LAHAINA, Hawaii – The Kansas Jayhawks were able to withstand a second half UCLA surge to defeat the Bruins 72-65 Tuesday night in the semifinals of the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational. The Jayhawks move on to play No. 6 Duke in the tournament finals Wednesday evening at 9 p.m. (CT). The win pushes the Jayhawks [...]
LAHAINA, HAWAII – Led by junior forward Thomas Robinson’s eighth-career double-double, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 67-63 in the quarterfinals of the EA Sports Maui Invitational Monday night. The Jayhawks will move on to play the UCLA Bruins Tuesday afternoon in the semifinals. The win pushes the Jayhawks to 2-1 on the season, [...]
Kentucky shot 64-percent from the floor in the second half and clamped down defensively, holding Kansas to 28-percent shooting in the second period to defeat the Jayhawks 75-65 Tuesday night at the State Farm Champions Classic in front of sellout crowd Madison Square Garden. KU and UK were tied at 28 at halftime but the [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Five three-pointers from senior Conner Teahan and a triple-double from junior Jeff Withey ignited No. 13 Kansas to a win against Pittsburgh State in the 2011-2012 season exhibition opener, Tuesday night, 84-55. A sold-out Allen Fieldhouse crowd played witness to the Jayhawks’ 38th-straight exhibition game victory, dating back to the 1995 season. [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas guards Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson have been suspended for violating team rules and will miss both of the No. 13 Jayhawks’ exhibition games. Coach Bill Self declined to discuss the specific violations Sunday, but he did say they occurred during the offseason and that both players “have been terrific [...]
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men’s basketball is No. 13 in the Associated Press (AP) Poll released Friday, marking the 20th time in the last 21 seasons dating back to 1991-92, the Jayhawks have been ranked in the AP’s preseason rankings. Last week, Kansas entered the ESPN/USA TodayCoaches’ Preseason Poll No. 13 as well. Kansas is [...]
IRVING, Texas – Despite losing four of their top-five leading scorers from the 2010-11 Big 12 Champion squad, the Kansas Jayhawks earned five first-place votes en route to being voted to win the 2012 conference in the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll, the conference office announced Thursday. Kansas will share the designation of [...]
Interim Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas says the league is set with 10 teams for 2012 with the addition of TCU, even though Missouri is exploring a possible departure. Neinas says ifMissouridecides to go to another conference, it wouldn’t be for the 2012 season.Missouriis investigating whether to join the Southeastern Conference, though the school has [...]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – TCU has accepted an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference. Athletic director Chris Del Conte says the opportunity is “living proof that dreams do come true.” Monday’s move could provide some much-needed stability to the Big 12, which lost Nebraska (Big Ten) and Colorado (Pac-12) over the summer [...]
The 109th edition of the Sunflower Showdown, presented by Dillons, will air to a full FSN national audience as Fox Sports Net and the Big 12 Conference announced its football television selections for October 22 today. The game marks the third Jayhawk game on FSN and fifth televised game of the season. Kansas played at [...]
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