The first signs of the new coronavirus’ impact on Big 12 basketball arrived Tuesday afternoon, when the conference announced that locker rooms would be closed to reporters at this week’s Big 12 tournament at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Citing a desire to “ensure the safety of everyone in attendance,” the Big 12 on Tuesday announced the following changes for this year’s event, which opens ...
Make it two for two for Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike, who was named the Associated Press Big 12 Player of the Year on Tuesday. And this one was close. After earning the Big 12’s top prize from the conference coaches on Sunday, Azubuike was named the Big 12’s top player by a panel of media members on Tuesday, joining teammate Devon Dotson as the only unanimous picks for the all-Big 12 first team. The ...
It will go down as a week of firsts for Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike. On Sunday, Azubuike was named the Big 12 Player of the Year by the conference’s coaches, backing up the preseason honor he was given five months ago. On Thursday, Azubuike is scheduled to play in his first ever Big 12 Conference tournament game. “For real,” asked Azubuike during Monday’s press conference after a reporter mentioned ...
After a hard charge to claim the Big 12’s regular-season crown, the Kansas Jayhawks enter the postseason in position to be picky about their approach. As the No. 1 seed in this week’s Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., top-ranked Kansas will play at 1:30 p.m. Thursday against the winner of the 8-9 game between Oklahoma State and Iowa State. What they do before and after that, however, is still up in ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team cleaned up on Sunday, earning several all-conference honors from the league’s coaches including player of the year and defensive player of the year. Senior center Udoka Azubuike, who led the Big 12 with 15 double-doubles was named the Big 12 Player of the Year after averaging 13.7 points and 10.5 rebounds in 31 games. Azubuike's honor marks the 16th time a Jayhawk has been ...
Lubbock, Texas — Three days after clinching a share of the 2020 Big 12 title, No. 1 Kansas pulled off a hard-fought, 66-62 win at Texas Tech to claim the crown outright on Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena. And the funny thing was it didn’t even have to. With eight minutes to play in Saturday’s victory, Kansas coach Bill Self let his team in on a little secret. No matter what happened the rest of ...