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KU women start road trip with sixth straight win, 59-52 over San Jose State
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Playing their second straight game without leading scorer/rebounder Danielle McCray, the Kansas women’s basketball team won its sixth straight Wednesday night, knocking off San Jose State 59-52 in the front end of a two-game California road swing. Both of McCray’s roles on the stat sheet were filled by freshman forward Krysten Boogaard, who had a career night with 24 points on 10-of-14 shooting and 10 rebounds. McCray, who is listed as day-to-day still, was out due to a stress reaction in her lower left leg.
6Sports video: KU’s ‘Sharp’ dressed man?
KU running back Jake Sharp hopes to meet legendary rockers ‘ZZ Top’ during the Orange Bowl festivities in Miami.
6Sports video: Mangino named AP Coach of the Year
KU head football coach Mark Mangino has been named the Associated Press’ Coach of the Year!
6Sports video: Two weeks left until Orange Bowl battle
With about two weeks left until the Kansas battles Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl, preparation for a KU victory is officially underway.
Mangino to West Virginia rumors a hoax
A back-and-forth conversation between the Journal-World and a man claiming to be Neil Cornrich, the agent for KU football coach Mark Mangino, was a hoax. The Journal-World had several conversations with a man claiming to be Cornrich, the final of which was a statement the agent said he wanted to release to the Kansas media. The Journal-World posted it on its Web site while continuing the pursue the story. A KU football spokesperson said the statement was not true. The Journal-World apologizes for misleading any readers.
Mangino named AP National Coach of the Year
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino brought in another lunker of an award. The Associated Press today named Mangino the national coach of the year, after the Jayhawks shocked college football by going 11-1 and earning an invitation to the Orange Bowl.
Old-school KU fan gets degree
'There's never been a better Jayhawk fan'
Bob Nelson’s 85-year-old body may be slowing, but his handshake is as strong as a vise. It is a grip that reveals the passion of a man widely considered to be one of the greatest sports fans in Kansas University history. “Arguably, there’s never been a better Jayhawk fan,” men’s basketball coach Bill Self said.
Democracy in action
Jayhawks vote to defend - then actually do it
Kansas University basketball is not a dictatorship. “We talked about it. I asked the guys what they wanted to do. They said, ‘Coach let’s defend ‘em,” KU coach Bill Self said of strategy devised during a timeout with 8.2 seconds left in the Jayhawks’ nail-biting 71-66 victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
Oh goody: KU to get bowl gifts
College athletes generally aren’t allowed to accept gifts just for being good at sports. That’s one of the NCAA’s ultimate no-nos. So when it’s permitted on one of those rare occasions, it’s a pretty big deal to any young, broke student-athlete.
Love perfect as UCLA rolls
Kevin Love made all of his shots in a 16-point performance, and No. 8 UCLA rolled past Western Illinois, 77-52, on Tuesday night.
Boosters blame WVU for coach’s departure
West Virginia defended itself Tuesday against complaints from wealthy football boosters who are furious about the administration’s failure to offer coach Rich Rodriguez a deal to remain with the Mountaineers.
Vitale out until February
Analyst undergoes vocal cord surgery
Dick Vitale, the voice of college basketball for almost three decades, had vocal-cord surgery Tuesday and is expected to be off the air until at least February.
NFL inquiries don’t worry Mizzou
Missouri coach Gary Pinkel doesn’t mind his underclassmen seeking information about their NFL potential. In fact, he encourages it.
McCray questionable for Kansas women
Jayhawks might not need top scorer/rebounder tonight against SJSU
Danielle McCray remains day-to-day, meaning she may or may not play today. McCray is the leading scorer (16.6) and rebounder (8.0) on Kansas University’s women’s basketball team, but she missed Sunday’s 62-49 victory over Cal-Riverside with an ankle injury, and her status for tonight’s game is questionable.
Scandal could obliterate Florida State bowl roster
An academic cheating scandal could leave Florida State without as many as 25 players for its Music City Bowl game against Kentucky on New Year’s Eve, coach Bobby Bowden said Tuesday.
Kansas basketball notebook
NBA scouts from 30 of the 32 teams in the league attended. There were a total of 31 scouts in all. San Antonio Spurs’ general manager R.C. Buford, whose son Chase plays for the Jayhawks, attended.
Keegan: Keegan: Poised? Kansas? Really?
Football is so complicated that even the coaches don’t know what happened in the game until they watch the film. Maybe basketball has gotten that way, too, because after Kansas University survived itself and Georgia Tech, 71-66, Tuesday in its second road game of the season, the coach and a couple of Tech players talked about how Kansas played with such poise. Huh?
Self: Great win, but :
Jayhawks have plenty to 'tighten up'
Bill Self spoke so matter-of-factly it wasn’t apparent in a 10-minute postgame news conference whether he was happy or displeased with the Jayhawks’ 71-66 basketball victory over Georgia Tech on Tuesday at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.
Cowgirls routed
Lori Butler-Rayford had 30 points and 15 rebounds to lead TCU to a 97-63 victory over No. 20 Oklahoma State on Tuesday, the Cowgirls’ first loss of the season.
Texas outslugs ORU
Bout with No. 9 Michigan State looms
Texas slugged its way through a tough battle on its home court. Now comes a Top 10 test for the unbeaten Longhorns. D.J. Augustin scored 24 points, and the fourth-ranked Longhorns beat Oral Roberts 66-56 on Tuesday night, a close game in a season full of blowouts.
UK drops 4th straight
Billy Gillispie has accomplished something Rick Pitino also did in his first year at Kentucky. He’s lost four games in a row.
‘We did it to ourselves’
Coach laments Jackets' mistakes
The Alexander Memorial Coliseum scoreboard Tuesday night showed that it was Kansas University that defeated Georgia Tech, 71-66, but that wasn’t the way Yellow Jackets coach Paul Hewitt saw it.
AP honors UF’s Tebow
Soph adds Player of the Year to accolades
At Southeastern Conference media days in July, Florida coach Urban Meyer joked about all the questions surrounding quarterback Tim Tebow.