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KU dispatches Huskers to set up showdown
Kansas University team leaders Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich weren’t going to let the Jayhawks stumble at home Wednesday against Iowa State and Saturday versus Nebraska — not with a monster matchup against Oklahoma looming on Big Monday.
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by Gary Bedore
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KU women upset No. 21 Iowa State, 58-47
Danielle McCray scored 24 points and added a career-high 16 rebounds as the Kansas women’s basketball team upset No. 21 Iowa State, 58-47, on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Griffin’s status vs. KU won’t be known until closer to game time
Bill Self and his Kansas University basketball players hope to see Oklahoma phenom Blake Griffin on the court tonight — not on the bench in street clothes — for the eagerly anticipated KU-OU Big Monday showdown at Noble Center.
Kansas basketball notebook
Kansas University’s students made it clear they want Lance Stephenson to play basketball for the Jayhawks next season. Students made several banners recognizing the presence of the 6-foot-5 Brooklyn, N.Y., Lincoln High guard, who sat behind KU’s bench as part of his official recruiting visit. “We Like Lance-A-Lot,” one banner read.
Nebraska latest fieldhouse victim
Kansas has won last 39 in venerable home
The coach emerged from the visitors’ locker room much like the other coaches before him — sullen, exhausted, a bit disheveled. On Saturday, minutes after his Nebraska Cornhuskers had suffered a 70-53 loss to Big 12 foe Kansas University, Doc Sadler, his tie loosened and forehead still sweat-soaked, made what has become a regular and undesirable pilgrimage for opposing coaches at Allen Fieldhouse — the walk from the locker room to a waiting media area, where they are charged with explaining why the Jayhawks can’t seem to be beaten at home.
Self singles out Markieff
Though Markieff Morris’ putback was one of the highlights in Kansas University’s 70-53 basketball victory over Iowa State, the freshman still criticized his effort afterward. “I could have dunked it way better than I did. It kind of slipped out of my hand at the end,” Morris said. “It got to my fingertips. I could have caught it way higher than I did, but as long as I finish it … ”
Keegan: Don’t bet against Kansas
Playing as the underdog in sports is like being handed a round-trip ticket to Las Vegas, a wad of somebody else’s cash and a certificate for free meals and a hotel on the house. Sure, it still feels better if you turn that cash into more cash, but it’s not as if you’re stressed out making the wagers.
First things first
KU dispatches Huskers to set up showdown
Kansas University team leaders Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich weren’t going to let the Jayhawks stumble at home Wednesday against Iowa State and Saturday versus Nebraska — not with a monster matchup against Oklahoma looming on Big Monday.
Abrams sparks UT’s upset
OU's Griffin sidelined due to concussion
Texas’ A.J. Abrams was firing away and knocking down shots while Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin sat on the bench in a daze. The Longhorns’ little guy was scoring points in bunches and the Sooners’ big man was clouded by a concussion sustained in the first half.
KU tennis team loses to DePaul, 7-0
The Kansas University tennis team fell to DePaul, 7-0, Saturday afternoon.
KU baseball game canceled due to rain
The Kansas University baseball team has canceled its Saturday game against Bradley at the Service Academy Classic because of rain.
KU softball team shut out in California
The Kansas University softball team was shut out, 4-0, by the University of California-Santa Barbara on day three of the Cathedral City Classic on Saturday evening.
Cyclones await turnover-prone KU women
Struggling Jayhawks to play host to Iowa State today in breast-cancer-benefit game
Kansas University’s women’s basketball team will have to cut down its turnovers dramatically if it hopes to beat No. 21-ranked Iowa State.
KU band heralded after recorded music switch
It was all band, almost all the time at Saturday’s Kansas University men’s basketball game. A switch to more recorded music over the loudspeakers and less band music at Wednesday’s game versus Iowa State had some fans worried that KU’s basketball tradition was being tainted with NBA-style shenanigans. But the tune changed on Saturday.
Meet Baby Mangino: Wichita infant now famous KU fan
Not long ago, it came to light that Baby Mangino — the rotund infant who recently earned a great deal of national attention for his Halloween costume depicting Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino — did not actually go trick-or-treating as a college football coach.