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Evening

FINAL: Jordan Hill's 23 points lead Arizona to 84-67 victory

Arizona outscores KU 49-29 in second half.

Early Morning

Budinger’s new beginning

Coaching change now suits forward

Arizona forward Chase Budinger was disappointed to see Lute Olson resign as Arizona's coach, but Budinger has taken to his new coach — and his new offense.

Stories

KU football ready for action

The Kansas football team has a 31-day break before taking on Minnesota in the 2008 Insight Bowl, but a month long break is nothing new to this group of Jayhawks

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FINAL: Jordan Hill’s 23 points lead Arizona to 84-67 victory

Arizona outscores KU 49-29 in second half.

KU lands fullback Opurum

Toben Opurum, a four-star fullback out of Plano East High in Texas, became the Kansas University football team’s 18th known commitment in the Class of 2009 Tuesday, according to the Web site rivals.com.

Holiday sacred for Mangino

KU coach to take it easy on Christmas

Kansas coach Mark Mangino says he won’t work on Christmas and plans to “have fun and enjoy” the holiday.

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Bradford tops McCoy, Tebow again

Oklahoma quarterback named AP Player of the Year

Sam Bradford of Oklahoma was voted the Associated Press college football player of the year Monday. He beat out the same two quarterbacks he did in capturing the Heisman Trophy — Colt McCoy of Texas and Tim Tebow of Florida.

UCLA-like Pepperdine next test for KU women

Kansas’ women’s basketball team, fresh off a 67-64 loss to UCLA, will face a similar team next in Pepperdine. “They’re very athletic,” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said of the Waves. “They’re not as big as UCLA, but they’re a smaller, shorter version.”

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Budinger’s new beginning

Coaching change now suits forward

Arizona forward Chase Budinger was disappointed to see Lute Olson resign as Arizona’s coach, but Budinger has taken to his new coach — and his new offense.

Kansas basketball notebook

Kansas University freshman Tyshawn Taylor on Monday was named Big 12 rookie of the week. Taylor scored 11 points and had eight assists in Saturday’s 71-59 victory over Temple. He has won the award two times this season.