MANHATTAN — It took years of trial and error for Sherron Collins, Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of the Kansas alumni team to crack the code on the Elam Ending. The Basketball Tournament’s unusual final stanza, in which the fourth-quarter clock stops inside of four minutes and both teams play to a target score set at eight points above the score of the team that currently leads, was not kind to the KU alumni ...
MANHATTAN — In the wake of Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops’ comeback victory in Topeka to force a decisive third game against Kansas State’s Purple Reign, JHX head coach Sherron Collins and general manager Tyshawn Taylor had emphasized how important it would be for their team to get off to a fast start at Bramlage Coliseum on Friday night. Instead, the KU alumni fell behind 12-0 and once again had to dig ...
In its 42nd annual iteration, Late Night in the Phog will undergo two of the most dramatic changes in its history. The event, Kansas Athletics announced on Thursday afternoon, will now occur on two separate days — Friday, Oct. 16 for the KU men’s basketball team and Thursday, Oct. 29 for the women’s basketball team — and will include exhibition contests against Division II foes: Pittsburg State for the ...
Monitoring the offseason in college baseball is an entirely different sort of enterprise than keeping track of what’s going on in basketball and football. Even with the sport’s ongoing growth, player movement receives substantially less coverage. Prospects announced as signees in the fall sometimes never make it to campus; others commit in the final days of the summer without fanfare. Much of this activity ...
TOPEKA — The Elam Ending, the signature feature of The Basketball Tournament in which the game clock halts midway through the fourth quarter and teams proceed to play to a given target score, ensures that every TBT contest ends with some sort of game-winning shot. It can also have a profound influence on how teams choose to play in key moments. Those were on full display for the Kansas alumni team two summers ...
TOPEKA — Kansas alumni team JHX Hoops had led for just one minute and 23 seconds in two games against Kansas State’s Purple Reign by the time the clock turned off on Wednesday night at Lee Arena. But with the Elam Ending in play, there’s always a chance in The Basketball Tournament. JHX rallied from down 14 points in the game, and eight points entering the Elam Ending, to win 84-80 and force a rubber ...