KU Sports Extra: Jayhawks Keep Dancin’

By Matt Tait     Mar 17, 2018
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The top-seeded Kansas men’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third year in a row with an 83-79 victory over No. 8 seed Seton Hall on Saturday night at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita.

Led by 28 points from Malik Newman and a monster performance from sophomore center Udoka Azubuike, who was limited because of a left knee injury, the Jayhawks jumped out early and held on down the stretch to move to next week’s regional semifinals in Omaha.

The Jayhawks (29-7) will play next Friday against the winner of Sunday’s game between No. 4 seed Auburn and No. 5 seed Clemson.

Here’s some quick reaction from Saturday’s win over Seton Hall.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.