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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS |THURSDAY, FEB. 4, 2016
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Bill Self vells at his team on Wednesday when Kansas played Kansas State.
▶ EVAN RIGGS
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Kansas coach Bill Self was already in a bad mood as the clock was winding down on the No. 7 Kansas Jayhawks' far-from-impressive victory against the Kansas State Wildcats.
But Self quickly went from mildly agitated to irritated as he watched junior guard Brannen Greene throw down a dunk with the clock expiring in a game that was already decided.
"That was totally classless," Self said. "I can guarantee you it will never happen again."
Self apologized to the Kansas State program in the postgame press conference, only after referring to the dunk as a "d--- move" in his postgame radio interview, which was relayed by Athletics.
Simply put, the postgame scene wasn't pretty, but the rest of the game wasn't much better.
Outside of a few spurts, the Jayhawks looked sluggish on Wednesday night. But those spurts were good enough to beat the Wildcats 77-59, lifting the Jayhawks record to 18-4 (6-3) on the season.
Senior forward Perry Ellis led the way for the Jayhawks with 19 points and five rebounds. He was one of two Jayhawks to post five or more rebounds, as the Jayhawks were soundly outrebounded 36-21.
"That's about as soft as I can remember one of our teams playing." Self said.
Earlier this week, Self called the Wildcats "as sound defensively as anybody" the team had played.
and they certainly looked that way to begin the game; they held Kansas to just 1-of-8 shooting to start the game.
After four minutes, the Jayhawks had just one made basket, which was by sophomore guard Devonte' Graham. They trailed the Wildcats 4-3.
"They clogged the lane pretty good and weren't allowing me to drive," Ellis said. "That hurt us a little bit early on."
The Wildcats took advantage of the slow start by the Jayhawks, jumping out to a 16-7 lead. But the Wildcats, who came into the game shooting just 28 percent from three this season, made only one of their next seven from beyond the arc.
Turnovers ultimately plagued the Wildcats, preventing them from opening up a bigger lead. They had
12 turnovers in the first half, which led to 17 Jayhawk points.
The Jayhawks' offense eventually began to click, but the spark came from an unlikely source. Sophomore guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, who played one minute in the previous three games, scored six points, and added one steal and one assist during the Jayhawk's 11-2 run to tie the game at 18.
Mykhailiuk finished with 10 points, marking the first time he's scored in double-figures since December.
The Wildcats had kept the Jayhawks within arms length all half, but it quickly got away from them in the last 30 seconds.
After junior guard Frank Mason III hit a driving layup, senior forward Jamari Trayler tipped an errant inbounds pass off a Kansas State player's hand.
That gave the Jayhawks the last possession of the half, and they even had some time to draw up a play, as Kansas State coach Bruce Weber called a timeout.
He made his way to the opposite sideline to holler at an official before Iwundu and an assistant coach eventually pulled him away.
The Jayhawks added insult to injury when Greene converted a four-point play after being fouled on a three-pointer, which gave the Jayhawks a 39-29 halftime lead.
With the momentum the Jayhawks took into halftime, it felt like they would deliver the knockout blow to start the second half. But the Wildcats hit back, going on a 14-6 run to start the half, narrowing the Jayhawks' lead to 45-43, much to the chagrin of the Allen Fieldhouse crowd.
Junior guard Wayne Selden Jr. had just two points in the first half, but he delivered for the Jayhawks when things began to look dicey. He started a 19-4 run by scoring five straight points, which seemed to finally energize the Jayhawks.
Although Selden started the run, it was the defense of Mason and Graham, to go along with the scoring of Ellis, that carried the Jayhawks for the rest of the game.
"That was probably about as turned up defensively as we've been creating havoc in a long time," Self said.
From there, the Wildcats never threatened again,and the Jayhawks coasted to an 18-point win.
Anastasiya Rychagova hits the ball.
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KU tennis' Anastasiya Rychagova named Big 12 Player of the Week
Undefeated freshman Anastasiya Rychagova was named Big 12 Player of the Week on Wednesday afternoon.
► JOSH MCQUADE
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Rychagova is ranked 45th in singles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and has helped
As a freshman, Rychagova has taken down Arkansas' junior Shannon Hudson and Purdue's junior Deborah Suarez. Hudson was tied for 96th
lead the Jayhawks to a 4-0 start. Rychagova is the first Jayhawk to receive Player of the Week honors for tennis in the 2016 season.
in the Fall 2015 preseason ITA singles poll. Suarez has posted an 8-16 record through her first two years.
Next up for Kansas is a meeting with North Texas at the Jayhawk Tennis Center at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
KELCIE MATOUSEK/Kansan
Athletics confirms new apartments for 2018
The Jayhawker Towers have been home to various student athletes at the University of Kansas,but the athletics department confirmed new housing is scheduled to be built and could, in part, replace them.
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On Tuesday, Athletics confirmed to the Kansan that there are plans to build a new complex that will house approximately 200 student athletes and somewhere in the range of 700-750 students total.
Marie S. McCarthy Hall was just completed this academic year, but there are already plans to add additional housing for students and student athletes alike.
"The apartments will have about 700 beds, and Athletics plans to have about 220 athletes," Diana Robertson, director of the
Prior to McCarthy Hall's construction in 2015, student athletes primarily lived in the Jayhawker Towers. A large number of athletes still live there, but rooms in the Towers are also available to general students.
Robertson said the apartments will be located on 19th street. She said the University plans to open them in Fall of 2018, although it's still being decided what they'll look like visually.
Jim Marchiony, Kansas associate athletics director, added that while there will be athletes living at
Department of Student Housing said.
Right now, the new apartments will be the fifth new on-campus housing option opened since 2014. The other four are McCarthy Hall, the two new student dorms - Self and Oswald - and another dorm Robertson said the University is building on 19th street, which is slated to be finished in 2017.
the new planned dorms this is not their only choice of housing.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
Marchiony said "athletes from all sports" are free to move into the new dorms if they choose.
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