showdown for the right to advance to the Super Regional, the Missouri softball team received a complete-game shutout from star pitcher Chelsea Thomas and pounded out eight hits against Galati in a 5-0 win over Hofstra in Columbia.
In tornado-ravaged Oklahoma, Wildcats maintain focus and beat Texas Tech 4-3 on the first day of the Big 12 baseball tournament.
The Big 12 baseball tournament, which starts Thursday, is usually Kansas State’s final opportunity to prove it is worthy of an invitation to the NCAA Tournament. Things are different this year. The Wildcats have something bigger to play for: a chance to play host to NCAA Tournament games in Manhattan.
Brad Korn will leave his job as director of basketball operations at Kansas State to become an assistant coach on Paul Lusk’s staff at Missouri State.
Big 12 baseball champion Kansas State took home top individuals honors by the conference on Tuesday, led by player of the year Ross Kivett.
Kansas State sophomore shortstop Austin Fisher, formerly of Olathe Northwest, is one of 14 players still in consideration for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation’s top shortstop. He led the Big 12 in conference-only batting average at .412.
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
