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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas hopes to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the entire Big 12 Tournament after a medical procedure earlier week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA Tournament title defense next week. Norm Roberts, who led the third-ranked

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dylan Disu overcame early foul trouble to score 18 points, Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice added 17 apiece, and seventh-ranked Texas silenced a heavily pro-Kansas crowd in a 76-56 romp over the third-ranked Jayhawks in the finals of the Big 12 Tournament. After going

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer Wichita State has fired coach Isaac Brown. The Shockers were bounced from the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday. Two years ago, Brown was voted the league’s coach of the year. He was the lead recruiter and a top assistant for then-Shockers coach Gregg Marshall, who

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Federal law enforcement agents were involved in a standoff at a Kansas apartment complex Friday evening after a suspect and an agent exchanged gunfire while authorities attempted to serve a warrant. WDAF-TV reports that John Lacy of the Overland Park Police Department says the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI

By The Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Led by Kevin Cross’ 24 points, the Tulane Green Wave defeated the Wichita State Shockers 82-76 in the American Athletic Conference Tournament quarterfinals

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to his team remotely during breakfast Friday, while the Hall of Famer continued his recovery from an emergency medical procedure earlier this week, and told the Jayhawks that he was proud of their quarterfinal performance in the Big 12

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December. The order this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation covers 1,220 miles of the Keystone pipeline

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — DeYona Gaston scored 12 points and 15th-ranked Texas came to life in the second half to defeat Kansas State 60-42 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. After a miserable first half that saw the top-seeded Longhorns shoot 17% (5 of 30) and barely eke out an 18-all tie

By The Associated Press The Super Bowl champion Chiefs head into free agency with holes at left tackle, defensive end and in the wide receiver group, where three contributors are due to hit the market. They’ve expressed interest in bringing back JuJu Smith-Schuster but otherwise will be searching for help. They declined to use the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bob Huggins knows as well as anyone how difficult it must be for Kansas counterpart Bill Self, who went to the emergency room before the Big 12 Tournament and was hospitalized following an undisclosed procedure. Now the coach at West Virginia, Huggins went through

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Miles and Chuck O’Bannon scored 22 points apiece and No. 22 TCU rolled to an 80-67 victory over No. 12 Kansas State to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs had been beaten by the Wildcats in four

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tomi Taiwo led a balanced attack with 13 points and 10th-seeded TCU, winner of just one conference game, upended seventh-seeded Kansas 57-52 in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. Five days after closing the regular season with an 84-61 home loss to Kansas, the Horned Frogs held the

FORT WORTH, Texas — James Rojas, Kenny Pohto and Jaron Pierre Jr. all scored 13 points to lead sixth-seeded Wichita State to an 81-63 romp over Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament. Rojas added seven rebounds and Pohto grabbed five for the Shockers (17-14). Wichita State advances to play No.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gabby Gregory scored 26 points and ninth-seeded Kansas State defeated eighth-seeded Texas Tech 79-69 to open the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Serena Sundell added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who face top-seeded Texas. ranked No. 15, in the quarterfinals on Friday. Sundell fed Gregory for a basket

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports. Supporters appeared Thursday to have the votes to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s expected veto. The Senate voted 28-11 to approve the bill imposing the ban

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self will miss the Big 12 Tournament after going to the emergency room late Wednesday for what doctors called “a standard procedure.” It’s uncertain whether Self will be back for the NCAA Tournament. Dr. Steve Stites, the chief medical officer at

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Playing without ailing coach Bill Self on the sideline, third-ranked Kansas turned to big offensive performances from Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris Jr. along with some stingy defense to pull away from West Virginia 75-61 on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12