WRITER: Matt Tait

On to New Orleans: 2nd-half surge leads top-seeded Kansas past Miami and into the Final Four

Chicago — The Kansas Jayhawks are headed back to the Final Four next week in New Orleans, and it was an unrelenting series of huge second-half plays in a 76-50 win over Miami on Sunday at the United Center that led them there. Trailing by six at halftime after missing six free throws and all five of their 3-point attempts in the first half, the top-seeded Jayhawks (32-6) emerged from the locker room a ...

Game Day Breakdown: No. 1 seed Kansas vs. No. 10 seed Miami (Fla.) - NCAA Elite Eight

No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (31-6) vs. No. 10 Miami Hurricanes (26-10) Time: 1:20 p.m., Sunday, March 27, 2022 Location: United Center, Chicago, Illinois TV: CBS | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Keys for Kansas 1. Defend Miami’s stretch 5 It’s somewhat fitting that Kansas has reached this point in its season — on the brink of a trip to the Final Four with nothing standing between them but a scrappy ...

Soaking it all in: How Kansas guard Remy Martin is embracing every second of KU's deep tourney run

Chicago — Before coming to Kansas, super-senior point guard Remy Martin never made it farther than the first round of the NCAA Tournament during two trips to the Big Dance with Arizona State. Today, he sits one win away from reaching a Final Four. In order to get there, Martin knows he must first remember the feeling of sitting in the losing locker room with the Sun Devils, dreams dashed, emotions ...

David McCormack's presence, late offense help Kansas survive Providence in Sweet 16 victory

Chicago — It’s no secret that Kansas coach Bill Self likes to play through his big men. Always has. Always will. But it might have come as a bit of a surprise that Self elected to do that so late in Friday’s 66-61 win over fourth-seeded Providence at United Center. Throughout Friday’s victory, Kansas big man David McCormack was mostly ineffective. He struggled to score and rebound early and coughed ...

KU-Providence Notebook: Jayhawks the lone No. 1 seed still playing after 66-61 Sweet 16 win in Chicago

Chicago — When the odds to win the 2022 college basketball national title reset after the Sweet 16 was set, top-seeded Kansas had the second best odds in the eyes of the gang at BetOnline.ag. No. 1 Gonzaga was the favorite at 9/4 and fellow-top-seeds KU and Arizona were next at 5/1. Then Thursday night happened and Gonzaga and Arizona both went down in hard-fought Sweet 16 losses to Arkansas and Houston, ...

Survive and advance: Top-seeded Kansas reaches Elite Eight with grind-it-out, 66-61 win over Providence

Chicago — On Friday night, with its season on the line and the three other No. 1 seeds out of the NCAA Tournament already, top-seeded Kansas played a game that featured as many ugly moments as pretty ones and as many heart-stopping plays as easy ones. The result was a 66-61 win over fourth-seeded Providence at United Center that sent the Jayhawks (31-6) to the Elite Eight for the eighth time under head coach ...