KU Sports Extra: Sunflower State Sweep

By Matt Tait Mar 10, 2018

The ninth-ranked Kansas men’s basketball team stormed into the Big 12 tournament title game on Friday night with an 83-67 victory over fourth-seeded Kansas State.

It marked the 10th time the Jayhawks and Wildcats have hooked up in the Big 12 tourney and the Jayhawks are now 10-0 in those games. It marked the third time the Jayhawks and Wildcats hooked up this season. And the Jayhawks are now 3-0 in those games.

Their reward? West Virginia at 5 p.m. Saturday night for the Big 12 title.

Check out the latest KU Sports Extra for more thoughts on KU’s win over K-State and the upcoming showdown with West Virginia.

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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.