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6Sports video: Self, Perkins meet
Less than 48 hours removed from Monday’s national championship, Kansas head coach Bill Self and athletic director Lew Perkins met this afternoon to discuss Self’s future at Kansas.
6Sports video: Wright cheers on former team from stands
Former Jayhawk Julian Wright was in San Antonio on Monday to root on his old teammates. DJ Whetter has more.
6News video: KU fans get back to reality
KU holds the title to two championships this year: the NCAA basketball tournament and the Orange Bowl. But what do fans do now? 6News reporter Lindsey Slater has more.
6News video: Championship parade set for Sunday
Lawrence certainly loves a parade, and late today, Jayhawk fans learned they’ll have one this weekend.
Parade, awards ceremony Sunday will honor National Champs
Kansas University’s national championship men’s basketball team will be honored this Sunday, April 13, with a parade down Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence.
Self, Perkins meet, more on tap Thursday
Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self and athletic director Lew Perkins met for 15 minutes on Wednesday to discuss the fifth-year coach’s future at KU.
The last laugh
President calls Self morning after title
Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self had finally returned to his Hilton Hotel room at about 6 a.m. Tuesday, after he and his wife, Cindy, entertained relatives and childhood friends, as well as parents of his players into the wee hours of the morning.
More than 2,000 absent Tuesday
Some Lawrence public school students took an extra day Tuesday to celebrate the Jayhawks’ national championship.
Post-game chaos doesn’t cause any major problems
Monday night’s massive national championship celebration left its mark on the city with broken windows, fights, two burned cars and dozens of injuries. But police say overall the night was a success, considering an estimated 40,000 people flocked downtown.
Keegan: OSU not right fit for Self
The last two Kansas basketball coaches who left the school did so after coaching in an NCAA title game, Larry Brown as the winner, Roy Williams as the runner-up. Could Bill Self make it three in a row?
Sorrentino: Sorrentino: Deja vu avoided in Texas
With 2:12 left in regulation of Kansas’ 75-68 overtime triumph against Memphis on Monday, similarities to the 2003 national championship against Syracuse were eerily present.
A defining moment
The 10 best Big 12 games of the season
When Mario Chalmers left his spot on the right wing and made his way toward the top of the key in a designed weave to get the junior guard the ball, a crowd of 43,257 at the Alamodome watched the release of the most historic and biggest shot in the history of the Big 12 Conference. Before Monday’s 75-68 KU victory, no Big 12 team ever had won the national title.
Lady Vols claim eighth crown
Injured or not, that bum left shoulder wasn’t enough to stop Candace Parker from hoisting that championship trophy one last time.
Jayhawks on parade? No plan for one yet
Prospects for a parade to celebrate Kansas University’s National Championship were a lot like the weather that greeted the team on Tuesday - cloudy at best.
Title-game ratings down
Even with a dramatic finish, Monday’s championship game couldn’t match the TV ratings for last year’s final.
Questions surround futures of Kansas trio
The immediate future of Kansas University basketball looks rather rosy … provided billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens fails in his attempt to lure Bill Self to Oklahoma State.
Marquette introduces new coach
Golden Eagles turn to ex-assistant Williams
Buzz Williams knows he’s not the kind of high-profile hire who will generate a lot of, well, buzz for Marquette basketball - at least not right away.
Commentary: Memphis had it, but Kansas took it
When legacies are on the line, it is no longer just a game. It becomes something bigger than the moment, something you can feel but not touch. And it makes even breathing difficult.