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Barkdull wins indoor national title in pole vault

The Kansas indoor track and field team has its first national champion since 2019. Junior Ashton Barkdull cleared a personal-best 5.80 meters in the pole vault at the indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday, on his way to a first-place finish. Barkdull and Texas A&M’s ...

Tiller, Self discuss freshman’s second-half benching

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self said on Thursday that he wasn’t trying to be negative when describing Bryson Tiller’s performance against TCU as “not a physical game at all by him.” He said Tiller would be better the following day against Houston. But when the first half ...

KU’s offense grinds to halt in blowout loss to Houston

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Kansas went into halftime down eight points to Houston on Friday, it was 4-for-15 on shots within the arc. That included 1-for-2 on layups and 2-for-2 on dunks, meaning that on shots from anywhere between the arc and the basket, the Jayhawks had gone ...