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College

Oral Roberts head coach Paul Mills calls a play against Duke during the first half of a...

WSU coach Paul Mills gets ringing endorsement from Jerome Tang

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Brandon Zenner
The two worked together as assistant coaches at Baylor until Mills left for the head coaching job at Oral Roberts in 2017.

Sports

Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Mecole Hardman (17) scores on a 25-yard touchdown run ahead of...

Mecole Hardman headed to the New York Jets on 1-year deal: reports

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
The one-year contract is worth $6.5 million, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

News

City leaders say more than $1 million will be generated from this year’s tournament.

Hutchinson’s version of March Madness spurs economic boost

Updated: 10 hours ago
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By Joe Baker
City leaders say more than $1 million will be generated from this year’s tournament.

Sports

Oral Roberts head coach Paul Mills watches his team in the second half of an NCAA college...

K-State’s Jerome Tang: ‘I absolutely love’ new WSU coach Mills

Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 5:16 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
WSU has confirmed the hiring of Paul Mills as the school's 27th men's basketball coach.

Sports

KU advances to WNIT Super 16 with victory over Mizzou

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 8:28 PM CDT
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By Bryan Grabauskas
The Jayhawks defeated the border-rival Missouri Tigers 75-47 Monday night to earn a spot in the WNIT Super 16.

Sports

K-State’s Jerome Tang named finalist for Naismith coach of the year

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:12 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Tang is a finalist along with Purdue’s Matt Painter, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson and Marquette’s Shaka Smart.

K-state

Tip times set for K-State, Midwest region Sweet 16 games

Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
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By Gabe Swartz
After advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018, Kansas State will get No. 7 seed Michigan State in a game at Madison Square Garden.

K-state

K-State headed to Sweet 16 after win against Kentucky

Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 4:35 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The third-seed Kansas State Wildcats move on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018.

KU

Kansas Jayhawks OUT in second round of NCAA Tournament

Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 7:09 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
The eighth-seeded Razorbacks beat the No. 1 seed Jayhawks 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

News

KU head coach Bill Self to miss Saturday’s NCAA Tournament game

Updated: Mar. 18, 2023 at 10:46 AM CDT
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By Andrew Linnabary
KU basketball coach Bill Self will miss today’s NCAA Tournament game versus Arkansas.
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Sports

Kansas St tops Montana St, 1st March Madness win since 2018

Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:47 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
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.

National

Fairleigh Dickinson stuns No. 1 seed Purdue in March Madness

Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:12 PM CDT
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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.

Sports

K-State dominates Wichita State in in-state WNIT battle

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 9:05 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
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.

Sports

No. 1 seed Kansas cruises past Howard with Self still absent

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:37 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
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.

News

Bill Self missing KU’s March Madness opener

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Bill Self will not be on the sideline as KU begins the NCAA Tournament.

Sports

Jalen Wilson becomes Consensus First Team All-American

Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 2:58 PM CDT
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By Lane Gillespie
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.

Sports

Out of JuJu: Patriots signing Smith-Schuster to 3-year deal

Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 2:45 PM CDT
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By Greg Dailey
The six-year wide receiver hauled in 78 receptions for 933 yards and three touchdowns in the 2022 season.

Sports

Chiefs get defensive line help, sign pass rusher Charles Omenihu: report

Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 9:11 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
Omenihu is reportedly headed to Kansas City on a two-year, $20 million deal.

Sports

Nowell, Johnson named to AP All-America Third Team

Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:36 PM CDT
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By Lane Gillespie
Seniors Keyontae Johnson and Marquis Nowell become the first duo in school history to earn All-American honors.

Sports

Jalen Wilson named AP First Team All-American

Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:23 PM CDT
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By Lane Gillespie
Wilson becomes the sixth player under Bill Self to earn AP First Team All-American honors.

College

Shockers take on Wildcats in Round 1 of WNIT

Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:31 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
For the first time since 2015, Wichita State will appear in the postseason.

College

Wichita State, K-State, KU all to appear in WNIT

Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:07 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Women’s basketball continues this month for Wichita State, K-State and KU. All three teams are set to appear in the 25th Postseason WNIT.

K-state

K-State earns 3 seed in Big Dance

Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 5:42 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
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.

KU

Jayhawks arrive in Des Moines in quest for repeat championship, Self status uncertain

Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 5:32 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
In its quest for a repeat rock chalk championship, the University of Kansas opens the 2023 NCAA Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.

KU

UPDATE: Bill Self discharged from hospital, will join team for March Madness

Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 4:09 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
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.

Sports

No. 7 Texas rolls past No. 3 Kansas 76-56 for Big 12 title

Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 8:22 PM CST
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By The Associated Press
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.

