WRITER: Matt Tait

Bears 'better' than Jayhawks in Baylor's first ever win in fieldhouse

Baylor coach Scott Drew has always told his team that in order to win in Allen Fieldhouse you have to be up 10 with 3 minutes to play. For a guy who had tried and failed 12 times before, Drew wound up being right on Saturday. And his team even gave him a little wiggle room. Behind stellar guard play and suffocating defense, the fourth-ranked Bears led No. 3 Kansas by 15 with 2:59 to play, paving the way for a ...

Notebook: KU monitoring hip pointer Devon Dotson suffered in 'L' to Baylor

Just looking at the final box score from Saturday’s 67-55 victory by No. 4 Baylor over No. 3 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse won’t tell you everything you need to know about Devon Dotson’s day. Despite playing 28 minutes in the Jayhawks’ third loss of the season, Dotson was not out there for 12 minutes of the second half as the Jayhawks furiously tried to overcome a 13-point halftime deficit. Instead, the ...

Game Day Breakdown - No. 3 Kansas vs. No. 4 Baylor

No. 3 Kansas Jayhawks (12-2 overall, 2-0 Big 12) vs. No. 4 Baylor Bears (12-1 overall, 2-0 Big 12) Time: noon Saturday | Location: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, 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 Keys for Kansas 1. Execute ...

KU's Marcus Garrett says he'll be good to go for Saturday's Top 5 showdown vs. Baylor

For the second time this season, the status of an injured ankle belonging to Marcus Garrett was a hot topic heading into KU's next basketball game. And for the second time this season, it does not appear that Garrett will miss any additional time. "It's getting better," Garrett said Friday morning of the left ankle he rolled during Wednesday's win at Iowa State. "I'll be good for tomorrow." Tomorrow, of ...

Kansas defense enjoying one of its best stretches in last 3 decades

On Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, the Iowa State Cyclones hit a 3-pointer for the 416th consecutive game, extending a streak that dates back to the 2007-08 season. That was about the only offensive highlight for the Cyclones in a 79-53 loss to No. 3 Kansas, and head coach Steve Prohm knew it before he watched the film and before he even sat down at the lectern for his postgame press ...

Former KU All-American golfer Ryan Vermeer wins second consecutive national honor

For the second year in a row, former University of Kansas All-American golfer Ryan Vermeer has been named a PGA Professionals Player of the Year. Vermeer, the PGA Director of Instruction at Happy Hollow Club in Omaha, Neb., won his second consecutive national award during a season in which he won his third Nebraska PGA Section Championship, setting the 54-hole scoring record in the process. Vermeer, 41, also ...