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If University of Kansas running back James Sims hopes to lead the Jayhawks in rushingfor a third consecutive season, he’ll have to do it in three fewer games than everybody else — maybe less.
KU coach Charlie Weis announced Monday that Sims had been suspended for the first three games of the 2012 season for violating team rules.
“Every player on our team knows and understands our rules and regulations,” Weis said in a press release Monday. “They also know the consequences for violations.”Sims, 20 of Irving, Texas, was arrested early Sunday morning for operating a vehicle under the influence in the 1300 block of Jayhawk Boulevard.
He becomes the latest member of the KU football team to fall victim to Weis’ new standard of discipline and accountability.
As a true freshman in 2010, Sims led the Jayhawks with 742 yards and nine touchdowns on 168 carries. Last season, the 6-foot, 206-pound inside runner racked up similar numbers, rushing for 727 yards and nine TDs on 182 attempts.
Despite the presence of returning backs Brandon Bourbon and Tony Pierson, who both challenged Sims for carries in 2011, the veteran tailback opened the spring atop KU’s depth chart at the tailback position.
With his suspension looming, that figures to change, opening the door for Bourbon, Pierson and newcomers Taylor Cox and Tevin Shaw to take over the top spot.
Originally posted by the Lawrence Journal-World
When the 7-foot center Jeff Withey showed up on the Kansas campus in 2009, he was a gawky San Diego kid who weighed a shrimp taco or two above 200 pounds. So how did he develop into the bruiser who has helped put the Jayhawks into the NCAA tournament's Final Four?
Withey credits two people. The first is Kansas assistant coach Danny Manning, aJayhawk legend who won the 1988 national title, was selected No. 1 in the NBA draft and recently was named Tulsa's new coach. The other is a blonde-haired former college volleyball player named Andrea Hudy.
Withey describes her as "one of our secret weapons."
One of Hudy's projects, Houston Rockets forward and former Kansas star Marcus Morris, sings her praises loudly. "If it weren't for Hudy," he said, "I wouldn't be in the NBA."
Detroit Pistons guard Ben Gordon, who won the 2004 NCAA title with Hudy while they were both at Connecticut, put it this way: "There's no question she had as much to do with us winning a national championship as anyone."
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Originally Posted by the WSJ
North Carolina State forward C.J. Leslie's three-pointer at the buzzer came up a few feet short, and the Kansas men's basketball team held on for a 60-57 victory over NCSU on Friday night at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, Mo.
With the win, KU advances to the Elite Eight for the second straight season.
KU led by just one with under a minute to go before Elijah Johnson put in a layup off an inbounds play with 13 seconds left to make it 60-57.
On the ensuing possession, NCSU's Scott Wood stepped out of bounds for a turnover.
Thomas Robinson was fouled with 5 seconds left, but missed the front end of a one-and-one before NCSU used its final timeout to set up Leslie's final shot.
Robinson led KU with 18 points and 15 rebounds, while Jeff Withey tied Cole Aldrich's school record with 10 blocks.
Tyshawn Taylor had just six points on 2-for-14 shooting with 10 rebounds, five assists and five turnovers.
KU (30-6) will play top seed North Carolina at 4:05 p.m. Sunday.
Originally Posted by the Lawrence Journal-World
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