LJWorld.com Headlines for March 6, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> KU SPORTS TOP HEADLINES [BLOG: A best-guess, fingers-crossed, maybe-it'll-go-this-way look at this year's Big 12 tournament]( You’ve watched the games, followed the scores, tracked the race and seen the slugfest that the Big 12 Conference became this basketball season. Now, you’ve been tasked with predicting how the conference tournament will play out. Good ... [BLOG: A best-guess, fingers-crossed, maybe-it'll-go-this-way look at this year's Big 12 tournament]( By: Matt Tait You’ve watched the games, followed the scores, tracked the race and seen the slugfest that the Big 12 Conference became this basketball season. Now, you’ve been tasked with predicting how the conference tournament will play out. Good ... March 6, 2023 @ 1:05pm [Big 12 coaches name Kansas forward Jalen Wilson unanimous conference player of the year]( By: Matt Tait After leading the Big 12 in both scoring and rebounding for the grueling 18-game season that wrapped up on Saturday, Kansas forward Jalen Wilson has been named the conference’s player of the year by the league’s coaches. Wilson was a ... March 5, 2023 @ 4:03pm [Jayhawks need to get Gradey Dick more involved entering postseason play]( By: Shane Jackson For much of Kansas’ 75-59 loss to Texas on Saturday, ESPN announcers Dick Vitale and Jon Sciambi were pleading for freshman Gradey Dick to take a shot. Dick’s first and only shot attempt of the first half came at the 4:31 mark, when he ... March 5, 2023 @ 2:48pm [BLOG: Jalen Wilson tops 2 points, good enough for No. 1 spot in ratings on forgettable day in Austin]( By: Matt Tait 1 – Jalen Wilson – He did his best to carry this team on an awful offensive day but it wasn’t great and it wasn’t enough. Still, he capped off his stellar regular season with a 23-point performance and his 10th double-double of the ... March 4, 2023 @ 11:57pm [No. 3 Kansas falls to 9th-ranked Texas, 75-59 in regular season finale; Big 12 tourney up next]( By: Matt Tait Austin, Texas — Eager to get revenge for a loss in Lawrence that flipped the Big 12 race in KU’s favor four weeks ago, No. 9 Texas forced 3rd-ranked Kansas into one of its worst outings of the season in a 75-59 Longhorns victory at Moody ... March 4, 2023 @ 8:01pm [KU women roll past TCU in regular season finale to finish .500 in Big 12 play]( By: Jack McGarr, Special to the Journal-World The Kansas women pounded on TCU during their regular season finale, combining defensive pressure with junior guard Chandler Prater’s team-leading, career-high 24 points in an 84-61 victory over the Horned Frogs on Saturday in Fort Worth ... March 4, 2023 @ 7:57pm [KU-Texas Notebook: Jalen Wilson caps stellar regular season with 23-point effort in losing effort]( By: Matt Tait Austin, Texas — With ballots due this weekend, Kansas junior Jalen Wilson made one final statement in his player of the year candidacy in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday, during the Jayhawks’ 75-59 loss at No. 9 Texas. Wilson, who ... March 4, 2023 @ 7:54pm [Quick recap: Kansas falls to Texas in regular-season finale]( By: Shane Jackson In a game that ultimately didn’t have any Big 12 title implications, the third-ranked Kansas Jayhawks were handed a 75-59 loss by the ninth-ranked Texas Longhorns on Saturday inside the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. A week ago, it looked ... March 4, 2023 @ 5:11pm 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