Elijah Johnson

Iowa State senior guard Will Clyburn was very frank after the Cyclones' win over Oklahoma on Thursday:  "I want some payback," said Clyburn.  He was referring to his teams overtime loss to Kansas in Ames earlier this season.  A loss that was marred by...

Perry Ellis scored a career-high 23 points, and seventh-ranked Kansas pulled away in the second half to beat Iowa State 88-73 on Friday night and reach the Big 12 tournament title game.     Jeff Withey and Elijah Johnson added 14 points each, and Ben...

Oklahoma State guard Marcus Smart has joined an exclusive group of three student-athletes to be named Big 12 Player and Freshman of the Year in the same season, leading the 2013 All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball awards.  Jeff Withey of Kansas earned...

Head coach Bill Self and KU sent off four seniors in style Monday night over Texas Tech. As expected, the Jayhawks clobbered the Red Raiders 79-42 at Allen Fieldhouse on Senior Night. Every single player on KU's team played Monday night but the...

For What it’s Worth---March 5 -- If Denver’s Rahim Moore doesn’t miss-time his jump in the final 0:30 seconds of regulation in their playoff with the Raven’s Joe Flacco is just another quarterback cashing a good check. Instead,...

For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....

Elijah Johnson scored a career-high 39 points - 12 in overtime - and No. 6 Kansas rallied to beat Iowa State 108-96 on Monday night for coach Bill Self's 500th career win.     Travis Releford added 19 points for the Jayhawks (24-4, 12-3 Big 12), who...

I wonder how many people in Manhattan were calling a charge of Elijah Johnson's last drive of regulation last night at Iowa State. Self the gamesman-- Bill Self went off early on lead official Mark Whitehead last night, drawing a technical just over 2:...

When Travis Releford knocked a loose ball forward as time struck zero, Kansas head coach Bill Self punched the sky the hardest he ever has since the Jayhawks beat Missouri in the final Border War game. Clearly, beating Oklahoma State 68-67 in double...

I will never understand how a division one athlete-- who's good enough to have his college education paid for-- can commit a foul on three-point point shot.  Especially in a game when you lead by seven points with 0:37 seconds left.  Fortunately,...

Jeff Withey had 15 points and 11 rebounds while becoming the Big 12's career blocked shots leader, Elijah Johnson emerged from a season-long slump and No. 14 Kansas walloped Texas 73-47 on a festive Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse. Johnson finished...

The keys to the Kansas offense are being slowly handed to a sophomore point guard who hardly played last season, and whose performance this year has swung between maddening and marvelous. Sometimes all in the span of a week. Naadir Tharpe has gone...