Markquis Nowell had 17 points and 14 assists and No. 3 seed Kansas State held off 14th-seeded Montana State 77-65 Friday night for its first NCAA Tournament win since knocking off Kentucky in 2018 to reach the Elite Eight.
By The Associated Press and TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night.
Curtessia Dean scored a career high 22 points, but Wichita State fell in the first round of the WNIT at Kansas State, 90-56, Thursday night in Bramlage Coliseum.
Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas, which allowed absent and recovering coach Bill Self to rest during an easy 96-68 victory over Howard on Thursday in a West Region first round game.
After already earning Associated Press and The Sporting News All-America First Team honors, Wilson becomes the 32nd player in KU history to be a Consensus All-America First Team selection.
A team picked to finish at the bottom of the Big 12 continues to blow away preseason expectations as one of the postseason’s top 12 teams by seeding in the NCAA Tournament.
Kansas Men’s Basketball Coach Bill Self was discharged from the University of Kansas Health System on Sunday and has returned to his home in Lawrence. He is looking forward to rejoining the team this week.
Dylan Disu overcame early foul trouble to score 18 points, Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice added 17 apiece, and seventh-ranked Texas silenced a heavily pro-Kansas crowd with a 76-56 romp over the third-ranked Jayhawks in the Big 12 Tournament title game Saturday night.
Kansas hopes to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the entire Big 12 Tournament after a medical procedure earlier week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA Tournament title defense next week.
The Wichita State men’s basketball team advanced out of the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament, breaking the game open in the second half to cruise past Tulsa, 81-63.
The top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks put together a balanced performance to down West Virginia in a Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal matchup Thursday afternoon in Kansas City.
After an abrupt end to the season for the Wichita West High School girls’ basketball team, their continued dedication to the sport led to a special honor Tuesday night in Oklahoma City.
The four-day tournament tips off at 6 p.m. Wednesday, as No. 8 West Virginia takes on No. 9 Texas Tech, followed at 8:30 p.m. with No. 7 Oklahoma State facing No. 10 Oklahoma.
The Wichita State University’s women’s basketball team celebrated a significant win Tuesday afternoon, defeating the University of South Florida, 65-53.
Craig Porter Jr. celebrated Senior Day with a career-high 24 points and Wichita State closed out the regular season with a 69-49 victory over South Florida on Sunday afternoon at Charles Koch Arena.
Jackson Mahomes, the brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was accused by the owner of an Overland Park restaurant of assaulting her and shoving a waiter in separate incidents.
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