There was some good news regarding Kansas University’s Keith Langford on Monday.
The senior guard was diagnosed with a severe left ankle sprain, not a break.
There’s a chance he could play in this week’s Big 12 tournament.
“The word is it is not cracked or fractured,” coach Bill Self said of the ankle Langford hurt three minutes into Sunday’s game at Missouri.
“It is a severe sprain that will allow him hopefully to rehab this week and we’ll evaluate this weekend to see if he can play this weekend. He thinks he can and hopes he can. We’ll see.
“But he is not lost … not lost for the season,” Self added.
Self said there’s a chance he could rest Langford all weekend and make sure he’s ready for the NCAA Tournament.
“We’ll see what happens this week through treatment,” Self said. “If he can get to 80, 90 percent, we’ll play him. If not, we won’t.”
Langford is on crutches and “will remain the rest of the week,” Self said. “Chances are he could play this weekend and there’s a great chance we’ll hold him out, too. We want him to be 100 percent next week.”
Simien named Big 12 Player of the Year
Kansas senior Wayne Simien has been named the unanimous Big 12 Conference player of the year by the league coaches, the fourth Jayhawk to win the award.
Simien led the Big 12 in scoring (19.4 points per game) and rebounding (11.1), the only player in the conference to average a double-double.
Langford was named to the all-Big 12 second team, and fellow senior Aaron Miles was named to the third team. Other Big 12 honors included Taj Gray (Oklahoma) as newcomer of the year, Daniel Gibson (Texas) as freshman of the year and Billy Gillispie (Texas A&M) as coach of the year.
Simien also was named to the all-Big 12 first team by the Associated Press on Monday. Langford and Miles both were named to the second team.
Jayhawks fall to No. 9 in AP poll
After Sunday’s loss to Missouri, Kansas fell from No. 7 to No. 9 in the latest AP Top 25 poll. Kansas – which received 1,134 points – is the top-ranked Big 12 school, one spot ahead of Oklahoma State.
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
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| Record | Pt | Pv | |
| 1. Illinois (48) | 29-1 | 1,725 | 1 |
| 2. North Carolina (22) | 26-3 | 1,701 | 2 |
| 3. Wake Forest | 26-4 | 1,596 | 4 |
| 4. Kentucky | 23-4 | 1,445 | 3 |
| 5. Duke | 22-5 | 1,393 | 6 |
| 6. Louisville | 26-4 | 1,350 | 9 |
| 7. Boston College | 24-3 | 1,286 | 5 |
| 8. Arizona | 25-5 | 1,192 | 11 |
| 9. Kansas | 22-5 | 1,134 | 7 |
| 10. Oklahoma St. | 21-6 | 1,067 | 8 |
| 11. Gonzaga | 24-4 | 1,054 | 12 |
| 12. Connecticut | 21-6 | 1,021 | 15 |
| 13. Michigan St. | 22-5 | 919 | 14 |
| 14. Washington | 24-5 | 895 | 10 |
| 15. Utah | 25-4 | 697 | 16 |
| 16. Syracuse | 24-6 | 648 | 13 |
| 17. Oklahoma | 23-6 | 630 | 20 |
| 18. Pacific | 25-2 | 583 | 17 |
| 19. Villanova | 21-6 | 552 | 19 |
| 20. Alabama | 23-6 | 456 | 21 |
| 21. Cincinnati | 24-6 | 333 | 22 |
| 22. Pittsburgh | 20-7 | 288 | 24 |
| 23. Wisconsin | 20-7 | 260 | 23 |
| 24. Nevada | 24-5 | 149 | 25 |
| 25. Charlotte | 21-6 | 112 | 18 |
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Others receiving votes: Florida 96, LSU 58, S. Illinois 43, Texas 28, Wis.-Milwaukee 9, Georgia Tech 5, New Mexico 5, Texas A&M 4, UCLA 3, Holy Cross 2, Saint Mary’s, Calif. 2, Winthrop 2, Minnesota 1, Ohio St. 1, Old Dominion 1, Penn 1, Texas Tech 1, UTEP 1, Vermont 1.
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There was some good news regarding Kansas University’s Keith Langford on Monday.
The senior guard was diagnosed with a severe left ankle sprain, not a break.
There’s a chance he could play in this week’s Big 12 tournament.
“The word is it is not cracked or fractured,” coach Bill Self said of the ankle Langford hurt three minutes into Sunday’s game at Missouri.
“It is a severe sprain that will allow him hopefully to rehab this week and we’ll evaluate this weekend to see if he can play this weekend. He thinks he can and hopes he can. We’ll see.
“But he is not lost … not lost for the season,” Self added.
Self said there’s a chance he could rest Langford all weekend and make sure he’s ready for the NCAA Tournament.
“We’ll see what happens this week through treatment,” Self said. “If he can get to 80, 90 percent, we’ll play him. If not, we won’t.”
Langford is on crutches and “will remain the rest of the week,” Self said. “Chances are he could play this weekend and there’s a great chance we’ll hold him out, too. We want him to be 100 percent next week.”
Simien named Big 12 Player of the Year
Kansas senior Wayne Simien has been named the unanimous Big 12 Conference player of the year, the fourth Jayhawk to win the award. Simien led the Big 12 in scoring (19.4 points per game) and rebounding (11.1), the only player in the conference to average a double-double.
Langford was named to the all-Big 12 second team, and fellow senior Aaron Miles was named to the third team.
Other Big 12 honors included Taj Gray (Oklahoma) as newcomer of the year, Daniel Gibson (Texas) as freshman of the year and Billy Gillispie (Texas A&M) as coach of the year.
