WRITER: Matt Tait

Game Day Breakdown - No. 1 Kansas at Kansas State

No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (25-3 overall, 14-1 Big 12) vs. Kansas State Wildcats (9-19 overall 2-13 Big 12) Time: 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 Location: Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kansas TV: CBS | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog coverage and follow the KUsports.com staff on Twitter: @KUSports @mctait @bentonasmith @SJacksonLJW & @ByBradenShaw ...

Top-ranked Kansas aiming to treat Saturday clash with K-State like 'any other road game'

The goal for the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks is to treat Saturday’s 12:30 p.m. rematch with Kansas State in Manhattan like any other road game. But given the fact that the first meeting between these two teams ended with a brawl that led to suspensions for four players, the Jayhawks also know that what they will walk into Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum will be different from anything they have seen this ...

Matt Tait: Marcus Garrett's versatility, poise under pressure worthy of KU's MVP honor

Disregard all of the statistics and numbers you’ve seen: Kansas junior Marcus Garrett is worthy of being named KU’s team MVP. Garrett is not an All-American. Because Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson are in KU’s starting lineup, he’s not a first-team all-Big 12 selection this season either. But he is the best defender in the country and the most valuable player on this Kansas roster. Not the best. Not ...

After a decade, KU's Udoka Azubuike reunites with his older brother

When Udoka Azubuike's older brother texted him Sunday afternoon and said he planned to come to Kansas' game on Monday, the senior center thought it was a joke. “I thought he was just messing around,” Azubuike said after Monday’s 83-58 win over Oklahoma State at Allen Fieldhouse. “It was kind of surprising. I tried to put him on the ticket list, but I didn’t think I was going to see him.” But sure ...

The case for Kansas center Udoka Azubuike as national player of the year is building with teammates and opponents alike

To hear his teammates tell it, Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike is on some kind of a hot streak at the moment, with five double-doubles in his last seven games and back-to-back monster showings in KU’s two most recent victories. “I mean, he’s on a roll right now,” said sophomore guard Ochai Agbaji after [Monday’s 83-58 win by No. 1 Kansas over Oklahoma State at Allen Fieldhouse.][1] Added freshman ...

Kansas Jayhawks jump to No. 1 in latest Associated Press poll

Fresh off of a three-point win in Waco, Texas, on Saturday over then-No. 1 Baylor, the Kansas Jayhawks have moved into the No. 1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 poll. Kansas, which sits at 24-3 overall and 13-1 in Big 12 play, jumped two spots in the latest poll that was released Monday morning. The Jayhawks received 62 of the 64 first-place votes handed out this week. Baylor received the other two. ...