Walking around Lawrence on Friday, you never would have known that the Kansas basketball season came to an abrupt end on Thursday, with the Big 12 and NCAA canceling the postseason. KU fans, decked out in red and blue garb, made their way through their regular routines at bars, restaurants and grocery stores Friday, all with one key thing missing — a game on the horizon. It certainly is no ordinary March in ...
The Big 12 Conference on Friday evening announced that all conference and nonconference spring sports competitions through the end of the academic year have been canceled. The move, which comes in response to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, puts an end to Kansas baseball, softball, track and field, rowing, men’s and women’s golf and tennis for the 2020 seasons. The end of the spring seasons, ...
Kansas point guard Devon Dotson needed just one word to describe his emotions after learning Thursday afternoon that the 2020 NCAA Tournament had been canceled amid concerns over the rapid spread of the coronavirus. “Nightmare,” Dotson posted on Twitter. This, a couple of hours after the all-Big 12 guard and 2019-20 All-American had reacted earlier Thursday to the cancelation of the Big 12 Tournament with ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Most fans planning to attend the Big 12 men's basketball tournament on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Kansas City won't be allowed into the games because of concerns related to coronavirus, the Big 12 announced Wednesday afternoon. After five hours of conversations and phone calls Wednesday afternoon, Big 12 Conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced that the conference was ...
Kansas City, Mo. — There will be basketball played at Sprint Center this week, but how big of a role fans and a couple of Jayhawks will play remains to be seen. Roughly an hour before Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced a limited-access fan policy for the final seven games of the Big 12 Tournament, Thursday through Saturday, KU coach Bill Self provided an injury report on Udoka Azubuike, Devon Dotson ...
The Ottawa University men’s basketball team left Monday morning for its first trip to the NAIA Division II national tournament since 2009. But the way fifth-year coach Aaron Siebenthall sees it, the journey actually began on foreign soil a few months ago. “We went to the Virgin Islands for a tournament earlier this season and that’s when I really think we came together,” Siebenthall told the ...