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Bob Huggins: ‘Right now, Oklahoma is the best team in the league’

It was no surprise when the Kansas men’s basketball team was a unanimous selection to win the Big 12 in the preseason coaches poll. Bill Self, unable to vote for his own team, cast the only vote against the Jayhawks in early October. Entering Big 12 play this week, as the Jayhawks aim ...

Getting to know: Texas basketball

About two months following the start of the college basketball season, conference play has finally arrived in the Big 12. The Kansas Jayhawks’ road to a 14th-straight conference title begins on the road Friday night against Texas (8 p.m., ESPN2) at the Frank Erwin Center. The ...

Getting to know: Stanford basketball

Winning three of its last four games, Stanford has started to bounce back from a slow start to the season. The Cardinal, dealing with a couple of injuries, was ranked fifth in the preseason Pac-12 media poll. Led by redshirt junior Reid Travis, the leading scorer in the Pac-12, the ...

What Svi Mykhailiuk learned from the NBA Draft process for his senior season

Long before Svi Mykhailiuk swished the game-winning shot against Nebraska, he had to beat the clock on another season-altering decision. Back in May, Mykhailiuk announced to the world that he was returning to school for his senior season just a few hours ahead of the NBA Draft deadline. ...

Getting to know: Omaha basketball

Ranked sixth in the preseason Summit League poll, Omaha opened the season with seven games away from home. Playing one of the tougher schedules in the nation, the Mavericks (3-10) are winless when they aren’t playing in their home arena. Fresh off a win against Cornell College on ...

Getting to know: Nebraska basketball

After facing ranked opponents Michigan State and Minnesota, then traveling to play in-state foe Creighton, Nebraska will host No. 13 Kansas at 7 p.m. Saturday (TV: FS1) at sold out Pinnacle Bank Arena. It’s the first time the Jayhawks will play in the downtown Lincoln arena. The ...