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UT forward miffed

James steamed over thrown ’bows

Damion James wasn’t happy with Cole Aldrich’s actions late in Kansas University’s 80-68 victory over Texas on Monday.

Two states battling in Big 12

Most folks figured this season’s Big 12 race would come down to Kansas or Texas. And it has, sort of.

Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook

Cole Aldrich said he wasn’t trying to swing his elbows into Damion James’ face after Aldrich grabbed a defensive rebound and was fouled by James with 3:48 left in Monday’s game.

Jayhawks knock off Longhorns to get first win in Austin under Bill Self

Sherron Collins pointed the index finger of both hands at a patch of boisterous Kansas University basketball fans celebrating the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks’ resounding 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas on Monday night in Erwin Center.

Aldrich’s father gets to ‘live a dream’ — in Lawrence

It’s public knowledge that the mothers of Kansas University basketball players Sherron Collins, Tyshawn Taylor, C.J. and Xavier Henry, Marcus and Markieff Morris and Jeff Withey are living in Lawrence to watch their sons play basketball this season.

Keegan: Henry gets physical for KU

Xavier Henry, congratulations. You just became a Bill Self basketball player, and if you stay that way, you just might win a national championship in your first year in college.

FINAL: Defense pushes KU to 80-68 victory over No. 14 Texas

The Jayhawks held the Longhorns without a point for a 10:56 stretch in the first half, using a 22-0 run to pull away.

How Keegan voted — Feb. 8 college basketball poll

The following is Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan’s ballot for the Feb. 8 Associated Press college basketball poll.

KU remains at No. 1 in both polls

Following victories over Colorado and Nebraska, the Kansas men’s basketball team kept its top spot in both of the national rankings.

Self on Big 12 race: “There’s no way it can be ended tonight”

Kansas coach comments during Monday morning teleconference

Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self disagrees with those who say his Jayhawks can wrap up the Big 12 regular-season title with a win tonight at Texas.

Keegan: Texas flawed, scary

Just three weeks ago, Texas boasted a 17-0 record and the nation’s No. 1 ranking, and senior Damion James had become a fashionable national player-of-the-year candidate. Since then, the Longhorns have gone 2-4 and will slip out of the top 10 when today’s rankings are released. James? He made just four of 13 free throws in a loss to Oklahoma.

Jayhawks ‘on a mission’

Kansas wary of Longhorns despite recent slump

The long-awaited matchup between Kansas University and Texas is finally here.

McCray’s career not over after injury

Some day, Danielle McCray will play for pay. When is the question.

KU-UT rivalry a doozy

Jayhawks, Longhorns hook up again tonight

Two of the Big 12 Conference’s best big men talk to each other and text from time to time. In fact, this past preseason, Kansas University’s Cole Aldrich and Texas’ Dexter Pittman visited good-naturedly about today’s much-anticipated KU-UT matchup in Erwin Center.

Tickled Pink

McCray cheers KU past 'Cats

In its first game without Danielle McCray, the Kansas University women’s basketball team edged Kansas State, 70-60, on Sunday in Allen Fieldhouse.

KU football fields new ticket prices, locations

One new coach. Eighteen incoming signees. Three thousand new seats still planned by the end of this year.

Heartbroken Jayhawks to face Wildcats Sunday

Fate has dealt Kansas University’s women’s basketball players a bad hand. First the Jayhawks lost starting point guard Angel Goodrich to an anterior cruciate ligament injury in January. And now leading scorer Danielle McCray has been hit with a similar affliction.