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Oubre Jr. and Alexander declared for the draft shortly after the conclusion of the NCAA tournament. The 2015-16 Jayhawks, led by Perry Ellis and Frank Mason, won a 12th consecutive Big 12 title and won the Big 12 Tournament. Seeded #1 in the NCAA South Region, the Jayhawks reached the Elite Eight, where they stumbled against #2 seed Villanova, the eventual national champions. In 2016-17, behind the leadership of national player of the year Frank Mason, the Jayhawks won a 13th consecutive Big 12 title, tying UCLA's record for most consecutive conference titles. Although the team made an early exit
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to the fact that all four #1 seeds were in the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history. Kansas entered the 2008 NCAA Tournament as the #1 seed in the Midwest Regional. In the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas dominated Portland State with an 85-61 victory. In the 2nd round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat UNLV 75-56 to advance to the Sweet 16. In the Sweet 16 of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas beat Villanova 72-57 to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Kansas
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they lost to UCLA while Villanova was one of two double digit seeds to advance to the Midwest regional. The other was #10 seed Davidson, who rode the hot shooting of Stephen Curry to defeat Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin before nearly upsetting Kansas in the regional final. The Midwest region alone saw four of its double digit seeds advance, as in addition to Villanova, Siena, and Davidson #11 seed Kansas State knocked off #6 seed USC. The total tournament attendance of 763,607 set a record for highest total tournament attendance, breaking the record set during the 1999 tournament. The NCAA
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to its first appearance in a national tournament - the NAIA event in Kansas City, Mo. - during the coach's 1954-57 stay here. "After winning its opening-round game in the 32-school tournament, Quincy lost its next start by four points to a team considered far inferior—but white. Quincy's black players were constantly in foul trouble and the Hawks got few, if any, breaks when it came to officials' calls. To this day, if you ask any of those Quincy players, they will tell you they did not lose the second game of that national tournament. The other team simply wound
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revenge Baylor in Waco, though came back home to lose their final regular season game to eventual national champion Kansas to finish 8–8 in conference play. The team received a No. 6 bid to the Big 12 tournament, defeating Iowa State and Kansas State in the first two rounds, but lost to Kansas again in the semifinals. With their 24–10 record after the Big 12 tournament, the Aggies received a No. 9 at-large bid to the West Regional of the NCAA tournament. In the first round, they defeated 8th-seeded BYU 67–62 at Anaheim. In the second round, they faced UCLA
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quarterfinals they would lose a heartbreaker to LSU 3-2. They would get an invitation to play in the 2013 NCAA Baseball Tournament. They would go 1-2 and lose to Troy 9-8 in the semifinals. On May, 30 Mitch Gaspard resigned as Alabama's baseball coach. Kansas State Gaspard was the assistant coach at Kansas State for two seasons (2017 and 2018). Kansas State missed the postseason in both of Gaspard's two seasons with the team. Georgia In 2018, Gaspard was hired by the Georgia Bulldogs as a volunteer coach. Mitch Gaspard Mitch Gaspard (born May 26, 1965) is an American college
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on to a 10–6 record in conference play, earning a number 4 seed in the 2007 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wildcats faced the #5 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders and won 64-47. They went on to lose in the next round to the #1 seed and eventual champion, Kansas Jayhawks, 67-61. The Wildcats earned a berth in the 2007 National Invitation Tournament as the #2 seed and host team in the West Region. In the first round, Kansas State beat the #7 seed Vermont Catamounts, 59-57. In the second round,
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lose four more times by 15 or less points. The Lady Hornets ended the regular season 23–5 (17–5 in conference play)finishing in fourth place in the MIAA standings. The Lady Hornets competed in the MIAA Conference Tournament in Kansas City, Kansas, where they won their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship. The Lady Hornets ended the postseason in their fifth straight Sweet 16, losing to conference rival Pittsburg State, and finished with an overall record of 28–6. After winning their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship, the Lady Hornets entered the 2016–17 season ranked fourth in the nation. and the favorite to
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Hornets would then go on to lose four more times by 15 or less points. The Lady Hornets ended the regular season 23–5 (17–5 in conference play)finishing in fourth place in the MIAA standings. The Lady Hornets competed in the MIAA Conference Tournament in Kansas City, Kansas, where they won their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship. The Lady Hornets ended the postseason in their fifth straight Sweet 16, losing to conference rival Pittsburg State, and finished with an overall record of 28–6. After winning their fourth straight Conference Tournament Championship, the Lady Hornets entered the 2016–17 season ranked fourth in
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1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1988-89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 91st basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 1st year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Due to an NCAA-imposed postseason ban imposed on KU for recruiting violations committed by former coach Larry Brown, as of 2017, this is the most recent season in which the Jayhawks did not make the NCAA Tournament. !colspan=9| Big Eight Tournament
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1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 1988–89 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1988-89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 91st basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 1st year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. Due to an NCAA-imposed postseason ban imposed on KU for recruiting violations committed by former coach Larry Brown, as of 2017, this is the most recent season in which the Jayhawks did not make the NCAA Tournament. !colspan=9| Big Eight Tournament
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first seven games before losing in Kansas City to Washington and at home to Arizona State. Kansas would lose a total of three home games during the season, the most for any Bill Self-coached Kansas team, and the most since losing three home games in the 1998-99 season. The season bottomed out in early February with an ugly home loss to Oklahoma State and a 16-point loss at Baylor. But Kansas rallied to win a 14th straight Big 12 title, breaking UCLA's record. Then they defeated West Virginia to win the Big 12 Tournament. Seeded #1 in the NCAA Midwest
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"yokozuna". Hakuhō defeated Kisenosato but said after the tournament, "I think he did a fine job. He is someone who will propel the sport to greater prosperity." He was the sole "yokozuna" to enter the November 2018 tournament, but lost his opening three bouts, and seemed to observers to be still suffering from a lack of power in his left upper body. He became the first "yokozuna" to lose his first three matches since Asahifuji in January 1992. On Day 4 he was defeated by Tochiōzan, the first "yokozuna" since Miyagiyama in 1931 to lose his first four bouts. He
