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KU women’s team hits the road to battle against the Hoosiers

For the 3rd time this year, the Jayhawk women’s basketball squad will play outside of the fieldhouse, this time against the Indiana Hoosiers.

With finals out of the way, KU is ready to concentrate solely on basketball

Now that the KU men’s basketball team doesn’t have to stress over finals anymore, the Jayhawks have been preparing for the basketball long-haul with 2-a-day practices.

Mangino inks trio of JUCO prospects

Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino announced Wednesday the signings of three junior college prospects to National Letters of Intent. during the early signing period.

KU assistant Collins headed to UCF

Kansas University football assistant Earnest Collins accepted a job as an assistant coach at Central Florida, UCF head coach George O’Leary announced Wednesday. Collins has coached cornerbacks at KU since 2003. Prior to this season, he was promoted to special teams coordinator. At UCF, Collins will be in charge of the entire secondary.

Welcome back

Jayhawks end layoff with laugher

Scrooge does not play for Kansas University’s men’s basketball team. It just seemed that way the past 21â2 weeks as the Jayhawks labored with dour faces since a lethargic loss at DePaul.

Keegan: Keegan: Collins speeds, shapes up

Faster, faster, faster. Play faster. Will you please play faster? Too often this season, it has been difficult to sit in Allen Fieldhouse and not repeat that thought.

Dunks give KU a lift

Jayhawks happy to slam on Rams

Lets be honest: Kansas University didn’t have a ton to gain by blowing out an undersized, overmatched Winston-Salem State team at home Tuesday night.

Octogenarian relishes fieldhouse

To hear Marvin Warkentine, 83 and a resident of Peabody, tell it, experiencing a game in Allen Fieldhouse was worth the wait.

Kansas basketball notebook

Russell Robinson, who was hammered twice on intentional fouls, left the game for a spell the second half as a trainer and team doctor tended to a cut lip. Robinson needed no stitches to close the gash.

Rams countered trees with treys

Winston-Salem State, subconsciously, figured out it had no choice.

Cotton bowl ‘tough sell’

Nebraska, Auburn still have tickets

With less than two weeks to the Cotton Bowl, Nebraska and Auburn officials say a good number of tickets remain. Groups putting together travel packages to Dallas have space available, as well.

KU-MU football finale a fixture

Get used to 11 tune-ups for the Border War football game. The Big 12 Conference released league football schedules through 2015 on Tuesday, and each year the Missouri-Kansas University game is slated as the regular-season finale.

Braggin’ rights’ belong to UI

Illinois overcomes poor shooting with careful ballhandling

Illinois handled Missouri’s pressure just well enough to win its seventh straight “Braggin’ Rights” game.

Shocks stay perfect

Wichita State’s record stayed perfect, even if the eighth-ranked Shockers’ execution wasn’t.

Roy blasts Rex; Syracuse tumbles

Not even hard-to-please coach Roy Williams could find much fault with North Carolina’s near-perfect first half.