SportsBeat KC: KU, K-State clash turns into Sunflower Throwdown. A podcast ...
For 39 minutes and 59 seconds, Kansas’ 81-60 victory over Kansas State was about the outstanding play of KU freshman guard Christian Braun. Then the last second happened, and a benches-clearing brawl ended the action. The fight spilled into spectators who sit in the end zones at Allen Fieldhouse, including some in wheelchairs. Beat writers Jesse Newell, Gary Bedore and Kellis Robinett discuss what went wrong.
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KU, K-State players brawl in seating area behind basket at end of Jayhawks’ victory.
Bill Self calls fight with Kansas State an “embarrassment,” promises quick action
“It should have been avoided:” K-State’s Bruce Weber laments final seconds before brawl
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Blair Kerkhoff
The Kansas City Star