Self says Frank Mason shouldn't miss any practice time

- KANSAS SPORTS -

Jayhawks' mettle impressive in victory at Iowa State | Smithology | KUsports.com

KU’s previous road wins came at UNLV (ranked 194th in the nation by KenPom.com), TCU (KenPom’s No. 32 team) and Oklahoma (73rd at KenPom). Based solely on those numbers, Kansas winning at Iowa State (23rd) qualifies as the team’s best victory since defeating Duke (11th) at New York’s Madison Square Garden in November.

Tough road win at Iowa State came at right time for Jayhawks | KUsports.com

For the most part, it was the barrage of boos the Iowa State fan base sent toward the floor that accounted for Monday’s noisiest moments. But each time ISU appeared poised to make a run or found a way to hit a big shot, the sound explosion reached levels unlike any the current Kansas team had heard this season. And Kansas coach Bill Self loved every second of it.

Frank Mason shouldn’t miss practice time, coach Self says on KU’s day off

“Frank just has soreness. (He) shouldn’t miss any time in practice,” Self said in a text message to The Star on Tuesday night.

Kansas has won 17 straight and is on its way to a 13th consecutive Big 12 title - CBSSports.com

The Jayhawks were tested at Iowa State but still won, because that's what they do.

Three offseason questions: Kansas Jayhawks - Big 12 Blog- ESPN

After starting the Jayhawks’ final three games as a redshirt freshman, this is a crucial offseason for the young quarterback. Montell Cozart graduated and Ryan Willis is transferring to Virginia Tech, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be competition for Stanley.

(Mr. Ed says: I thought Cozart had one more year left?)

- COLLEGE SPORTS -

Oregon suspends strength and conditioning coach amid player hospitalizations - CBSSports.com

Additionally, the strength and conditioning coach will no longer report to Taggart, but to a director of sports science. Workouts for the football team have also been modified.

Siena coach shakes hands with air after Rider skips out following scuffle - CBSSports.com

Of course, Rider should have been there to greet him. But as you can see in the video below, they went straight to the locker room. The chippiness from the fight coupled with the loss obviously didn't sit well with the team. But Patsos walked the length of the entire bench to make sure he got to the imaginary players too.

- PROFESSIONAL SPORTS -

What are Joel Embiid's chances of making all-star team as rookie? | 'Hawks in the NBA | KUsports.com

The former Kansas big man has scored 20 or more points in his previous nine starts — all while playing between 24 to 30 minutes of 48-minute-long games. Embiid even has led the Sixers, a long mocked franchise that averaged 15.7 wins a season the previous three years, to victories in six of the last seven games in which he’s played.

'Madden 17' trolls Jerry Jones after he says Tony Romo will play in a Super Bowl - CBSSports.com

Luckily, someone else provided Romo with a simpler path to the Super Bowl.

- IN THE NEWS -

Jamari Traylor’s father has prison sentence commuted by President Barack Obama

Jessie Traylor, who was arrested in 2008 and later received a life sentence in 2010 for a nonviolent drug crime, had that term shortened to 20 years on Tuesday as part of a round of commutations and pardons from Obama during his last week in office.