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When Bill Self was asked whether he knew Baylor forward Corey Jefferson had that kind of outside range, he responded, "Well, he didn't make a three in his career, so . . . hell no."
— kusports.com
ACT OF THE DAY
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Kansas clinched a share of its ninth-straight Big 12 regular season title, the longest streak in the nation, and fifth-longest regular season conference title streak in NCAA Division I history.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many Conference Championships has KU won?
THE MORNING BREW Sharing Big 12 title better than no title
kuathletics.com
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Following the Kansas State/
Oklahoma State game on Saturday
afternoon, Kansas fans smelled
blood in the water. The Wildcats squan-
dered their opportunity to lock up a share
of the Big 12, falling in Stillwater, 76-70,
leaving Kansas just a victory against a
mediocre Baylor team away from another
Big 12 Championship.
K-State saw the writing on the wall. The Big 12 was all but over. Bill Self was going to do his Bill Self thing, and Kansas was going to walk away king again—business as usual. Unfortunately, it didn't go completely as planned.
Kansas couldn't close the deal like it so often does, dropping the Baylor game, 81-58, and K-State was able to taste a little success in basketball, but a share of the Big 12 Championship with the Wildcats is nothing to be ashamed of. Given the circumstances, we should be thrilled that Kansas won their ninth straight.
Newsflash: The Big 12 conference schedule is a grind. There is rivalry, tough road environments, and familiarity. None
of that should be overlooked—it's a freaking marathon, and Kansas was eight-time defending champs. Talk about a target on your back.
This is also a league where all games are weighted the same. Every game matters. Game two is just as important as game 10. So even though it is human nature to remember the final, disappointing loss to Baylor, we shouldn't forget the thrilling comeback win over Iowa State, led by a memorable performance from Elijah Johnson, or Naadir Tharpe's game-winning floater at Oklahoma State, among many others.
We conveniently forget how choppy the waters were just a few short weeks ago. Kansas started February with a tough loss at home to Oklahoma State, and dropped the next two on the road to bottom-dweller TCU, and Oklahoma. It was the first time since 2005 that Kansas had lost three games in a row, and there was plenty of room to stretch your legs and lie down on the Kansas bandwagon. K-State had a soft stranglehold on the Big 12, and Oklahoma State was making a push as well. Kansas was in the running, but they weren't where they usually are in mid-February.
That's when Kansas started to get its mojo back. The Jayhawks rattled off seven straight wins, beating the big boys: K-State (at home). Oklahoma State (away), and Iowa State (away).
An outright championship had once seemed improbable, but now it was just one win away from becoming reality.
Don't get me wrong, I was as disappointed as the next guy when Kansas fell in Waco, Texas, and squandered its
chance to win the Big 12 outright. I know we believe Big 12 titles to be a birthright, but they really are something to be treasured. Sometimes Corey Jefferson will hit his only three career 3-pointers against you, TCU will outshoot you, and you'll lose a game in Norman. It's tough, even for the big boys. And sometimes, the ball bounces your way. Sometimes, Ben McLemore banks a game-tying three near the end of regulation, Texas chokes in the second half, and you escape out of West Virginia with an ugly win. A shared Big 12 title is nothing to scoff at.
March is the zenith of the college basketball season, but if the Jayhawks play to their potential in the tournament, they might just be playing their way through March... and into April.
This week in athletics
— Edited by Megan Hinman
Thursday
Friday
Men's Basketball
Big 12 Championship
2 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo.
Softball
Fresno State University
Noon
Sacramento, Calif.
Saturday
Softball
St Marys College
4 p.m.
Sacramento, Calif.
TEXAS STATE
Softball
Texas State
11 a.m.
Sacramento, Calif.
Baseball
TCU
6:30 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas
Baseball
TCU
6:30 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas
Sunday
Softball
Sacramento State
1 p.m.
Sacramento, Calif.
Women's Rowing Louisville Invite All Day Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Baseball
TCU
1 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas
Women's Rowing
Women's Rowing Louisville Invite All Day Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Monday
Women's Soccer
SpVgg Kaufbeuren
TBA
Kaufbeuren, Bavaria,
Germany
Women's Rowing
Women's Rowing Spring Training All Day Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Tuesday
Women's Soccer
Wacker Innsbruck
2 p.m.
Innsbruck, Austria
Wednesday
BASKETBALL
Women's Soccer
Swiss U22 National Team
11:45 a.m.
Luzen, Switzerland
Syracuse's last Big East tournament begins with victory over Seton Hall
The Orange managed a 75-63 victory over Seton Hall to advance
Women's Tennis
New Jersey Inst of Tech
3 p.m.
Hilton Head, S.C.
James Southerland hit five 3-point-
NEW YORK — Jim Boeheim couldn't help but think of the last three-plus decades as he entered Madison Square Garden on Wednesday for a big game for Syracuse.
Oh, it was 50 years ago.
to the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament — Syracuse's last Big East tournament as it heads for the Atlantic Coast Conference next season.
Baseball
BYU
7 p.m.
Provo, Utah
"I was thinking about all the times coming here," Boeheim said after his 48th Big East tournament win, 13 more than the second-place coach. "I first came to the Garden when I was a sophomore in college—the old, old Garden. Seems like about 50 years ago.
"I was thinking in the locker room before the game, about some of the games, and some of the highlights. Things have kind of been two years coming, but now that it's here, your whole life has been spent in this league, and the last 31 years coming to this building, that's a lot. That's a lot of memories, a lot of time."
ers in the first half to keep No. 19 Syracuse in the game and Brandon Triche keyed a big second-half run for the Orange.
Syracuse, which had lost four of its last five games, looked more like the team that was second in the league in scoring (72.3). The Orange looked nothing like the team that managed just 39 points in a 22-point loss to Georgetown to close the regular season.
Southerland scored all but three of his 20 points in the first half, which finished in a 34-34 tie. Triche finished with 17 points and seven of those were consecutive points he scored in the 19-2 run that turned a 46-all tie into a 65-48 Syracuse lead with 4-41 to play
Michael Carter-Williams, who is fourth in the NCAA at 7.58 assists per game, had 14, including two impressive alley-oop passes for dunks.
"Our offensive movement was the best it's been probably all year," Boeheim said. "Mike played, I think, his best game of the year. James kept us in it when we weren't playing well. And then Brandon and C.J. (Fair) got going the second half.
"For us to be effective, Mike has to make plays, and Brandon and C.J. and James have to score. That's what happened in this game."
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