 at P.J.'s Tavern.
Jenny Peck and Jen Nelson scored two tries apiece as Kansas thumped Missouri, 50-5, in women's college rugby on Saturday. Other tries were scored by Melissa McKibben, Allison Arvey, Abbey Harper and Lui Love. Rachel Seidle kicked five conversions.
By Gary Bedore No. 1 seeds are supposed to breeze to the Final Four, right? That's the theory, though the Midwest Region's top-seeded team, Kansas University, sees plenty of potential hazards and road blocks on a potentially bumpy route to Atlanta.
The women's NCAA Tournament is moving on up. Next year it will play all its games on neutral sites. The theory is the game is credible enough, and its fans are faithful enough, to re-create the same excitement without playing in the favored team's gym.
Maryland's loss to North Carolina State in the ACC semifinals Saturday put a frown on coach Gary Williams' face, but the defeat didn't cost the 26-4 Terrapins a top seed in the NCAA Tournament.
By Chuck Woodling Wherever David Harrison was late Sunday afternoon in Boulder, Colo., he had to be smiling. Harrison is the Colorado University freshman basketball player who has had a running feud with Kansas all season.
By Andy Samuelson This is what Kansas University softball coach Tracy Bunge had been waiting for. Her pitchers on Sunday continued to dominate the Holiday Invitational at Jayhawk Field as KU beat Portland State, 5-0, and Indiana State, 9-1, and allowed just one run in 27 innings to capture the title.
By Robert Sinclair Sunday was supposed to be a celebration for No. 1-ranked Kansas University, the culmination of a perfect run through the Big 12 Conference.
By Andy Samuelson While the Sooners stunned Kansas in basketball at its home away from home Sunday at Kemper Arena, another group of Jayhawks fared better at their winter residence Alvamar Racquet Club as the Kansas whipped No. 37 Oklahoma, 6-1, in women's tennis.
(Updated Saturday at 3:15 p.m.) Kansas easily defeated Texas Tech, 90-50, in Saturday's semifinal game at the Big 12 men's basketball tournament at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas moves on to the championship game at 2 p.m. Sunday, when it will face the winner of the upcoming Texas-Oklahoma semifinal game.
Kevin Romary reports on the Jayhawks' first Big 12 Tournament game against the Colorado Buffaloes.
Kansas University sophomore Leo Bookman broke his own school record in the 200 meters Friday, running a 20.93 in the preliminaries at the NCAA Indoor to qualify for today's finals.
By Andy Samuelson For Kansas freshman Paige Brown, moving up to the No. 3 spot didn't pay off in KU's tennis dual with Texas Tech on Friday at Alvamar Racquet Club. At least not for Brown (5-1), who was previously unbeaten. But it did aid the Jayhawks on a day where close matches nearly gave the Red Raiders the victory.
By Andy Samuelson Now, if somehow Leah Tabb could just get her dad to come to all of her games. Then, Tabb, a senior from Oklahoma City, might just put up All-American numbers. Tabb sure did on Friday, when her dad, Jerry, made his first trip to Kansas to watch his daughter go 3-for-4 with a three-run homer, double, four RBIs, two runs and two stolen bases.
(Updated Saturday at 4:11 a.m.) Kansas and Texas Tech will square off in Saturday's semifinal round of the Big 12 men's basketball tournament at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
(Updated Friday at 11:36 a.m.) A bill authorizing $110 million in bonds to build research centers at three state universities, including Kansas University, easily won House approval Friday.
By Terry Rombeck A former Kansas University faculty member said Thursday that he misses working with faculty and students.
Say this about David Harrison. Colorado's freshman center isn't afraid to speak his mind.
By Terry Rombeck The first round of planned Kansas University budget cuts has been submitted to administrators. Now, the waiting begins. "We need to have a better feel for where we are in the budget before we take any actions," said Bill Fuerst, dean of the School of Business.
Ground is being broken on the building even during one of the worst budget crises for the unversity.
Kirk Hinrich and Jeff Boschee got Kansas off to a quick start, and the No. 1 Jayhawks set a Big 12 tournament scoring record in beating Colorado 102-73 in Friday's quarterfinals.
