Nice weekend away, ready to get back to it with Kansas State tonight. This is a dangerous game and a very key game for this team. I didn't get to watch Saturday but it sounds like the first half was one of those 'if this team plays like that' halves and the second half was a 'what happened' moment. Here's hoping that second half was a wake up call and reminds this group that you can't take the foot off the gas. On to Manhattan.

Kansas Basketball

Jayhawks surpass coach Bill Self’s expectations - KansasCity.com
Surpassed everyone's I would imagine. Would ANYONE have guessed that we would be in the convo for a top seed this year after losing what we did? I know we say it a lot but this is truly one of the better coaching jobs and we've been extremely fortunate to have a NPOY candidate that could lose out on the Big 12 POY award to a teammate.

Stars have come out vs. Kansas, but K-State wants team effort - KansasCity.com
The last two times Kansas State beat Kansas on the basketball court, it had an elite scorer to lean on. K-State is hoping for a similar outcome when Kansas comes to Bramlage Coliseum tonight, but the Wildcats may have to use a different method to get there.

Trying to explain K-State's .500 Big 12 record; plus, two very different predictions for Monday's game | Cram Session | KUsports.com
Roundtable from the KUSports guys.

Spradling ready to step up, lead Wildcats | KUsports.com
Need to keep him from being the guy. That would be relatively tragic.

KU big man gets votes of confidence | KUsports.com
Keep it going

Weekly Watch: Week 10 - ESPN
Kansas: The Jayhawks blitzed Baylor in Waco and crushed Oklahoma State. They are playing like a No. 1 seed and the race between KU and Mizzou should go down to the final weekend.

Kansas Football

Report: Speedy running back commits to KU | KUsports.com
We've sort of known this was coming but now it's official.

College Basketball

Illinois Fighting Illini athletic director will evaluate basketball coach Bruce Weber after season - ESPN Chicago
The time is coming for Bruce Weber to pay the piper.