3 years ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Seniors Keyontae Johnson and Markquis Nowell were each named finalists for the Lute Olson Player of the Year Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top player. The tandem were the only players from the same school, while they were among 5 from the Big 12 on the list, joining Texas’ Marcus Carr, Baylor’s Adam Flagler and Kansas’ Jalen Wilson. The other ...

3 years ago
McPHERSON – Kansas Wesleyan mens' volleyball dropped a pair of matches on the first day of the Central Christian Invitational on Wednesday at Jerry Alexander Arena. KWU dropped matches to Jamestown and Cumberland. Jamestown 3, KWU 0 (25-13, 25-18, 25-16): Wesleyan faced Jamestown for the fourth time this season, the second in non-GPAC competition, and the Jimmies came ...

3 years ago
Box Score | Postgame Notes | Season Stats Kansas City, Mo. – Playing without coach Bill Self on the sideline, third-ranked Kansas turned to big offensive performances from Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. along with some stingy defense to pull away from West Virginia 78-61 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Wilson had 22 points and 11 rebounds, ...

3 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self will not coach in the remainder of the Big 12 Tournament. Please see below for statements from the University of Kansas Health System and Self: “KU Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self is a patient at The University of Kansas Health System.  Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steve Stites wants to ...

3 years ago
BALDWIN CITY – Kansas Wesleyan Softball suffered a pair of losses to the Baker University Wildcats on Wednesday. Baker won the opener 7-0, and followed with a 10-1 5-inning win in the second game.   The Coyotes faced defending NAIA Pitcher of the Week Kara Baker in the first game, and were limited to two hits.   The game was ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self will miss today’s Big 12 Tournament game as he recovers from an illness. Assistant Coach Norm Roberts will serve as the acting head coach. Self is doing well and receiving great care at the University of Kansas Health System.

3 years ago
WICHITA – The Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes played perhaps their best basketball of the season for 32 minutes Wednesday afternoon against Morningside.   They couldn't maintain the pace the final eight minutes, though. Morningside closed the game on a 25-8 run and defeated KWU 87-80 in a second-round game of the NAIA Men's National Championship inside Garvey Center ...

3 years ago
#5 Medicine Lodge 56, #4 Bennington 45 The #4 Bennington Bulldogs season came to end Wednesday night, falling to #5 Medicine Lodge in the 2A State Quarterfinal game at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan. It was the first time Bennington had made it to state since 2008. Medicine Lodge would get off to an 8-0 start before Bennington ...

3 years ago
Watch | Listen | Kansas Notes LAWRENCE, Kan. - Ranked No. 3 nationally, Big 12 regular-season champion Kansas (25-6, 13-5) enters the 2023 Big 12 Championship as the No. 1 seed for the 18th time in the 27-year history of the league. The Jayhawks will face the winner of the first round game between No. 8 West Virginia and No. 9 Texas ...

3 years ago
FORT WORTH, Texas -- You can add “all-conference” to the myriad of descriptors used for versatile Wichita State guard Craig Porter Jr. The Shockers’ senior leader/facilitator/rim protector/unicorn/swiss army knife was named Wednesday morning to the American Athletic Conference’s third team. The 6-foot-2 point guard from Terre Haute, Ind. averaged 13.4 points during the regular season and ranked among the ...

3 years ago
GAME 32 12/12 [3-seed] KANSAS STATE (23-8, 11-7 Big 12) vs. 22/23 [6-seed] TCU (20-11, 9-9 Big 12) Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship / Quarterfinals #4 Thursday, March 9, 2023 >> 8:30 p.m. CT >> T-Mobile Center (19,135) >> Kansas City, Mo. TELEVISION ESPN or ESPN2 / WatchESPN (link here) Rich Hollenberg (play-by-play) Chris Spatola (analyst) Kris Budden (sideline) Joe McCoy (producer) RADIO K-State ...