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For What It's Worth- February 10th

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

Really?  Oklahoma beats a Kansas team that’s lost two in a row and you storm the court?  You’re Oklahoma, haven’t you been there before? And while I’m at it--- Can we get rid of the ‘Overrated’ chant by students...

Tags: Big 12 Conference, Kansas State Wildcats, Missouri Tigers, Rodney McGruder, Kansas Jayhawks

For What It's Worth - February 9th

KWCH 12 Eyewitness News

For What it’s Worth---on this February 9-- Stop thinking and start balling.  Incredibly, there are two teams in Kansas who are in real need of that advice. Shocks teetering--- Wichita State is in uncharted territory.  None of these players...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Big 12 Conference, Missouri Tigers, Kansas State Wildcats, Oklahoma Sooners

Bill Self calls game against TCU an unbelievably bad loss

KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports

KU made some headlines they would rather not read Thursday morning. Shooting a near decade worst 29.5 percent, #5 KU lost to TCU, 62-55 Wednesday night in Fort Worth. The Horned Frogs were previously winless in the Big 12 Conference. "It's not a bad...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma Sooners, Kansas Jayhawks, Iowa State Cyclones

For What it's Worth: February 7

Maybe the Kansas Legislature should rethink this bill they’re trying to introduce---after the last two nights does anyone really want to see KU and Wichita State play? First time, long time--- It had been since January of 2006 that Kansas last...

Tags: Southeastern Conference, Big 12 Conference, Kansas State Wildcats, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Texas Tech Red Raiders

#5 Kansas travels to TCU

KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports

Wednesday is a meeting of the best and worst teams in the Big 12 Conference. Coming off an 85-80 loss at home to Oklahoma State Saturday, #5 Kansas heads to Fort Worth for the first conference meeting between TCU and KU. The Horned Frogs (9-12, 0-8)...

Tags: Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Kansas Jayhawks, Texas Christian Horned Frogs

Cowboys break Jayhawks' home winning streak 85-80

Markel Brown scored 28 points, Marcus Smart added 25 and Oklahoma State held on to upset No. 2 Kansas 85-80 on Saturday, ending the Jayhawks' nation-leading 18-game winning streak. Smart had a pair of key put-backs in the closing minutes, helping the...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Big 12 Conference, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Kansas Jayhawks, Marcus Smart

#9 KU overpowers Ohio State, 74-66

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Redshirt freshman Ben McLemore scored 22 points and No. 9 Kansas proved it was more than just a bully at home by beating seventh-ranked Ohio State 74-66 on Saturday. It was the third victory for the Jayhawks (10-1) in little more than a year over the...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Aaron Craft, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Deshaun Thomas, Jeff Withey

Kansas beats Baylor but McLemore leaves with injury

- Ben McLemore scored 17 points before leaving in the final minutes with a right ankle injury, and fourth-ranked Kansas rolled to a 61-44 victory over Baylor on Monday night.     McLemore hit a 3-pointer and then scored an alley-oop dunk off a feed...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Baylor Bears, Big 12 Conference, Isaiah Austin, Kansas Jayhawks

McLemore shines in Jayhawks' win over Cyclones

Freshman Ben McLemore had a career-high 33 points, including a tying 3-pointer with a second left in regulation, and No. 6 Kansas rallied to beat Iowa State 97-89 in overtime Wednesday night.     McLemore was 10 of 12 from the field and perfect on six 3-...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Big 12 Conference, Jeff Withey, Kansas Jayhawks, Iowa State Cyclones

Kansas crushes Spiders 87-59

 Jeff Withey had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Ben McLemore added 14 points and No. 9 Kansas used another big first-half run to help put away Richmond, 87-59 on Tuesday night.     Travis Releford and Naadir Tharpe each added 11 points, and Elijah Johnson...

Tags: Ben McLemore, Jeff Withey

#6 Kansas dominates American University

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Travis Releford scored 19 points and No. 6 Kansas hit a scorching 13 of its first 18 3-point attempts, rolling to an 89-57 victory over American University on Saturday night.     Kansas (11-1) took command with a 21-4 spree in the opening minutes and...