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Second-round clash pits good friends, great coaches against each other | KUsports.com
They have more than 1,100 wins between them and are regarded as two of the finest coaches in college basketball history. But the one thing that Kansas coach Bill Self and Michigan State coach Tom Izzo have that might mean the most is a genuine friendship.

Kansas baseball falls to TCU, 5-1 | KUsports.com
TCU starter Jared Janczak retired Kansas’ first 22 batters in a 5-1 victory over the Jayhawks on Saturday night at Fort Worth, Texas.

Tulsa rallies past KU softball | KUsports.com
Tulsa rallied for three runs in the seventh inning and edged Kansas, 4-3, in college softball Saturday at Arrocha Ballpark.

Kansas tennis blanks Columbia | KUsports.com
Kansas’ doubles team of Anastasia Rychagova and Maria Toran Ribes won their fifth straight match, and KU’s women’s tennis team blanked Columbia, 4-0, on Saturday in Denton, Texas.

Kansas needs confidence, consistency from Carlton Bragg | KUsports.com
“We’ve said it all year: Carlton’s the X factor,” teammate Josh Jackson said. “If you really look at our team, any time Carlton has a good game, we’re going to win and we know it. He just has to keep his confidence level up a little bit and we have to find him a little bit more. I don’t think we really look for him as much as we should.”

Gameday Breakdown: No. 3 KU basketball vs. Michigan State | KUsports.com
Asked Saturday what his final message to his team would be before the Jayhawks took the floor against Michigan State in Sunday’s second round, KU senior Landen Lucas focused on one thing.

Landen Lucas, meet Landon and Lucas | KUsports.com
Lifelong Kansas basketball fan Ian Sadler and his wife, Meredith, now live in Tulsa and found a way to take advantage of the good fortune of the top-seeded Jayhawks being sent to their new town for the first and second rounds of this year’s NCAA Tournament so their 10-month-old boys could meet the 6-foot-10 Kansas forward.

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NCAA Tournament: Grading the eight teams who've punched their Sweet 16 ticket - CBSSports.com
Eight Sweet 16 tickets have been punched, including Wisconsin, which upended top-overall seed Villanova for the NCAA Tournament’s first true upset -- and the one it needed .

March finally gives us some madness as Wisconsin ousts Villanova: 3 takeaways - CBSSports.com
There was legitimate chatter before Selection Sunday that Duke, which earned the No. 2 seed in the East Region, was worthy of a top seed. But it was the Tar Heels of North Carolina, not the Blue Devils, who ultimately won out the final No. 1 seed.

2017 March Madness: NCAA admits huge missed call in Gonzaga-Northwestern - CBSSports.com
The NCAA admitted on Saturday that its officials missed a basket-interference call late in a competitive second-round tournament game in Salt Lake City.

2017 NCAA Tournament bracket: Expert picks for Sunday's second-round games - CBSSports.com
Sunday’s schedule features eight second-round games in the NCAA Tournament. Things start early with Michigan-Louisville and end late with Cincinnati-UCLA.