College basketball games are 40 minutes long and, with very few exceptions, are rarely played to perfection.
Misreads, missteps and missed assignments are a part of every game and they often determine the outcome.
Every once in a while, within those imperfect games, there exist possessions that are executed to near perfection.
The sixth-ranked Jayhawks delivered one of those with the game on the line on ...
Kansas senior Marcus Garrett returned to action and delivered his typical stat-sheet-filling effort during Saturday’s 63-59 win over Oklahoma by the sixth-ranked Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse.
Garrett, who missed Tuesday’s victory at TCU while nursing a head injury suffered in a Jan. 2 home loss to Texas, reclaimed his spot in the starting lineup and scored seven points on 3-of-6 shooting while dishing four ...
Consider Kansas forward David McCormack having been in the right spot, both on the court and on the roster, to deliver one of the biggest shots of Saturday’s 63-59 Kansas victory over Oklahoma.
Shortly after the sixth-ranked Jayhawks survived a scare from the Sooners at Allen Fieldhouse, KU coach Bill Self said McCormack’s bucket in the paint that put Kansas up four with 10 seconds to play was one of those ...
No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks (9-2 overall, 3-1 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (6-3 overall, 2-2 Big 12)
Time: 3:30 p.m. | Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kan.
TV: CBS | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network
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Keys for Kansas
1. Make up for last time
KU’s ...
While playing together for four years at John Guyer High in Denton, Texas, Jalen Wilson and De’Vion Harmon often dreamed of being teammates in college, as well.
Instead, they ended up at two different Big 12 programs — Wilson at Kansas and Harmon at Oklahoma — even though a couple of schools briefly recruited both of them. And they weren't even able to face off in their first season of college ball, ...
Evidently, dunking a basketball can be contagious.
After recording just 16 dunks through their first 10 games of the season, the sixth-ranked Kansas Jayhawks recorded a whopping total of seven in [Tuesday night’s runaway win at TCU.][1]
While the dunks were worth 14 points in a game the Jayhawks won by nearly 30, their presence may have been the single most important stat of the game.
Bigger than David ...