KU

Jayhawks hope to have Bill Self back for NCAA title defense

Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 7:56 PM CST
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By The Associated Press
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.

College

Tulane defeats Wichita State 82-76 in AAC quarterfinal

Updated: Mar. 11, 2023 at 12:03 AM CST
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By The Associated Press
Kevin Cross had 24 points in Tulane’s 82-76 win over Wichita State on Friday in the American Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

Sports

No. 3 Kansas beats Iowa State, 71-58, moves to Big 12 title game

Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:29 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
Kansas advanced to the Big 12 Championship game Friday night after defeating the Iowa State Cyclones, 71-58.

News

K-State’s Jerome Tang makes surprise KC hospital visit to spina bifida patient

Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:45 PM CST
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By Marleah Campbell
Taylor McWilliams, 18, has spina bifida and has been hospitalized for a week with an infection. She is also a K-State fan!

Sports

Tang, Self both named Naismith Coach of the Year semifinalists

Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:21 PM CST
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By Melissa Brunner
KU and K-State both have something to brag about in the men’s basketball Coach of the Year race.

Sports

No. 22 TCU routs No. 12 K-State 80-67 in Big 12 tourney

Updated: Mar. 10, 2023 at 12:29 AM CST
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By The Associated Press
Keyontae Johnson had 14 points and seven boards to lead the No. 3 seed Wildcats (23-9).

Sports

Wichita State hammers Tulsa in AAC Tournament opener

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:09 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
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.

Sports

KU downs West Virginia, moves on to Big 12 Tourney semifinal

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 4:19 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
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.

Sports

Kansas coach Bill Self hospitalized, out remainder of Big 12 tourney with illness

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 9:38 AM CST
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By KWCH Staff
Assistant coach Norm Roberts will serve as acting head coach.

News

Warriors meet West High girls: NBA champs honor persevering Pioneers

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 7:16 PM CST
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By Shawn Loging and KWCH Staff
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.

College

Shocker women fall to Houston in semifinal round of AAC tournament

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 6:27 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
The Wichita State women’s basketball team played a tough game, but it wasn’t enough to fend off the Houston Cougars.

Sports

KU’s Allen Fieldhouse to undergo 2-phase renovations

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 1:16 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
The project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2024.

College

Wichita State’s Porter named to all-AAC third team

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:28 AM CST
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By Matt Henderson
The Shocker senior earned his first all league honor

Sports

Derby’s Addy Brown named Kansas Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 11:23 AM CST
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By CIK Staff
Brown averaged more than 20 points and 10 boards a game as a senior, helping lead the Panthers to the state tourney

Sports

Big 12 Tournament tips off Wednesday in Kansas City

Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 6:46 AM CST
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By Nathan Brennan and Shain Bergan
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.

Sports

‘It’s been a blast’: 2014 ALCS MVP Lorenzo Cain to retire as a Royal, per report

Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 3:39 PM CST
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By Greg Dailey
Cain was recently announced as an inductee into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, as well.

College

Making history: Shocker women upset No. 1 USF in AAC championship quarterfinals

Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 3:16 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
The Wichita State University’s women’s basketball team celebrated a significant win Tuesday afternoon, defeating the University of South Florida, 65-53.

Sports

Craig Porter Jr. puts cap on stellar season on senior day

Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 10:46 PM CST
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By Tejay Cleland
After a stellar senior campaign, Craig Porter Jr. suited up one last time in the Roundhouse on Sunday.

College

Porter scores 24 on Senior Day; Shockers cage Bulls

Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 5:54 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
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.

Sports

K-State’s Tang named Big 12 Coach of the Year

Updated: Mar. 5, 2023 at 4:24 PM CST
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By Gabe Swartz
The first year of the Jerome Tang experiment in Manhattan has been an overwhelming success.

KU

Sir’Jabari Rice and No. 9 Texas smother No. 3 Kansas 75-59

Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 10:26 PM CST
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By The Associated Press
Kansas had already won the Big 12 championship by the time the Jayhawks made their last trip of the season down to Texas.

State

Jackson Mahomes accused of assault by Overland Park restaurant owner and waiter

Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 5:27 PM CST
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By KCTV5 Staff
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.

College

Big 12 hoops fans, can you dig it? Shaq to perform at KC Live!

Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 8:07 AM CST
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By Greg Dailey
A Facebook event indicated the start time would be Saturday, March 11 at 8 p.m.

Sports

No. 1 Houston pulls away from Wichita State, 83-66

Updated: Mar. 2, 2023 at 10:38 PM CST
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By The Associated Press
Jamal Shead scored a career-high 25 points, Marcus Sasser added 22 and No. 1 Houston defeated Wichita State 83-66 on Thursday night.
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