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Big 12 Basketball Week 7: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The race for the Big 12 regular-season title (or the race to see if Kansas’ unbelievable streak of 14 straight regular-season titles comes to an end) hit the final stretch on Saturday as Iowa State, two games back of Kansas State at the top of the standings, defeated the Wildcats, 78-64. It was desperation time for the Cyclones, if they wanted to claim the Big 12 crown (or at least a share of it). In doing so they did the Jayhawks, and the Texas Tech Red Raiders a favor by closing the race down to one game. Lindell Wigginton had 23 points off the bench for ISU. Freshman Talen Horton-Tucker had 20 points and Marial Shayok had a double-double — 13 points and 13 rebounds. Plus, the Cyclones went into the Octagon of Doom to do it.

Freshman Devon Dotson hitting stride at right time for Jayhawks | Jackson's Journal | KUsports.com
"I would just say I'm playing in the flow,” Dotson said. “My teammates have been finding me and I’ve just been knocking down my shots."

After 'chaotic' period of uncertainty, 3 factors kept Tony Hull at KU | KUsports.com
Les Miles had been hired to take over the program, and while the team’s new big wheel stated publicly that he would assess the viability of retaining some assistant coaches from David Beaty’s final staff at KU, that didn’t mean Miles had to bring anyone back, including Hull, the team’s most effective recruiter for the previous regime.

Jayhawks experience new indoor practice facility for first time | Smithology | KUsports.com
After nine months of construction time, the Kansas football program’s new indoor practice facility was finally ready to be put to use on Tuesday

Marcus Garrett practicing; Bill Self talks potential return
"Yes, he practiced today and he practiced yesterday. Yesterday was a very limited, half-speed-type deal. Today he was probably closer to three-quarter speed but actually played up and down and did some things," Self said on Tuesday. "He doesn't trust it at all yet, but he hasn't done anything in three weeks. So I thought he looked pretty good today."

Things slowing down for David McCormack, Bill Self says
McCormack, a McDonald's All-American, came to college as a talented player, but the Jayhawks were five- — and really six- — deep at the big man spots, starting with returning juniors Udoka Azubuike and Mitch Lightfoot, preseason All-American Dedric Lawson, and a potential sixth man in Silvio De Sousa — not to mention Dedric's older-yet-smaller brother K.J. Lawson, who perhaps most easily could have slotted into lineups as a small-ball power forward.

K.J. Lawson making the most of recent opportunities
However, four injuries have changed the rotation and opportunities for players. Perhaps no player has benefited more from those changes than K.J. Lawson, who tied a KU-career-high with 10 points against TCU and then set a new top mark with 15 points against the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday. In that game, Lawson also knocked down three 3-pointers as the Jayhawks won in decisive fashion.

The biggest weakness facing each top team
The Jayhawks have generally been sound from a turnover perspective at Allen Fieldhouse, but NCAA Tournament games aren’t played within those friendly walls. On the road, Kansas has been awful, handing out turnovers like free candy, including a combined 47 turnovers in losses at Iowa State and Kansas State. Neutral courts have been a mixed bag, with Kansas facing a closer-than-expected game against New Mexico State at the nearby Sprint Center in part because of a 20 percent turnover rate. Kansas has improved in this area since Lagerald Vick left the team for personal matters, but if he comes back — Kansas has said the road is open if/when he chooses to return — the Jayhawks will need to continue to trend positively in that direction.

BWB: Tristan Enaruna visits Creighton, gets calls from Duke, UK
“I went on their campus last week in Nebraska,” Enaruna said. “On the way back to the airport we passed by that practice facility real quick, so I liked what I saw, but besides that I like the head coach a lot. I’ve been talking with them for a long time so I trust them and I know that if I go there I’ll be able to play and do my thing and play the way I’m best.”

Other Sports News

Purdue student walks 100 miles, raises $20K in honor of superfan Tyler Trent
Purdue superfan Tyler Trent, who died in early January from a rare form of bone cancer, was honored Tuesday by a fellow Boilermaker who completed a nearly 100-mile walk from West Lafayette, Indiana, to Bloomington for the team's game against the rival Indiana Hoosiers, raising more than $20,000 in the process.

Ex-Houston coach Major Applewhite to be analyst for Alabama
Former Houston football coach Major Applewhite will join Alabama's program as an analyst this season, a source confirmed to ESPN's Adam Rittenberg.

UNC-Duke tickets approaching Super Bowl prices because of Zion Williamson
If you're interested in squeezing into Cameron Indoor Stadium to watch the first installment of the legendary rivalry in 2019, you'll have to spend $2,500, the price of the cheapest available ticket. That's just shy of the $2,674 you would have paid on Jan. 27 for the cheapest available ticket to the Feb. 3 Super Bowl, per Kyle Zorn, a marketing strategist for secondary ticket seller TickPick.

MLB putting new rules in place to curtail sign stealing
Major League Baseball is putting new rules in place this season to guard against high-tech sign stealing, a source told ESPN's Jeff Passan, confirming an SI.com report.

Winners and losers from Machado's $300 million deal with Padres
It took 113 days of free agency to play out, but Manny Machado is headed to San Diego on the largest deal ever handed out to a free agent. What does the deal mean for baseball's new $300 million man, the team that signed him and other interested parties (read: Harper, Bryce)? We asked ESPN baseball writers Eddie Matz, David Schoenfield, Bradford Doolittle and Sam Miller to break it down.

Other News

Putin threatens to target US if it deploys missiles in Europe
President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday of a resolute response if the U.S. decides to station missiles in countries neighboring Russia.

Barber near 2nd Trump-Kim summit offers free haircuts in their styles - Business Insider
A barber shop in the Vietnamese city that will play host to US Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's upcoming summit is offering free haircuts to those looking to copy the world leaders' distinctive hairstyles.

Smoke a whole dang pastrami, because you’re worth it
There’s no better feeling for the home cook than making a dish that comes out just like the version you fell in love with—the real-deal “oh, dang, that is exactly what I was shooting for” reaction. I’m here to tell you that when it comes to pastrami, the undisputed deli champion, it’s not only possible to make your own, but you’ll feel so mysteriously hyper-competent that I hope it doesn’t mess up your ego and make you an asshole.

Kalispell not looking to add seat belts to their school buses - KPAX.com
MTN News spoke with Kalispell Superintendent Mark Flatau who said the District has not looked into getting seat belts for their school buses.

Google put a microphone in Nest Secure and forgot to tell anyone
Google's decision to bring Assistant-enabled voice controls to its Nest Secure system is causing a stir almost a year after the integration was rolled out. The problem is no one actually knew the security device, launched in September, 2017, packed a microphone in the first place. Google built a mic into its Nest Guard -- a small hub with a keypad on top that communicates with the other sensors in its Secure system -- but failed to mention it in its product materials, reports Business Insider. Asked about the microphone's existence, Google said it was "never intended to be a secret."