Providence, R.I. — Kansas fifth-year center Hunter Dickinson was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press, the organization announced on Tuesday. “I think it’s great," KU coach Bill Self said upon the Jayhawks' arrival in Providence on Tuesday evening. "You know, he’s had a really solid year. It probably hasn’t been the year that potentially he could have, in large part because our ...
The current iteration of the Big 12 features 16 teams, yet one-eighth of the players at the league-wide Big 12 Pro Day event, which begins on Tuesday at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas, come from the Kansas football program. That’s a testament to the sheer size of the Jayhawks’ outgoing senior class and the proportion of those players attempting to take advantage of this chance to pursue their ...
The Arkansas men’s basketball team, limited to seven players of late as it made a charge toward the NCAA Tournament down the home stretch of its season, is slated to get one of its leading scorers back when it plays Kansas on Thursday, while another continues to miss time due to injury. Freshman guard Boogie Fland underwent surgery on his right thumb on Jan. 22, and at the time multiple reports suggested he ...
The Kansas men's basketball team will face a familiar foe in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. After receiving a No. 7 seed for the first time since 1981, the Jayhawks will take on No. 10 Arkansas at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island, on Thursday at 6:10 p.m. Central Time. The game will be televised on CBS. “This is probably the most inconsistent feelings that I’ve had going through a ...
Past Kansas men’s basketball teams have embarked on grueling paths through the NCAA Tournament, but not since 2000 have the Jayhawks stared down the prospect of encountering a dramatically higher-seeded team in the second round. That’s exactly the situation KU faces this postseason, after a series of puzzling losses midway through conference play and missed opportunities in the first two weeks of March left ...
One of the best seasons in Baker men's basketball history will roll on for at least another week, as the Wildcats took advantage of their status as a first-time NAIA Tournament host by advancing out of the first weekend. No. 3 seed Baker defeated No. 6 Concordia on Saturday night to reach the Round of 16 for the first time since the tournament expanded. The Wildcats took down the Bulldogs 80-65 at the Collins ...