He was referring to injured senior forward KJ Adams who dislocated his shoulder in Wednesday’s loss at Iowa State. Adams missed Saturday’s game versus K-State and is expected to miss his second straight game Wednesday at TCU. KU coach Bill Self has said Adams’ status will be a “week-to-week” decision.

The Jayhawks led by as many as 16 on Saturday, never trailing in an 84-74 win over the Wildcats. From the time it was 20-4 until the final buzzer, the No. 9 Jayhawks played cool, calm and collected, answering each K-State run with timely buckets.

The Jayhawks are coming off a tough loss against No. 2 Iowa State that ended in a 74-57 defeat. Meanwhile, the Wildcats are in a bind themselves, as they currently sit two games u

Zeke Mayo -- a native of Lawrence, Kan., playing in his first "Sunflower Showdown" -- had 14 of his 24 points in the first half as No. 9 Kansas built a big lead and then held on to defeat in-state rival Kansas State 84-74.

The Kansas Jayhawks suffered their biggest loss in their last outing, a Top-10 conference matchup in Ames against #2 Iowa State. Today, they get to come home to kick off this year's edition of the Sunflower Showdown against the Kansas State Wildcats, who have struggled this season.

The No. 9-ranked Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team is set to play in-state rival Kansas State on Saturday. Both teams are coming off losses: K-State fell to Texas Tech on Tuesday and KU stumbled at Iowa State on Wednesday.

The Jayhawks steamrolled ASU 38-13 in the second half en route to a 74-55 victory. Their stifling second-half defense helped KU improve to 11-3 (2-1 Big 12) entering Saturday’s game at Cincinnati (10-4, 0-3).

Kansas hosts the Arizona Wildcats after Elle Evans scored 22 points in Kansas' 75-52 win over the Arizona State Sun Devils.

The most frustrating thing about this defeat for K-State is that the Wildcats played well enough to win for much of the afternoon. But they fell behind 14-0 in the opening moments and were unable to cut the deficit closer than six the rest of the way.

As the Kansas Jayhawks gear up to face in-state rival Kansas State in Saturday’s Sunflower Showdown, Wildcats head coach Jerome Tang didn’t hold back on his respect for the Jayhawks’ defensive intensity.

An early 14-0 run was enough as Kansas controlled the 302nd Sunflower Showdown, downing in-state rival Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.