LJWorld.com Headlines for March 13, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> KU SPORTS TOP HEADLINES [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: Kansas pushes NCAA-record streak to 33 consecutive tourney appearances]( Another year, another NCAA Tournament appearance for the Kansas men’s basketball program, which extended its NCAA record of consecutive trips to the Big Dance to 33 this season. That’s 14 years under former KU coach Roy Williams and the ... [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: Kansas pushes NCAA-record streak to 33 consecutive tourney appearances]( By: Matt Tait Another year, another NCAA Tournament appearance for the Kansas men’s basketball program, which extended its NCAA record of consecutive trips to the Big Dance to 33 this season. That’s 14 years under former KU coach Roy Williams and the ... March 13, 2023 @ 9:09am [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: 5 reasons KU can repeat as national champs]( By: Matt Tait Kansas sophomore KJ Adams was asked before the Big 12 tournament what he learned about making the transition to the postseason with last year that could help the Jayhawks this time around. His answer had everything to do with the 2021-22 ... March 12, 2023 @ 11:28pm [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: Jayhawks pin postseason hopes on 'one of the greatest winners in the history of Kansas basketball']( By: Matt Tait For Kansas forward Jalen Wilson, a second chance born from a surprise development elsewhere wound up benefiting Wilson, the KU basketball program and Kansas coach Bill Self in ways nobody could have imagined. “I screwed it up in high ... March 12, 2023 @ 11:23pm [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: First glance at No. 16 seed Howard, KU's first-round opponent]( By: Shane Jackson Top-seeded Kansas will kick off its tourney journey this year against Howard — a program that’s back in the Big Dance for the first time in decades, has plenty of depth and can get hot from long range. The 16th-seeded Bison (22-12) are from ... March 12, 2023 @ 11:02pm [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: Late Billy Packer's legacy about much more than blunt on-air personality]( By: Matt Tait Late college basketball analyst, Billy Packer, who died in January, was many things to many people associated with the sport. Some good and some not so good. So, it would surprise no one that Packer had built relationships with current Kansas ... March 12, 2023 @ 10:24pm [2023 NCAA Tournament seed list, 1 through 68]( By: Matt Tait One of the more interesting things to do with each NCAA Tournament bracket is to take a look at how the seeds, fell, by region and by seed, when the full 68-field bracket is revealed. They did not always used to do it, but for the past several ... March 12, 2023 @ 9:31pm [KU women left out of NCAA Tournament field; Brandon Schneider's Jayhawks headed to WNIT]( By: Jack McGarr, Special to the Journal-World After a disappointing loss to TCU in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament last week, the Kansas women’s basketball team missed out on an invitation to the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Instead, the Jayhawks, who were projected to be in ... March 12, 2023 @ 9:17pm [Selection Sunday notebook: McCullar improving, 7 Big 12 teams get in]( By: Matt Tait Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts said Sunday that KU senior Kevin McCullar Jr., who missed the Big 12 championship game because of back spasms, was in better shape on Sunday. “Kevin’s doing good,” Roberts said. “He’s feeling a lot ... March 12, 2023 @ 8:54pm [Kansas lands No. 1 seed in West region in 2023 NCAA Tournament; will open play in Des Moines on Thursday]( By: Matt Tait The Kansas men’s basketball team will begin its national title defense as a No. 1 seed. That much was known well before the official announcement on Sunday. What was unknown until Sunday, however, was where the Jayhawks would land in the ... March 12, 2023 @ 5:21pm [2023 NCAA Tournament Preview: 8 teams not named Kansas that can win it all this season]( By: Matt Tait Regular season polls might not mean much in the big picture of who cuts down the nets in April, but this season, more than ever, they were a great indicator of just how wide open the race for the national title really is. Forget about the No. ... March 12, 2023 @ 4:39pm [Kansas basketball coach Bill Self released from hospital, ready to rejoin team for NCAA Tournament]( By: Matt Tait Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has been released from the University of Kansas Health System and returned to his home in Lawrence, KU announced Sunday afternoon about an hour before the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on CBS. The news ... March 12, 2023 @ 4:11pm [BLOG: Wilson tops ratings yet again, with little help from teammates to be found]( By: Matt Tait 1 – Jalen Wilson – KU’s leading scorer and the Big 12 player of the year did everything he could to carry his team offensively in this one, scoring 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting. But that has not proven to be the best recipe for the ... March 12, 2023 @ 3:09am [Burnt by the orange: Top-seeded Kansas falls to No. 2 seed Texas in Big 12 title game]( By: Matt Tait Kansas City, Mo. — There’s just something about the color orange on the back end of a three-game tournament that doesn’t quite sit well with Kansas. Already having suffered a lopsided loss to Tennessee (64-50) in the title game of the ... March 11, 2023 @ 9:15pm [Jayhawks expect to have Bill Self back on the sideline for next week's NCAA Tournament]( By: Matt Tait Kansas City, Mo. — Acting Kansas basketball coach Norm Roberts said after KU’s 76-56 loss to Texas in the Big 12 game that he thought Saturday’s game would be the Jayhawks’ last without head coach Bill Self. “He’s doing well,” ... March 11, 2023 @ 8:28pm [Photo Gallery: Horns down the Hawks, 76-56 for Big 12 Tourney win]( By: March 11, 2023 @ 7:31pm [Quick recap: Kansas falls to Texas in Big 12 championship game]( By: Shane Jackson Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas Jayhawks were unable to defend their crown in the Big 12 tournament. With no Kevin McCullar Jr., and without head coach Bill Self, the short-handed Jayhawks finally ran out of gas during their third game in as ... March 11, 2023 @ 7:04pm [BLOG: Competitive desire aside, there's no reason for Kansas to play Kevin McCullar Jr. today]( By: Matt Tait Acting Kansas basketball coach Norm Roberts said Kevin McCullar Jr. would play in today’s Big 12 title game against Texas, “if he’s OK.” KU junior Jalen Wilson, a longtime friend of McCullar’s who has posted two double-doubles in two ... March 11, 2023 @ 9:48am [BLOG: Another double-double at the Big 12 tournament by the Big 12's player of the year good enough for top spot in ratings]( By: Matt Tait 1 – Jalen Wilson – The start alone — 4-for-4 shooting for 11 points right out of the gate — was good enough to take the top spot. The fact that he added 14 more points and recorded another double-double merely made it a piece-of-cake ... March 10, 2023 @ 10:39pm [Dajuan Harris Jr. delivers lockdown defensive performance in KU's latest victory]( By: Shane Jackson Kansas City, Mo. — It was during Thursday’s scout meeting with the coaching staff when Dajuan Harris Jr. learned of his task for Friday’s Big 12 semifinal showdown with Iowa State at T-Mobile Center. He was asked to stop Gabe Kalscheur by ... March 10, 2023 @ 9:53pm [Far from satisfied: Top-seeded Kansas cruises past Iowa State and into the Big 12 title game]( By: Matt Tait Kansas City, Mo. — It was far more than Jalen Wilson’s red-hot shooting start and 12th double-double of the season that kept acting Kansas coach Norm Roberts calm during Friday’s 71-58 win over Iowa State in the Big 12 semifinals at ... March 10, 2023 @ 9:48pm 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. 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