The Kansas bench rises up in anticipation for a three during the first half, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 at Allen Fieldhouse.
The Kansas men’s basketball team picked up a huge victory over in-state rival Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse on Monday night, and, in doing so, kept alive its hopes of extending the current Big 12 title streak to 15 in the next couple of weeks.
The Jayhawks have work to do to have a shot at that and they’ll need help from the rest of the conference, as both K-State and Texas Tech — now 1 game up on KU with 3 to play — will have to lose at least one more game in order for KU to pull out a tie for the Big 12 title.
But they have a chance.
In my latest appearance on Rock Chalk Sports Talk, with Nick Schwerdt, we talked about how good those chances were, what KU would need to do to make sure they take care of their part of the equation.
Oh, and we also talked about the man of the hour Monday night, junior forward Mitch Lightfoot.
Give it a listen as you wait for the Jayhawks to get back to action at 11 a.m. Saturday in Stillwater, Okla., against Oklahoma State.
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.
