Jayhawks' Ben McLemore declares for NBA draft
The hardest decision of Ben McLemore's life turned out to be no question at all. Kansas coach Bill Self made sure of it. The talented guard announced ...

Burke leads UM rally over Kansas, 87-85 in OT
Trey Burke kept alive Michigan's deepest NCAA tournament run since the Fab Five era nearly 20 years ago with a shot the Wolverines won't soon forget.

Michigan gets top-seeded KU in return to Sweet 16
Michigan coach John Beilein briefly lost track of how long it's been since the Wolverines reached the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.

Kansas survives, La Salle surprises in Kansas City
Bill Self didn't have much to say to his team at halftime, not with Kansas playing as poorly as it had all season and North Carolina just 20 minutes ...

Second-half run sends Kansas past Tar Heels
Top-seeded Kansas was on the ropes, turning the ball over about as often as it was putting up shots, and had allowed North Carolina to build a ...

No. 1 Kansas survives Western Kentucky upset bid
Kansas coach Bill Self predicted this week that a No. 1 seed would someday lose to a No. 16. He didn't know his Jayhawks would be trying to fend off ...

A guide to the NCAA games
The NCAA tournament will not have a repeat champion for the sixth straight season. Kentucky made sure of that by failing to make the field of 68.

The bracket lives before the games
Drop the pen. Everybody knows no ink makes contact with a bracket sheet until Monday night at the earliest. Until it's deadline time, pencils are ...

No. 7 Kansas beats No. 11 K-State for Big 12 title
One by one, Kansas players headed to the top step of the ladder to cut down the nets, with Jeff Withey carefully nipping at a piece of nylon and then ...

Kansas, K-State to decide Big 12 championship
Kansas and Kansas State won't be able to share this championship. The longtime rivals, separated by about 80 miles of interstate, finished the ...

McLemore leads No. 7 Kansas past Texas Tech 91-63
Top-seeded Kansas wasn't about to let itself get lulled into a sense of apathy by playing an early afternoon game in the Big 12 tournament. It helped ...

Oklahoma State guard AP's top player, freshman
Marcus Smart has made quite an impression in his first — and maybe only — Big 12 season. Smart, Oklahoma State's impressive guard and a top NBA ...

Baylor wins 81-58, No. 4 Kansas shares Big 12
Kansas had a share of its ninth Big 12 regular-season title in a row even before Ben McLemore scored a layup off the opening tip at Baylor. That ended ...

No. 9 Jayhawks nip No. 14 Cowboys 68-67 in 2OT
After he'd missed time and time again all night long, for some reason Naadir Tharpe's final attempt just felt right when it left his hand. And what ...

Jayhawks back to winning ways with rout of K-State
Bill Self was the first to acknowledge that folks around Kansas had grown spoiled. It's only natural when one of the marquee programs in college ...

No. 14 Jayhawks rout No. 10 Kansas State, 83-62
Ben McLemore scored 30 points on his 20th birthday, Jeff Withey dominated in the paint and No. 14 Kansas routed No. 10 Kansas State 83-62 on Monday ...

Losing streak is unfamiliar turf for No. 5 Kansas
After one of his team's worst performances in years, Bill Self likened the Kansas team he put on the floor Wednesday night to ones fielded by Dr.

Oklahoma State snaps No. 2 Jayhawks' streak at 18
Markel Brown let out a roar. Marcus Smart did a cart-wheel and a back flip. Travis Ford exhaled for the first time all game. After establishing a big ...

Young helps No. 6 Kansas turn back Temple, 69-62
The seniors hadn't been playing like seniors, and Kansas was suffering for it. Elijah Johnson kept turning the ball over on offense, Kevin Young ...
McLemore's 22 gives Kansas huge road win, 74-66
It's not supposed to be this easy for a kid playing his first collegiate road game. Kansas' Ben McLemore, a redshirt freshman surrounded in the ...

Withey leads No. 9 Kansas past Richmond, 87-59
Jeff Withey had at least six inches on just about everyone from Richmond. Little surprise that every time the Spiders slashed into the lane, Withey ...

McLemore leads No. 9 Kansas past Colorado, 90-54
Ben McLemore is already accustomed to being on the finishing end of alley-oop dunks. He was on the giving end on Saturday. It happened midway through ...