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 ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2020/feb/22/330943/ With the regular season officially behind them, the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks should feel right at home when they’re away from Lawrence this postseason, and not just at their mid-March home in Kansas City, Mo., for the Big 12 ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2020/feb/22/330946/ There are plenty of better scorers, shooters and rebounders in the Big 12 than Marcus Garrett. The numbers others have put up, though, don’t equal the impact Garrett makes for the league’s undisputed champ, No. 1-ranked Kansas. That’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lubbock, Texas — Saturday’s 66-62 victory by No. 1 Kansas over Texas Tech brought with it a hint of deja vu for head coach Bill Self. A little more than two years ago, in this very same United Supermarkets Arena gym, with the Big 12 title on the line, former Kansas point guard Devonte’ ...
Lubbock, Texas — As shots refused to drop early in the second half, those offensive outcomes didn’t rattle No. 1-ranked Kansas, even as Texas Tech and its home crowd surged on every misfire Saturday afternoon inside United Supermarkets Arena. The Jayhawks long ago convinced themselves that ...
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 ...
Before the first media timeout of the second half, No. 1 Kansas became the outright Big 12 champion. The rest of it was just gravy. With Baylor suffering a 76-64 road loss to West Virginia, the Jayhawks officially became sole league champions with 16 minutes left in their game against Texas ...
No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks (27-3 overall, 16-1 Big 12) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (18-12 overall, 9-8 Big 12) Time: 1 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020 | Location: United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas TV: ESPN | Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog ...
With No. 1-ranked Kansas playing so well and so many pages of documents to scour in KU’s response to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations, it’s easy to forget that the Jayhawks are about to add another big man to their lineup. With one game left in the regular season, Silvio De Sousa is ...
A lot is riding on the University of Kansas' 149-page, often blistering, denunciation of the NCAA allegations against the school’s vaunted basketball program. If KU’s appeal ultimately fails, the men’s basketball program could be facing a postseason ban — beginning next season — ...
A day before KU released its response to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations, Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self said he didn’t believe the scandal around the program would create any added distractions for his players as they prepare for the postseason. After KU’s 75-66 victory over ...
Updated at 9:36 p.m. The University of Kansas on Thursday responded to NCAA allegations of recruiting violations by arguing that the organization’s evidence in the case is not credible, and it did not acknowledge that any violations took place in its men’s basketball program. The ...
Another senior night has come and gone for the Kansas men's basketball program. And, on Wednesday, current KU seniors Udoka Azubuike and Isaiah Moss both got their chance to say goodbye to their home fans, [following the top-ranked Jayhawks' 75-66 victory over TCU at Allen Fieldhouse.][1] ...
Two Kansas Jayhawks have landed on the 10-man semifinalist list for the Naismith Trophy, given annually to the best individual player in college basketball. Senior center Udoka Azubuike and sophomore point guard Devon Dotson both were on the updated list released on Thursday by the Atlanta ...
Kansas coach Bill Self’s first inkling that Wednesday might be a big night for senior center Udoka Azubuike came during shoot-around. It was there, earlier in the day, that Self got his first look at the injured right ankle that threatened to keep Azubuike out of the lineup on senior night. ...
Wednesday was a night for the Kansas basketball program to salute the only two seniors on the active roster, Udoka Azubuike and Isaiah Moss, as they played their final game inside Allen Fieldhouse. While that was the main event in a 75-66 Jayhawks victory, the co-headliner might as well have ...
With the Allen Fieldhouse stands still packed with fans, Kansas seniors Udoka Azubuike and Isaiah Moss delivered short senior night speeches following Wednesday’s Big 12-title-clinching, 75-66 victory over TCU. As the trophies they helped win sat on three tables behind them, Moss and ...
After spending a year watching two other teams celebrate a Big 12 title, the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks jumped back into their familiar spot as the kings of the Big 12 Conference with a 75-66 victory over TCU on Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse. The win, which came after the Jayhawks ...