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Tang is a finalist along with Purdue’s Matt Painter, Houston’s Kelvin Sampson and Marquette’s Shaka Smart.

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.

The third-seed Kansas State Wildcats move on to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2018.

The eighth-seeded Razorbacks beat the No. 1 seed Jayhawks 72-71 in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

KU basketball coach Bill Self will miss today’s NCAA Tournament game versus Arkansas.

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.

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.

Bill Self will not be on the sideline as KU begins the NCAA Tournament.

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.

The six-year wide receiver hauled in 78 receptions for 933 yards and three touchdowns in the 2022 season.

Omenihu is reportedly headed to Kansas City on a two-year, $20 million deal.

Seniors Keyontae Johnson and Marquis Nowell become the first duo in school history to earn All-American honors.

Wilson becomes the sixth player under Bill Self to earn AP First Team All-American honors.

For the first time since 2015, Wichita State will appear in the postseason.

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.

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.

In its quest for a repeat rock chalk championship, the University of Kansas opens the 2023 NCAA Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa.

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.

Kevin Cross had 24 points in Tulane’s 82-76 win over Wichita State on Friday in the American Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

Kansas advanced to the Big 12 Championship game Friday night after defeating the Iowa State Cyclones, 71-58.

Taylor McWilliams, 18, has spina bifida and has been hospitalized for a week with an infection. She is also a K-State fan!

KU and K-State both have something to brag about in the men’s basketball Coach of the Year race.

Keyontae Johnson had 14 points and seven boards to lead the No. 3 seed Wildcats (23-9).

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.

Assistant coach Norm Roberts will serve as acting head coach.