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Azubuike joins KU’s 1,000-point club, No. 1 Kansas wallops Oklahoma State for 83-58 win | KUsports.com
With his older brother, Chima Azuonwu, in the crowd, watching him play basketball for the first time in 10 years, Kansas senior Udoka Azubuike joined KU’s 1,000-point club during a 83-58 victory over Oklahoma State on ESPN’s Big Monday.

Kansas vs. Oklahoma State: Quick recap and instant analysis
Oklahoma State was able to keep things relatively close in the first half, but the Cowboys were unable to consistently score against KU's defense. As a result, KU was able to pull away late in the first half and into the second period. The Jayhawks held the Cowboys to 20-for-52 (38-percent) shooting.

Kansas' Udoka Azubuike named Big 12, national player of the week
First, Azubuike was named Big 12 player of the week. Azubuike was previously a two-time honoree as the top weekly player in the conference. He has received the award twice in the last three weeks and three times in the last five.

Kansas vs. Oklahoma State: Quick recap and instant analysis
Oklahoma State was able to keep things relatively close in the first half, but the Cowboys were unable to consistently score against KU's defense. As a result, KU was able to pull away late in the first half and into the second period. The Jayhawks held the Cowboys to 20-for-52 (38-percent) shooting.

Bits o Chalk

Source - Joe Burrow measured with 9-inch hands at NFL combine
Another talking point regarding potential No. 1 overall pick Joe Burrow surfaced when his measurements were taken on Monday morning at the NFL combine in Indianapolis.

Clippers' Doc Rivers views Kobe memorial as catharsis: 'Today will help'
"It's just been a very heavy month, it's everywhere," Rivers said of Los Angeles, which as been grieving since the helicopter crash on Jan. 26. "There's days you get away from it, like the games are great now because you're focused on the games, but you know it's just. ... It's broken or just broken-hearted.

Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu makes history against Stanford
Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu on Monday became the first Division I college basketball player (men's or women's) to collect 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 assists in a career.

Deontay Wilder confirms third Tyson Fury fight, says 40-pound costume wore down legs
"We're definitely going to exercise it," said Wilder, who fought to a disputed draw with Fury 14 months ago. "We're looking forward to it. I'm a warrior and a true champion, and I fight like that every bit of the way. We're definitely going on with it. That's for sure. By the summertime."

Eraser Dust

Coronavirus: World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO - BBC News
The WHO said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be "in a phase of preparedness"

Did a Montana Man Sell Jerky Made From Human Meat?
On Feb. 22, the website Ringsssss published an article positing that police in Butte, Montana, had arrested a man on suspicion of selling jerky made from human meat.

Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Featured in 'Hidden Figures,' Dies at 101 - The New York Times
She was one of a group of black women mathematicians at NASA and its predecessor who were celebrated in the 2016 movie “Hidden Figures.”

Runner breaks ankle on remote trail in Washington state, crawls eight hours to call 911
A runner in Washington state who broke his ankle on a remote trail over the weekend had to crawl eight hours before he could get a cell signal to call 911 for help, authorities and rescue workers said.

Convicted murderer serving life sentence escapes in Alabama
Daniel Miner, 43, who was serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for a 1994 killing, escaped from a work release center Saturday evening, the Marshall County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Sunday.

'SNL' sources claim Pete Davidson gets star treatment from Lorne Michaels
“Saturday Night Live” sources have been snarling to Page Six for months that cast member and unlikely lothario Pete Davidson has been getting unfair star treatment — and Davidson’s bashing of the show Monday presumably won’t help to soothe tensions.