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All-America Honors for Ellis Begin with USA Today
On Sunday, March 5, the Wichita forward was a unanimous selection All-Big 12 First Team by the league coaches. Earlier that morning he was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the sixth time in his career. Then on Monday, Ellis was named second-team All-America by USA TODAY.
Self Named AP Big 12 Coach of the Year
For the second straight year and fifth time in his 13 years at Kansas, head coach Bill Self was voted the Associated Press Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, announced by the AP Monday morning.
KU’s glue guy: Kansas won 11 of 12 with Lucas as starter | KUsports.com
“We were just struggling. We were laboring, and I really didn’t know what direction we needed to go as far as who would be our fifth starter. To me, starting is overrated. It’s more important who finishes than who starts. We were in a situation that Landen was basically finishing the majority of the games but playing as much throughout the game,” Self said.
Beaty looks to other QBs as Willis heals | KUsports.com
“It’s gonna give us the opportunity to give more snaps to the young guys, like Carter Stanley, and to see Deondre Ford and Keaton Perry,” said Beaty adding senior Montell Cozart into the mix, as well. “It’s gonna be good for us to be able to evaluate the other guys, whereas, if they were all there, it naturally divides the reps up. But we want to get (Willis) well fast because he’s a talented kid.”
Spring football primer: Kansas Jayhawks - Big 12 Blog- ESPN
Kansas kicked off its spring practice over the weekend.
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Niang surprised by Kansas fans' standing ovation
“I never thought I’d be sitting in Allen Fieldhouse with people standing up clapping for me,” Niang said. “So that was really cool.”
“I watched the film on it and it looked like I was sort of like disrespecting,” Niang said. “I was sort of caught off-guard.”
Power Rankings: How the projected No. 1 seeds score | SI.com
Kansas, Michigan State, Virginia and Villanova are projected as No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament, and Luke Winn breaks down each team's offense.
It's clear Big 12 has no choice but to do something soon: 7 things to know - CBSSports.com
The Big 12 must do something to address its future. CBS Sports learned plenty after sitting down with the league's commissioner to discuss the state of his conference.
Poll Attacks: How did one voter keep Xavier ahead of Villanova? - CBSSports.com
Xavier is really good. Might go to the Final Four. Could be in your top five. But Xavier can't be ranked ahead of Villanova right now, and Gary Parrish explained why in this week's Poll Attacks.
Why Wichita State is the most polarizing bubble team in history - CBSSports.com
Prepare yourself for the next seven days, because Wichita State is about to be subject to the most intense and debated at-large candidacy in recent memory. Maybe ever.
AJ McCarron explains why he almost never played at Alabama - CBSSports.com
Former Alabama QB AJ McCarron said in a radio interview that he nearly transferred to Ole Miss following his freshman year in Tuscaloosa.
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Boston Bruins attempt to reduce ticket scalping with new season ticket policy - CBSSports.com
Per the Bruins' release, all season ticket holders that own seats for their own personal use will see no increase in their season ticket prices for next season.