By Chuck Woodling A thing of beauty is a joy forever. Maybe that's why Colorado coach Ricardo Patton wanted only 20 minutes to savor Thursday's plodding 67-60 victory over Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Conference men's basketball tournament.
By Scott Rothschild Several programs and 275 jobs must be eliminated at Kansas University if state policy-makers can't find a way to fend off proposed cuts in higher education spending. That was the warning Thursday from KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway to members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
By Levi Chronister Kansas University has outscored its opponents 90-25 while starting the baseball season with a nine-game winning streak.
(Updated Thursday at 1:23 p.m.) The Kansas House on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a bill that would authorize the issuance of $110 million in bonds to build research facilities at three public universities, including Kansas University.
By Gary Bedore Say, Roy Williams, is this the best basketball team you've coached at Kansas? "No. Does that pin it down enough?" KU's 14th-year coach said with a big grin during Wednesday's news conference at Allen Fieldhouse.
By Chuck Woodling No need to worry about disturbing Marian Washington with a phone call on Sunday night. Washington won't be wrapped up in the ballyhooed ESPN movie "Season on the Brink."
Shelly Musser led off the bottom of the first inning with a triple and scored on a single by Lindsey Weinstein, and Kansas never looked back en route to a 4-1 college softball victory over Pittsburg State on Wednesday at Jayhawk Field.
When his closest friend collapsed at courtside Thursday afternoon, a worried Bob Knight had a special message for his Texas Tech team.
Coach Williams, Drew Gooden, Kirk Hinrich and Jeff Boschee were all given AP and coaches' accolades.
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway spoke Thursday in Topeka to the Kansas Senate Ways and Means Committee's subcommittee on higher education. The following are his prepared remarks.
Kevin Romary reports on the Jayhawks ease in capturing road wins this season.
Kevin Romary reports on the Jayhawks' ease in capturing road wins this season.
By Chuck Woodling Beleaguered Kansas University women's basketball coach Marian Washington received a vote of confidence from KU athletic director Al Bohl on Tuesday. "Marian Washington will be our head basketball coach next year," Bohl said following the Jayhawks' 63-61 loss to Texas in the Big 12 Conference tournament.
Kevin Romary reports on the Jayhawk women's basketball loss to the University of Texas Longhorns in the opening day of the Big 12 Tournament.
By Chuck Woodling They didn't shoot so good, they didn't rebound so well and they didn't play such great defense during their season from hell. Still, Kansas, the worst team in Big 12 Conference women's basketball history, went out on a positive note Tuesday.
By Terry Rombeck Guidance counselor Julie Worth said the high school students she advises will feel the effects of planned university tuition increases, but she's not sure Kansas University will take a major enrollment hit.
Kansas University's women's golf team tied for 16th out of 18 teams at the Verizon "Mo"Morial Invitational on Tuesday at Briarcrest CC.
By Terry Rombeck It will be even more ceremonial than your typical groundbreaking.
By Gary Bedore It's time for Kansas University's basketball players to start reaping the benefits of a 16-0 conference season. On Monday, Jayhawk juniors Kirk Hinrich and Drew Gooden opened the 2001-02 postseason awards parade by being named unanimous first-team selections to the Associated Press All-Big 12 team.
By Gary Bedore A group of Kansas University students displayed a banner for all to see after the final home game of the 2001-02 season. "Unstoppable, unbelievable, unforgettable," read the elongated sign in the south Allen Fieldhouse end zone.
Their last minute-victory over Missouri makes the Jayhawks undefeated in the conference for the first time since the 1970-71 season.
By Terry Rombeck John Lipski started his college studies in engineering at Rice University, then switched to study linguistics.
By Gary Bedore Nobody's perfect, you say? Try telling that to Kansas University's basketball players, who capped a one-for-the ages 16-0 run through the Big 12 Conference on Sunday by tripping rival Missouri, 95-92, at jam-packed Hearnes Center.
By Terry Rombeck Like Mozart's music, the workings of the brain typically are methodical, with various parts coming together to create a thought. But when an epileptic seizure occurs, the harmony disappears. Extra online-only: Listen to the musical representation of epilepsy.
By Terry Rombeck Musical depictions of an epileptic