Kansas' midweek foray into Colorado probably didn't go as KU coach Bill Self had planned or as anyone who had watched these teams thought it would go. Colorado was playing without its best player, injured guard Alec Burks, at a venue not exactly renowned for providing a home court advantage. KU ...

It's practically impossible to narrow the difference between two teams down to any single aspect of a game. Every contest is full of factors and reasons for success and failure, variables in an equation that solves itself after 40 — or 45, in Saturday's case — minutes. So I'm not going ...

"Forty Minutes of Hell," indeed. I assume Mike Anderson and his Missouri Tigers didn't intend to end up on the double-hockeysticks end of Monday's game, but Kansas made sure they did by limiting Missouri's open looks to a nearly ridiculous degree. KU's 32.4 percent eFG% defense started ...

This is what KU (ver. 2010) is supposed to look like. Center Cole Aldrich recorded a double-double and swatted shots. Guard Sherron Collins was the toughest guy in the building with some toughness to spare. Guards Tyshawn Taylor and Brady Morningstar served as the glue, combining to record 14 ...

Baylor played its game Wednesday night, there's no doubt about that. Junior guard LaceDarius Dunn heaved (and made) some "What's he thinking?" three-pointers. Senior guard Tweety Carter controlled the offense like a savvy veteran despite an ugly shooting line (5-for-13). The Bears, led by Dunn ...

Credit this one to the defense. Kansas was far from bad on offense, scoring 1.19 points per possession, but its defense set the tone early and pushed the halftime margin to 24 in the Jayhawks' favor. Just consider how poorly Texas Tech's best offensive players fared: - Point guard ...