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6Sports video: Hawks fall short against Shockers
The Kansas baseball team took on Sunflower State rival Wichita State this evening.
6Sports video: Bill’s boys meet with media
For the 13th time in school history, the Kansas men’s basketball team is headed to the Final Four. Andrew Baker has more.
6Sports video: OSU coach out, but Self will stay
A coaching change took place in the Big 12 today, and it happened at Bill Self’s alma mater.
6News video: Kansas high school uses KU mascot
The Jayhawk might seem like a unique Lawrence entity, but it turns out a handful of other schools across the nation use the mascot as well.
6News video: Naismith exhibit showcases basketball history
An electric massage machine and a stretching apparatus for athletes: those are just a couple of notable inventions by Dr. James Naismith.
6News video: Fieldhouse to host Final Four game viewing
If you’re still looking for somewhere to watch the big KU game on Saturday, the answer might be in your own backyard.
Self on OSU: ‘I’m not a candidate’
At his Tuesday press conference leading up to Saturday’s national semifinals - during which Bill Self heard a more firm confirmation of Oklahoma State’s Sean Sutton being out as the Cowboys’ head coach - the Kansas University coach again diffused rumors that he’d be a candidate for the opening.
What Keegan says … on the OSU coaching situation
Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan discusses the immediate moves Oklahoma State should make in the wake of Sean Sutton’s departure from the head men’s basketball coaching post…
Final Four revelry expressed through littering, T-shirt sales
It looked like a frat house exploded. That’s one way to describe the mess of beer cups, beer cans, beer bottles and anything else beer-related you can think of on Massachusetts Street following Kansas University’s basketball victory Sunday evening that sent the Jayhawks to the Final Four.
A new chapter
After five years, Williams, KU meet
Maybe someday, say 10 years hence, the idea of a Roy Williams-led team playing against the university that gave him his first head-coaching gig might be old news.
Self reflects on Illinois
People talk - and talk a lot - about Roy Williams leaving Kansas University for the University of North Carolina. The fact of the matter is, Bill Self also left a pretty sweet situation at the University of Illinois to become KU basketball coach back in the spring of 2003.
Woodling: Woodling: James’ full story untold
Did you see that piece about Bill James on the CBS news program “60 Minutes” on Sunday night?
Gamecocks name coach
Western Kentucky coach Darrin Horn is leaving for South Carolina after the Hilltoppers best finish in the NCAA Tournament in 15 years.
New Mexico extends Alford
New Mexico gave men’s basketball coach Steve Alford a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2015-16 season.
Stanford twins leaving
The Lopez twins are going pro together.
Commentary: Another storyline for Memphis, Calipari
He’s told the story all week. Memphis’ John Calipari, you soon learn, is the Wilt Chamberlain of the recycled anecdote, retelling locker-room tales and random coach-player lessons in a tapestry of basketball profundity.
KU reception April 10
Kansas University’s women’s basketball team’s postseason awards reception will be at 6 p.m. April 10 in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
LSU, Stanford advance to Final Four
LSU coach Van Chancellor can thank Sylvia Fowles for his first trip to a Final Four.
Oddsmakers make North Carolina 9-5 favorite
Oddsmakers expect close games, but think North Carolina will beat Kansas University and go on to win the first NCAA Tournament with all four No. 1 seeds in the Final Four.
Taking two sides
For Roy Williams' Lawrence friends, KU-UNC game presents a tough choice
Randy Towner plans to hunker down at the newly remodeled 19th Hole lounge at Alvamar, unable to decide whom to cheer for. Mike Davis intends to duck into the Alamodome sporting an orange outfit, seeking refuge in a seating section neither dominated by crimson and blue nor awash in Tar Heel blue.
Everybody’s All Americans
Beasley, Hansbrough named unanimous first-team picks
North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to the Associated Press’ All-America team Monday.
Bruins dandy on defense
'You better be ready to go and play a man's game'
Memphis coach John Calipari knows what to expect from UCLA’s defense in the NCAA’s national semifinals: something resembling a football scrimmage.