Top Headlines for March 19, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> KU SPORTS TOP HEADLINES [Photo Gallery: Kansas opens spring practice]( By: March 19, 2024 @ 11:49am [Dickinson named second-team All-American]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas center Hunter Dickinson was named a second-team All-American by the Associated Press Tuesday morning, the organization announced. A transfer from Michigan, the senior served as one of the Big 12 Conference's leaders in scoring and ... March 19, 2024 @ 11:24am [KU softball sweeps ranked Baylor]( By: Henry Greenstein The Kansas softball team didn't just win a series against a ranked opponent for the first in 19 years; it finished off a sweep. KU took down Baylor, which had been ranked No. 13 in the country by the ESPN.com/USA Softball poll, three times at ... March 18, 2024 @ 9:35am [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: KU fans have watched Furphy grow all season, but can he come of age in the tournament?]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas freshman Johnny Furphy, against Texas on Feb. 24, turned in the sort of 16-point, eight-rebound performance that had become almost routine for him as a first-year college athlete — just two years after the Australian Centre of ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:04pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: KU progresses toward postseason milestones affected by IARP]( By: Henry Greenstein Kansas still holds the longest streak of NCAA Tournament appearances ever. That streak, however, is no longer considered to be currently in progress — even as the Jayhawks continue to make the tournament each year. When the Independent ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:04pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: Venues, seeding could make for atypical postseason run]( By: Henry Greenstein For much of the season Kansas looked set to play its first weekend of the NCAA Tournament at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, the site where it launched some of its most memorable postseasons, including the 2008 national championship ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:04pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: A look back on forgotten regular-season moments]( By: Henry Greenstein The pace of the college basketball season, particularly once the calendar flips to January, is so fast that many of its important moments can get lost to time. Kansas fans will certainly recall the defining performances of the year — Dajuan ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:04pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: Reasons why KU could or could not win the national title]( By: Henry Greenstein It’s harder to make a case for Kansas to win the NCAA Tournament than it is in most years, given some of the uncharacteristic losses it has sustained this season, but on the other hand few teams are clear-cut favorites this season and it’s ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:03pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: Midwest Region includes several past foes]( By: Henry Greenstein If Kansas can make it out of Salt Lake City and progress past the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament to get to Detroit, there are a few familiar faces from this season in Kansas’ quarter of the bracket. The good news for the Jayhawks is ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:02pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: Eighth-seeded KU women draw Michigan to open tournament]( By: Avery Hamel, Special to the Journal-World After missing out last season, Kansas women’s basketball will return to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 8 seed in a first-round matchup against ninth-seeded Michigan. “Last year was devastating, because I think all indications were that we ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:02pm [2024 NCAA Tournament Preview: KU will open tournament against Samford Bulldogs]( By: Conner Becker Late-season woes and all, Kansas lived up to the experts’ No. 4 seed projection when the NCAA tournament picture revealed No. 13 seed Samford as the Jayhawks’ first-round opponent in the Midwest Region bracket on Thursday. The game will ... March 17, 2024 @ 10:02pm [KU men will face Samford in Salt Lake City to open NCAA Tournament; women to take on Michigan]( By: Henry Greenstein After a turbulent conclusion to its season, the Kansas men's basketball team has learned its opponent for the first round of the NCAA Tournament. KU, which earned a No. 4 seed, will face No. 13 Samford at Salt Lake City's Delta Center on ... March 17, 2024 @ 5:38pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044