Bill Self was relieved when his Kansas Jayhawks beat Creighton in 2nd round of men's NCAA Tournament, advancing to play Providence in Midwest Regional ...
That used to be part of the requirement for KU to beat good teams. The Jayhawks have more ways to win games than they did a year ago. The Jayhawks have figured out better-late-than-never that the defensive end of the court might be their best way to seal up close wins. Heck, more ways to win than they did a month ago. A year ago, USC made 11 of 18 attempts from deep to blow Kansas out of the gym. Someone other than Agbaji is capable of hitting the big shot. The Jayhawks seemed just fine to let him shoot early and then scrambled to defend him like they were chasing Steph Curry behind the arc. At the best possible time, the Jayhawks have molded themselves into a team capable of side-stepping daggers their predecessors could not dodge. They made 7 of their first 10 attempts and closed the first half 8 of 13 from deep. In 2018, Villanova made 18 of them. It sure did Saturday. Creighton forward Arthur Kaluma, who had made only 25% of the 92 threes he had attempted this year, made four of them. The Jayhawks just won a game here at Dickies Arena that usually gets them beat this time of year.
The Bluejays almost stunned No. 1 seed Kansas in Saturday's second round despite injury issues.
The Bluejays hit 12 of 28 attempts from deep, tying their second-most makes from beyond the arc in any game this season. Still, it was a remarkable effort for the Bluejays. Creighton lost second-leading scorer Ryan Kalkbrenner to a knee injury in its first-round win over San Diego State on Thursday. The 7-footer earned Big East Defensive Player of the Year honors after averaging 2.6 blocks per game. But that's when Kansas star Ochai Agbaji came up with a crucial steal and dunk to put Kansas back ahead 75-72.
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"We just have to play our game and do what we do best," Franklin said. To have success, they have to prepare the right way. For the Jayhawks to have a chance, they have to win the battle out on the perimeter. "Taking care of the ball is going to be very important," Franklin said. We went to Tennessee, they have a great shot blocker. "You can't give Stanford baskets in transition," Schneider said. We went to South Carolina, they have a great shot blocker. "They are versatile and can score in a lot of different ways." "They play in a great league. With any team, if you let a team do what they want to do, you're in trouble. "Kansas is a quality NCAA team," VanDerveer said. The Jayhawks pulled away from ninth-seeded Georgia Tech to win 77-58, getting off to a 10-0 start.
With about a minute left, and the Jayhawks up 73-72, Creighton freshman guard Trey Alexander tried to throw a pass to senior guard Alex O'Connell. O'Connell, ...
Kansas has avoided going home with a loss in the round of 32, after both trips in 2019 and 2021 saw its NCAA Tournament runs end there. The Jayhawks made the requisite plays on defense, and hit free throws, to seal another victory in March. And Agbaji was there to steal it away, before dribbling down the court and throwing down a breakaway dunk for Kansas in an eventual 79-72 victory. In a matter of hours, Kansas was nearly the second No. 1 seed to lose inside of Dickies Arena. Bluejays freshman forward Arthur Kaluma scoring a season-high 24 points and tying a season-high with four made 3s didn’t sink the Jayhawks’ chances at a national title. The Jayhawks just got just enough from redshirt sophomore forward Jalen Wilson, who had a 14-point, 14-rebound double-double, and others.
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball won vs. 9 seed Creighton 79-72 Bluejays in March Madness' NCAA Tournament. Analysis of KU guard Remy Martin's 2021-22 ...
When Self spoke after the game about his team having another level it can get to, he’s referring to that last point. “Obviously, Coach Self and his staff have done a great job of getting him to understand how he can best help this team.” “Obviously, it was his night,” Creighton guard Trey Alexander said of Martin. “We kind of had it set up as a personnel game to where we could help off of him a little bit. Self typically doesn’t like his guys to heave up shots on their first possession from the bench. Self watched as his point guard ventured away from the coach’s usual comfort zone. It’s why Martin provides the best of both worlds for KU at this vital juncture. That would take away McCormack’s touches, but it also had the potential to cut off potential driving angles for Ochai Agbaji and Christian Braun. For the second straight contest, though, they played like an oh-so-tight favorite early while often overthinking moments and plays. McDermott had played KU and forward David McCormack at Allen Fieldhouse last season, and it wasn’t too much fun then, even with plenty of big men at his disposal. Coach Bill Self tried a set play that didn’t work well because Hawkins muddied things up inside. “And I’m not a huge analytics guy, but we chose (Dajuan) Harris.” Now he was playing top-seeded Kansas 40 hours later with a thin bench while needing a completely new defensive gameplan.
Creighton faced Kansas in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday in Fort Worth.
