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Jayhawks-to-be get a little good press

Posted Monday, May 12, 2008

All five of Kansas University’s incoming freshmen men’s basketball players were included in USA Today’s final Top 100 list for the recruiting Class of 2008. Read more.

Recruiting young gaining popularity

Posted Friday, May 9, 2008

Like his buddy, Billy Gillispie, Kansas University coach Bill Self would accept an oral commitment from an eighth-grade basketball player. “I would take Lew Alcindor. I’d take Wilt, Danny and Lew,” Self said of former UCLA phenom Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) as well as KU greats Danny Manning and Wilt Chamberlain, whose exploits as players were well-known early in their stages of development. Read more.

6Sports video: KU prospect Elijah Johnson happy with Lawrence visit

Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Elijah Johnson didn't expect to play in the Jayhawk Invitational AAU Basketball Tournament last weekend. However, a last-minute plant ticket enabled the KU basketball prospect to come to Lawrence. Read more.

6Sports video: Van Treese impresses at Jayhawk Invitational

Posted Monday, May 5, 2008

A half dozen top 100 players from the class of 2009 took to Allen Fieldhouse last weekend. Among those players listing KU as a possible college choice: a four-star forward out of the Hoosier State. Read more.

Another Invite crown for K.C.

Posted Monday, May 5, 2008

Seven games in three days — including a trio on Sunday for Kansas City Pump N Run — is a lot of basketball, no matter who you are. That’s why L.J. Goolsby is glad he has Mike Dixon running the show. Read more.

6Sports video: Jayhawk Invite comes to an end

Posted Sunday, May 4, 2008

The Jayhawk Invitational AAU Basketball Tournament wrapped up today at Allen Fieldhouse. Read more.

Favors big man on campus

Posted Sunday, May 4, 2008

When you stand four inches taller and weigh 20 pounds more than anybody on the opposing team, you can pretty much do what you want in the paint. When your opponents simply step out of the way when you enter the lane, your name is probably Derrick Favors, the No. 3-ranked recruit by Rivals.com in the Class of 2009. Read more.

Keegan: K.C. team atypical

Posted Saturday, May 3, 2008

Acronyms tend to trigger predictable images. Play the word-association game with several listed below and see if you don’t spit out the same responses. Read more.

Rivals eyeing rematch at Invite

Posted Saturday, May 3, 2008

A rivalry is brewing in the AAU basketball ranks, and the Jayhawk Invitational will be ground zero this weekend for that potential storm. K.C. Pump N Run is once again the favorite to win the Jayhawk Invite after winning it the last three years. But last year’s runner-up, Howard Pulley Black, is back, and the players have just one thing — and one team — on their minds. Read more.

6Sports video: Hoopsters hit the Fieldhouse for Jayhawk Invite

Posted Friday, May 2, 2008

At Allen Fieldhouse, the 9th Annual Jayhawk Invitational AAU basketball Tournament winds down this evening. Read more.

Jayhawk Invitational tips off

Posted Friday, May 2, 2008

Some of the top high school basketball players in the Class of 2009, including No. 3-ranked Derrick Favors and No. 4 Lance Stephenson, headline the ninth-annual Jayhawk Invitational, held tonight through Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse, Horejsi Center, Haskell and Lawrence High.
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High school sophomore commits

Posted Friday, May 2, 2008

Veteran Phoenix Sunnyslope High basketball coach Dan Mannix annually asks his players to watch the NCAA Tournament closely, to study tendencies of college teams in an attempt to improve their own games. Read more.

2010 prospect Woolridge commits to KU

Posted Thursday, May 1, 2008

Royce Woolridge, a 6-2 sophomore guard from Sunnyslope High in Phoenix, Ariz., made his verbal commitment to play basketball at Kansas University official in a news conference held at his school. Woolridge, the son of former NBA player Orlando Woolridge, becomes KU's first known commitment beyond the 2008 class. "Kansas is where I want to go, Kansas is the best fit for me," Woolridge said Thursday from his high school. Read more.

Jersey prep Taylor selects KU

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Even bad news from the dentist couldn’t wipe the smile off Tyshawn Taylor’s face Tuesday afternoon. “I need a root canal,” Taylor, a 6-foot-3 senior point guard from St. Anthony High in Jersey City, N.J., said in a phone interview from the doctor’s office to discuss his decision to commit orally to play basketball at Kansas University. “Except for that, I’m really happy.” Read more.

Elmquist: Signee Little key for KU

Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Looking at next year’s incoming class for Kansas University’s defending national champion basketball team, most everyone instantly thinks of Marcus and Markieff Morris (the twins), Travis Releford (the local kid) and Tyrone Appleton (the former juco national champion). Read more.

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