Kansas forward Jalen Wilson was on his way to the gym on Sunday, when KU coach Bill Self stopped him with some good news. Wilson was the unanimous choice by the Big 12 coaches as this season’s player of the year after leading the conference in scoring (19.7 points per game) and rebounding ...
You’ve watched the games, followed the scores, tracked the race and seen the slugfest that the Big 12 Conference became this basketball season. Now, you’ve been tasked with predicting how the conference tournament will play out. Good luck. One of the easiest ways to start this ...
After leading the Big 12 in both scoring and rebounding for the grueling 18-game season that wrapped up on Saturday, Kansas forward Jalen Wilson has been named the conference’s player of the year by the league’s coaches. Wilson was a unanimous selection, receiving all nine available ...
For much of Kansas’ 75-59 loss to Texas on Saturday, ESPN announcers Dick Vitale and Jon Sciambi were pleading for freshman Gradey Dick to take a shot. Dick’s first and only shot attempt of the first half came at the 4:31 mark, when he drifted to the corner and misfired on a 3-pointer. As ...
1 – Jalen Wilson – He did his best to carry this team on an awful offensive day but it wasn’t great and it wasn’t enough. Still, he capped off his stellar regular season with a 23-point performance and his 10th double-double of the season. It’s wild to think that on a day when Wilson ...
Austin, Texas — Eager to get revenge for a loss in Lawrence that flipped the Big 12 race in KU’s favor four weeks ago, No. 9 Texas forced 3rd-ranked Kansas into one of its worst outings of the season in a 75-59 Longhorns victory at Moody Center. The Jayhawks still left Austin as the Big 12 ...
Austin, Texas — With ballots due this weekend, Kansas junior Jalen Wilson made one final statement in his player of the year candidacy in the Big 12 Conference on Saturday, during the Jayhawks’ 75-59 loss at No. 9 Texas. Wilson, who entered the day leading the Big 12 in both scoring (19.6 ...
In a game that ultimately didn’t have any Big 12 title implications, the third-ranked Kansas Jayhawks were handed a 75-59 loss by the ninth-ranked Texas Longhorns on Saturday inside the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. A week ago, it looked like the regular-season finale might decide the Big ...
