You’ve watched the games, followed the scores, tracked the race and seen the slugfest that the Big 12 Conference became this basketball season. Now, you’ve been tasked with predicting how the conference tournament will play out. Good luck. One of the easiest ways to start this seemingly impossible exercise is by looking at the odds for which teams might win the tournament. We’ll start with Draft ...
After leading the Big 12 in both scoring and rebounding for the grueling 18-game season that wrapped up on Saturday, Kansas forward Jalen Wilson has been named the conference’s player of the year by the league’s coaches. Wilson was a unanimous selection, receiving all nine available votes. Coaches are not allowed to vote for their own players in the postseason awards. A likely first-team All-American who ...
Austin, Texas — With ballots due this weekend, Kansas junior Jalen Wilson made one final statement in his player of the year candidacy in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday, during the Jayhawks’ 75-59 loss at No. 9 Texas. Wilson, who entered the day leading the Big 12 in both scoring (19.6 points per game) and rebounding (8.3), as well as double-doubles, with nine, finished 23 points on 7-of-18 shooting, ...
Austin, Texas — Eager to get revenge for a loss in Lawrence that flipped the Big 12 race in KU’s favor four weeks ago, No. 9 Texas forced 3rd-ranked Kansas into one of its worst outings of the season in a 75-59 Longhorns victory at Moody Center. The Jayhawks still left Austin as the Big 12 regular season champs. That much was decided days before tipoff. But it was the Longhorns who celebrated on Saturday. ...
No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (25-5 overall, 13-4 Big 12) at No. 9 Texas Longhorns (22-8 overall, 11-6 Big 12) Time: 3 p.m., Saturday, March 4, 2023 Location: Moody Center, Austin, Texas TV: ESPN | Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network via Learfield Keys for Kansas 1. Play free and have fun It’s been a heck of a grind in the Big 12 Conference this season, with nearly every game, involving every team, being a dog fight ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self left nothing to the imagination about his plans for Saturday’s regular season finale at Texas. The third-ranked Jayhawks are heading to Austin to win and nothing else. During his 20-minute press conference to preview the matchup on Thursday, Self was asked if he would consider resting some of his starters with the outright Big 12 title already clinched thanks to KU’s win ...