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Xavier rallies in overtime
In a span of 48 critical seconds late in overtime, B.J. Raymond made more 3-pointers than the entire West Virginia team did all night. He went from “non-factor” to nonplussed, calmly knocking down two long-range jumpers that lifted Xavier past coach Bob Huggins’ Mountaineers 79-75 Thursday night in the West Region semifinals.
6News video: Detroit to draw huge crowd
Ordinarily KU plays in front of 16,000 fans. Tomorrow night that will not be the case at Ford Field as the Hawks battle the Wildcats in front of 60,000 spectators. Kevin Romary joins us from Detroit with the details.
6Sports video: KU hopes to put past behind
The Motor City has not been the friendliest of locations when it comes to Kansas basketball. DJ Whetter and Kevin Romary have more from Motown.
6News video: Transforming Ford Field
Setting up a football stadium to host a basketball game is no easy chore. 6 Sports Director Kevin Romary shows us just exactly how that transformation all takes place with an interview with Bill Ryan, Executive Director of the Detroit Local Organizing Committee.
6Sports video: And then there were 16
In a little more than 24 hours, the Kansas men will take the floor looking to advance past Villanova and earn a spot in their second straight Elite Eight. Kevin Romary is in Detroit with more on Kansas and their unfriendly memories of the Wildcats.
Final: KU women knocked out of WNIT
The Kansas women’s basketball team lost, 58-54, to Michigan State and have been eliminated from the WNIT.
A few good minutes with…Villanova’s Corey Stokes
A lot of people are surprised to still see 12th-seeded Villanova still alive in the tournament. As you would expect, freshman guard Corey Stokes is not one of them. The 6-foot-5 freshman guard from Bayonne, N.J., scored a career-high 20 points in the Wildcats’ second round win over Siena last Sunday, but now he and his team prepare for a whole new animal in Kansas University. He took a couple of minutes to give his thoughts Thursday afternoon after the team’s practice at Detroit’s Ford Field.
Backfield to become even more jumbled
Juco transfer Crawford to join heated competition for carries
Kansas University’s football coaches will use spring practices as an important gauge moving forward to the start of the 2008 season. Yet the running-back position, more than any other, has a huge hole in the competition right now.
KU baseball claims two lopsided wins
The Kansas University baseball squad faced two opponents Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark and was able to follow the same formula in each: Productive offense and solid pitching equals convincing victories.
MSU taps Purdue aide
Missouri State has hired Purdue associate coach Cuonzo Martin as its men’s basketball coach on Wednesday.
Undecided prep named McMVP
Tyreke Evans has double-double in all-star game
Tyreke Evans relishes the spotlight as the nation’s top uncommitted recruit even if he hinted he’s already made up his mind. Still, he did plenty to elevate his profile among the four teams considered still in the running - Memphis, Connecticut, Villanova and Texas.
‘Nova even smaller without Drummond
Villanova’s basketball team has just one player who can match the size of Kansas University’s biggest players. Here’s the problem: That player, sophomore Casiem Drummond, is staying in Philadelphia this weekend with a cast around his right ankle and a surgically inserted screw keeping the bone together.
Keegan: Keegan: Guessing really is the best
The crystal ball has no answers when it comes to the NCAA Tournament. It’s no different from the rest of us. We’re all guessing. After all, who knows more about college basketball than recently retired coach Bob Knight? He picked Pittsburgh to win it all, and the Panthers didn’t make it out of the first weekend.
Jayhawks softball sweeps
Longballs carry KU to 4-3, 8-0 victories over Missouri State
Betsy Wilson’s Kansas University softball teammates aren’t calling her Babe Ruth. At least, not yet.
Spring game kickoff set for 1 p.m. on April 12
Game time has been announced for Kansas University’s football spring game.
Detroit hotel welcomes KU
Kansas University’s basketball players and coaches received a hero’s welcome upon arriving at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn hotel just after 8 p.m. local time Wednesday.
Boogaard, Jayhawks must slow rangy Spartan
Not often does Krysten Boogaard have to look up at an opposing basketball player. She will tonight.
Dr. J’s pep talk buoys girls’ leader
Julius Erving gave Brooklyn Pope a pep talk after the Rutgers recruit had a miserable performance in a three-point shooting contest earlier in the week.
‘A bad weekend’
Villanova routed Kansas last time
There’s no way Kansas University’s top-seeded basketball team will overlook No. 12 Villanova in an NCAA Midwest Regional Sweet 16 contest on Friday night at Ford Field.
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