And then, obviously, we got a break there and got the steal and the dunk. You know, we've won some games in the NCAA tournament that were a lot like this, and we've also lost some games that were a lot like this. For him to shine, you know, for him to go on out there and just be Remy. It was really nice to see and, you know, I'm just so proud of him, too. But we needed to add a couple of pieces and we were able to. We had young guys and we had these three old guys and nothing in the middle. They played -- you know, I heard Max say before the game they're going to let it fly and they did. I mean, when you have a good player like that and he gets going, then you know -- when you see any player in college, when you see the ball fall a couple times and you get in your rhythm, it's kind of hard to stop you. We had a lot of opportunities to have excuses this year as to why the season wasn't going to continue to progress the way that it was. But I just want to -- you know, shout out to these guys, shout out to just Creighton in whole. And just with how you guys were shooting threes in this game, do you feel like -- or just how confident were you that that might go down? But I think the future is bright for this group and I think they realize it. After Kansas answered with a bucket to make it 73-67, Alexander countered with a trey from the left wing and delivered a layup on the following possession to force a Kansas timeout.
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With its victory over Creighton in Saturday's NCAA Tournament round of 32, Kansas has tied Kentucky for the most all-time college basketball wins with 2353.
And the top UK basketball recruiting links. Kansas can supplant Kentucky as the all-time wins leader when the Jayhawks face Midwest Region No. 4 seed Providence on Friday night in the NCAA tourney round of 16 in Chicago. And the top UK basketball recruiting links. However, Kansas won three games and the title in the Big 12 Tournament, while UK won only one game and was eliminated by Tennessee in the SEC tourney semifinals. With North Carolina’s upset victory over NCAA Tournament East Region No. 1 seed Baylor Saturday, the Tar Heels remain 33 wins behind Kentucky and Kansas with an all-time mark of 2,320-827. During 1995-96, as Pitino’s best UK team went 34-2 and won the national title, the Wildcats gained 13 victories over North Carolina (21-11 that season) and ended the year back on top in all-time wins by three victories. When the Wildcats had back-to-back seasons of 13 (13-19) and 14 (14-14) wins in 1988-89 and ‘89-90, it opened the door for North Carolina to supplant UK as the winningest program. When No. 1 seed Kansas defeated No. 9 seed Creighton 79-72 in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Region round of 32, it moved the Jayhawks into a tie with UK for the all-time wins lead in college basketball. When North Carolina, Kentucky and Kansas all made the 1993 Final Four, the all-time wins totals entering the national semifinals stood 1. The first was the 2007-08 season, when UK went 18-13 in Billy Gillispie’s first year as Wildcats coach while Self and Kansas were going 37-3 and winning the national title. With the victory by Kansas and Coach Bill Self over Creighton in Saturday’s NCAA Tournament round of 32, the Jayhawks have tied Kentucky for the most all-time victories in men’s NCAA Division I college basketball history with 2,353. When Self was hired as the head coach at Kansas before the 2003-04 season, the Jayhawks were 47 victories behind Kentucky, seven behind North Carolina and stood third in all-time wins.
Kansas outscored Creighton, 6-0, in the final minute of its narrow NCAA Tournament victory over the Bluejays that put KU in Sweet 16 vs.
It was just a bad pass and it was mishandled. “They played us different than anybody’s played us all year long defensively (putting a forward on point guard Dajuan Harris). And we never really figured it out. “We’ve won some games in the NCAA Tournament that were a lot like this, and we’ve also lost some games that were a lot like this. But when the offense was bad, we defended and we did some toughness things, especially late-game possessions, which I thought was very positive. “I think we have been a team that has scored easier than we’ve actually defended,” Self said. “They were battling hard the whole game. Creighton forward Arthur Kaluma countered with a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds in 40 minutes. “They were running that same play where it was a ball screen and they were lifting. The Bluejays responded by missing two shots and turning it over. And I don’t know that we could have won this game two months ago playing this way,” Self said, referring to KU’s 47-31 domination on the boards and stout defense during crunch time. Yes, Creighton had the ball on that key possession only to be thwarted by the Oak Park High product. KU’s Remy Martin (20 points, seven rebounds, four assists) grabbed the carom off the block, was fouled and hit two free throws at the 31-second mark, giving the Jayhawks a five-point lead.
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In the Jayhawks’ round of 64 victory, although Kansas eclipsed 80 points, senior guard Ochai Agbaji went just 5-for-14 from the field and 1-for-5 on 3s. Coming into the game, Creighton had been averaging 6.6 makes on 21.6 attempts from behind the arc each game, and Kansas had been allowing 6.1 makes on 20.3 attempts from behind the arc per game. In their round of 32 victory, Agbaji went 5-for-14 from the field and 1-for-3 on 3s. Super-senior guard Remy Martin has been valuable off the bench, and scored 16 of his 20 points Saturday in the first half. That meant they were hitting 53.3% of their attempts from behind the arc, and just 23.5% of their attempts inside it. Kansas (30-6) will go up against either 12-seed Richmond or 4-seed Providence for a spot in the Elite Eight, and a chance to take the lead in the all-time wins race.
