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Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011
For the second consecutive season, the Kansas Jayhawks have a Capitol One Academic All-America men's basketball First Team selection.
Tyrel Reed joins an elite group of Jayhawks
Tyreel Reed was selected along with Butter's Matt Howard, Notre Dame's Tim Abromatis, Northern Colorado's Devon Beitzel and North Carolina's Tyler Zeller.
"I give a lot of credit to my parents," Reed said in a news release. "They raised me and my sister in a household that fostered an environment that was conducive to learning and always wanting us to strive to do our best."
Reed, a senior from Burlington, graduated from the University of Kansas in 3.5 years with a 3.65 grade point average. Reed was a pre-physical therapy and exercise science major.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Jayhawks can't overcome deficit fall to Rams in Elite Eight
The lesson the Jayhawks were supposed to take away from the Northern Iowa loss last season — that the little guy could do just as much damage as the blue bloods — maybe didn't stick.
The Jayhawks came out flat, while the Rams came out scorching.
The Rams charged out to a 14-point halftime lead behind 60 percent shooting from three-point range.
"When you don't defend, you dig yourself a hole and you have to try to make a comeback," Morningstar said. "It's a lot easier to play with the lead than without the lead."
Kansas, for all its talent and all its depth and all the things that made them the last one seed in the NCAA Tournament, just couldn't come back.
There was a moment there, right in the middle of the second half, when everyone in the gym thought the Jayhawks were going to do it VCU coach Shaka Smart had just gotten a technical and Kansas had out the deficit to two. The VCU fans were quiet, deaf to the pleas of
heir cheerleaders, while the Kansas fans were raucous, sure that their layhawks were going to rise from the ashes of that terrible first half.
Monday, Feb. 21, 2011
Tyshawn Taylor suspended indefinitely
Tyshawn Taylor, who has started 26 of 27 games at point guard for Kansas this year, was suspended indefinitely by coach Bill Self for an unspecified violation of team rules.
"Although we are disappointed in Tyshawn," Self said, "he will remain a member of our team and practice with our team until he is reinstated for competition."
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Kansas brings home conference title and other awards
On Sunday, junior forward Marcus Morris and coach Bill Self were recognized as being the best at their respective positions. Morris was named Big 12 Player of the Year along with being named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while Self was named Big 12 Coach of the Year. They weren't the only two to receive recognition. Morris twi Markieff was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team. Seniors Tyreel Reed and Brady Morningstar received All-Big 12 Honorable Mentions and Morningstar was selected to the Big 12 Defensive Team.
"I am very proud any time our players get named to a postseason award," Self said in a news release. "I am especially proud of Marcus for being consistent this year and being the premier performer in our league. It certainly is a compliment to him but also to his teammates to allow him to do what he does. Markieff, Brady and Tyrel also deserve their recognition as well."
A day after Kansas won the big 12 regular season conference title outright on Saturday with a 70-66 victory against Missouri, the Jayhawks brought some more hardware of the individual variety to Lawrence.
Morris is the first Jayhawk to win *Big 12 Player* of the Year since the 2004-2005 season. He joins four other Jayhawks who were named Big 12 Player of the Year: Raaf LaFrentz (1996, 1997), Drew Gooden (2002), Nick Collison (2003) and Wayne Simien (2005).
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor staying at Kansas
Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor ended weeks of speculation with a joint announcement that they would return to Kansas to play basketball next year.
Taylor, who would have been a second-round pick at best had he declared for the draft, strongly hinted that he'd return immediately after the Jayhawks lost to Virginia Commonwealth in the Elite Eight. He said then that he didn't think of himself as a guy who had a decision to make, but the decision wasn't made official until Kansas sent out a press release Wednesday afternoon.
"The year was up and down for me, but I feel like I finished on a strong note and I am ready to carry that momentum into the summer and next year," Taylor said in the release.
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