Fort Worth, Texas — Saturday’s 79-72 win by top-seeded Kansas over No. 9 seed Creighton at Dickies Arena in the second round of the NCAA Tournament moved the Jayhawks into a tie with Kentucky for the most wins in NCAA men’s basketball history.
Both teams currently sit on 2,353 all-time wins, but, thanks to Saint Peter’s upset win over the Wildcats in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, ...
Fort Worth, Texas — Creighton coach Greg McDermott called it a chess match because of the way his team defended.
After 38 minutes of back-and-forth basketball that featured plenty of high moments and low moments for both sides, it was top-seeded Kansas that made the final successful move to push the Jayhawks into the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018.
“I’m a little relieved, but I’m also very ...
Fort Worth, Texas — The start of top-seeded Kansas’ NCAA Tournament run opened Thursday night, in the same city where the Jayhawks took their last loss of the regular season.
However, facing 16th-seeded Texas Southern in the opening round just three miles north of TCU’s Schollmaier Arena was not too far away for the Jayhawks to forget the lessons they learned on the TCU campus 16 days earlier.
“That ...
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (29-6) vs. No. 9 Creighton (23-11)
Time: 1:40 p.m., Saturday, March 19, 2022
Location: Dickies Arena, Fort Worth, Texas
TV: CBS | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network
Keys for Kansas
1. Run like mad
We’ve seen all season that Kansas is at its best when it gets out and runs in transition. The reasons for this are many.
For one, the KU lineup — no matter who is on the floor — ...
Fort Worth, Texas — Kansas fans have been known to keep a close eye on the wins race at the top of the college basketball period between their Jayhawks and the Kentucky Wildcats.
But after 2nd-seeded Kentucky lost in overtime to No. 15 seed St. Peter’s on Thursday — [a couple of hours before top-seeded KU polished off Texas Southern with ease][1] — their tracking of the standings reached a fevered ...
Fort Worth, Texas — For the past couple of weeks, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has talked — marveled even — about how much faster senior Remy Martin has looked now that he’s healthy again.
On Thursday night, during an 83-56 first-round NCAA Tournament victory over 16th-seeded Texas Southern at Dickies Arena, Martin showed off every bit of speed and quickness he has in his bag of tricks to help ...