The No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks held off the No. 9 Creighton Blue Jays, winning 79-72 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.
He also tallied seven rebounds and four assists. Creighton looked close to cutting their deficit to one point, as Trey Alexander had a path to an easy layup, but it was blocked by David McCormack with over 30-seconds remaining. Kansas would build a cushion following a steal and dunk by Ochai Agbaji to extend their lead to 75-72. The Jayhawks certainly had their hands full with the Bluejays, as actually cut the team’s deficit to 73-72 with just under two minutes remaining. Mar 19, 2022; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Kansas Jayhawks forward Jalen Wilson (10) and Kansas Jayhawks guard Christian Braun (2) celebrate against the Creighton Bluejays during the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament at Dickies Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Mar 19, 2022; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Kansas Jayhawks forward Jalen Wilson (10) and Kansas Jayhawks guard Christian Braun (2) celebrate against the Creighton Bluejays during the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament at Dickies Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
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“We've won some games in the NCAA tournament that were a lot like this,” Self said. I had decided before the game that we were going to stick with it temporarily when Martin came in. Kansas led 39-38 at the half, despite Creighton hitting 8 of 15 shots from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes. “And we've also lost some games that were a lot like this. Martin subbed in for starting point guard Dajuan Harris, who was at the center of McDermott’s defensive game plan and actually got the same treatment initially. But Martin eventually made McDermott pay, finishing with 14 points in the first half on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Kansas trailed when he checked in with 14:13 to play in the first half but went ahead just 29 seconds later. McCormack, who was limited to 25 minutes because of Creighton’s need to play small, rejected Alexander’s shot attempt with 34 seconds remaining and Martin went to the free throw line. The first-team All-American made just one of his first eight shots and finished 5-for-14 on the day. And then second half we kind of spread the wealth a little bit.” “They were battling hard the whole game,” KU senior Ochai Agbaji said of the Bluejays. “Credit to them. That kept Kansas from getting truly comfortable until the final horn.
No. 1 seed KU men's basketball beat 9 seed in March Madness second round game and advanced to Chicago for first Sweet 16 appearance since 2018.
But two Alexander free throw sliced the gap back to 68-64 at 5:06. Creighton hit eight threes the first half to KU’s three as the Jayhawks led 39-38 at halftime. He had 15 points and ninr assists for the game. The Jayhawks used a 8-2 run to open a somewhat comfortable nine-point lead: 66-57 with 8:17 remaning. Agbaji, who was 0-for-6 shooting and did not score against Creighton in KU’s 73-72 victory over the Bluejays last season in Allen Fieldhouse, was 0-for-4 from the field and 2-of-2 from the line the first half. KU senior Martin provided the bulk of KU’s offense in scoring 16 points in 14 minutes the first half. Jalen Wilson contributed 14 points with 14 rebounds for the Jayhawks, who lost in the second round to USC last year and Auburn in 2018-19. Creighton cut the gap to 66-62 with 6:38 left. A Christian Braun layup (he had 13 points and eight boards for the game) increased the lead back to six at 68-62 with 5:27 left. Alex O’Connell played 18 minutes and scored nine points in the half and had 16 for the game. There was no NCAA Tournament in 2019-20. KU’s victory Saturday, which followed Thursday’s 83-56 opening win over Texas Southern, proved historic.
Photo by Nick Krug. Kansas guard Remy Martin (11) roars in front of the Creighton bench during a run by the Jayhawks in the second half on Saturday, ...
“We've won some games in the NCAA tournament that were a lot like this,” Self said. I had decided before the game that we were going to stick with it temporarily when Martin came in. Kansas led 39-38 at the half, despite Creighton hitting 8 of 15 shots from 3-point range in the first 20 minutes. “And we've also lost some games that were a lot like this. Martin subbed in for starting point guard Dajuan Harris, who was at the center of McDermott’s defensive game plan and actually got the same treatment initially. But Martin eventually made McDermott pay, finishing with 14 points in the first half on 6-of-8 shooting from the floor. Kansas trailed when he checked in with 14:13 to play in the first half but went ahead just 29 seconds later. McCormack, who was limited to 25 minutes because of Creighton’s need to play small, rejected Alexander’s shot attempt with 34 seconds remaining and Martin went to the free throw line. The first-team All-American made just one of his first eight shots and finished 5-for-14 on the day. And then second half we kind of spread the wealth a little bit.” “They were battling hard the whole game,” KU senior Ochai Agbaji said of the Bluejays. “Credit to them. That kept Kansas from getting truly comfortable until the final horn.