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Kansas Jayhawk News and Notes 5.23.12

Apr 2, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas Jayhawks fans hold up signs before the finals of the 2012 NCAA men's basketball Final Four against the Kentucky Wildcats at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE
Apr 2, 2012; New Orleans, LA, USA; Kansas Jayhawks fans hold up signs before the finals of the 2012 NCAA men's basketball Final Four against the Kentucky Wildcats at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-US PRESSWIRE

Kansas Athletics

Kansas baseball savoring Big 12 tourney appearance | KUsports.com
Baseball team in the Big 12 tourney.

Six Jayhawks Earn Recognition on Phil Steele Preseason All-Big 12 Teams - KANSAS OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE
Kansas senior safety Bradley McDougald, senior defensive end Toben Opurum and senior tight end Mike Ragone were all selected preseason All-Big 12 Third Team by Phil Steele Magazine on Thursday, which highlighted KU's six selections to the Phil Steele all-conference teams. I don't know that this is a positive at all. The best we could muster is a 3rd team selection and Phil Steele tends to be right more than he's wrong of late. Hopefully we can have some guys prove some people wrong.

What's Your College Football Program Worth? Introducing Realignment Value Rankings - SBNation.com
Evaluating your school's worth in conference realignment. Kansas is ahead of Iowa State and Kansas State. Just behind TCU and Baylor. I guess that's good. I'm not sure I agree with the formula completely.

Thomas Robinson aiming high in upcoming NBA draft | KUsports.com
I think it's the right attitude to have, but Davis is going no. 1

Ex-KU O-line commitment hoping to catch on at BYU | KUsports.com
Phil Ford looking elsewhere.Although I'm not sure the new staff was looking hard at him anymore.

Big 12

Texas AD not for expanding, but admits courting Notre Dame - CBSSports.com
Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds said Tuesday he is fine with a 10-team Big 12 conference, but also admitted the Big 12 has approached Notre Dame about joining the league.

Perfect 10: UT’s Dodds doesn’t see need to expand Big 12 | CollegeFootballTalk
“We could expand to some number. You name the number — 12, 14, 16. We could expand but the question is ‘do we need to expand?’ In my mind 10 is perfect because you play everybody in football and there is a double-round-robin in basketball.”