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August 1887, four Sisters of St. Joseph were commissioned to go from Concordia, Kansas, to open a parochial school at Abilene, Kansas, at that time in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leavenworth. In the fall of 1887, word was received from Rome that the state of Kansas had been divided into dioceses. At the direction of Bishop Fink, who did not wish to lose the sisters from his diocese, the Abilene sisters constituted themselves a separate congregation with an act of incorporation of March 25, 1888. The following year the Right Rev. L. M. Pink, Bishop of Leavenworth, decided that
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1940 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1940 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 4th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This year the National College Basketball Tournament (NCBT) changed its name to the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB). The championship game featured Tarkio College (Mo.) beating the Aztecs of San Diego State 52-42. San Diego State became the first team to lose back-to-back title games. Many of the records set by the 1940 tournament have been broken, and many
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Longfellow's first basketball team won the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference title and received an invitation to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) National Tournament in Kansas City. Playing for his third season was Clarence Walker, an African-American from East Chicago, Indiana., who integrated the NAIA tournament the season prior under John Wooden. That year, Walker became the first African-American to play in any post-season intercollegiate basketball tournament, as the NIT and NCAA tournaments did not integrate until after 1950. In Kansas City they won their first three games, winning their third game on a long Lenny Rzeszewski field goal with
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I would think. At some point, Nadal was going to lose. But nobody expected it to happen today, and maybe not this year. Now it's a matter of: There's a tournament to be won." Nadal would begin another streak the next year, and did not lose another match at the tournament until the 2015 French Open, when he lost to Novak Djokovic. After nearly a year out of the sport due to a serious shoulder injury which forced her to miss the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2008 US Open and her Australian Open title defence, Maria Sharapova, who started at
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to the NBA, NCAA sanctions were levied against Kansas in the 1988–89 season as a result of recruiting violations, for potential transfer Vincent Askew who was provided with money to leave his campus visit to visit his grandmother who was ill. No players on any of Brown's teams were named in the report and Askew did not transfer to Kansas. Among the sanctions, Kansas was banned from the 1989 NCAA Tournament—the only time a reigning champion has been banned from defending its title. Brown moved back to the NBA after his time in Kansas, taking the head coaching job with
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appeared in the NCAA Tournament 46 times. Their combined record is 99–47. The Jayhawks have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) two times. Their combined record is 3–2. Kansas leads all NCAA teams with 30 consensus First Team All-American selections, 23 different players have received the honor. ‡ indicates player has made at least 2000 points and 1000 rebounds in his college career. † indicates Academic All-American of the Year The 47 McDonald's All-Americans listed below have signed with Kansas. An asterisk, "*", Indicates player did not finish his college career at Kansas. A cross, "†", indicates player did
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the Wildcats go 4–4 including a pair of losses to its in-state rival the Kansas Jayhawks. Kansas State ended the Big 12 season in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament losing to Kansas for a third time, but did pick up a crucial 66–45 win over Texas Tech. Despite this win, the Wildcats were left out of the NCAA tournament for the 11th consecutive year. Kansas State felt particularly snubbed due to the fact it was the first major-conference team not to make the NCAA tournament after winning 20 games overall and 10 games in conference. The Wildcats settled
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on an NIT bid and went 1–1 beating Vermont and losing to DePaul. Kansas State ended the season 23–12 (10–6)--the most victories from a Wildcat team since 1987–1988, a year that saw them lose to the Kansas Jayhawks in the Elite Eight of the 1988 NCAA Tournament. On April 5, 2007, Huggins announced that he had accepted the position of head coach at his alma mater, West Virginia University. Huggins' former employer Kansas State University offered to match the offer from West Virginia University plus some additional money. The WVU contract has been valued at five million over five years,
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2016 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team The 2016 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team represent the University of Kansas during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Jayhawks play their home games at Hoglund Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Ritch Price, in his 14th season at Kansas. The 2015 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team notched a 23–32 (8–15) record and finished ninth in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Jayhawks did not qualify for the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament or receive at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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2016 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team The 2016 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team represent the University of Kansas during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Jayhawks play their home games at Hoglund Ballpark as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Ritch Price, in his 14th season at Kansas. The 2015 Kansas Jayhawks baseball team notched a 23–32 (8–15) record and finished ninth in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Jayhawks did not qualify for the 2015 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament or receive at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region. There they defeated Creighton, UMBC, and Kentucky to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they lost to Loyola–Chicago. !colspan=12 style=|Exhibition !colspan=12 style="|Regular season !colspan=12 style=| Big 12 Tournament <nowiki>*</nowiki>AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings<br>^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. 2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team The 2018–19 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team will represent Kansas State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Bruce Weber in his
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direct acceptance, thus did not have to play qualifying event in order to be in the main draw. Right after the Croatian event, Džumhur went to Dominican Republic, where he dominated the first edition of 2015 Milex Open, played on green clay in Santo Domingo, and became the first player who has ever won a professional tennis tournament in that country. Džumhur did not lose a set on his way to the title and spent on court less than five and a half hours in total during whole tournament week. He won the final against Renzo Olivo by retirement. It
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1960 Kansas City Athletics season The 1960 Kansas City Athletics season was the sixth in Kansas City and the 60th overall. It involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses, 39 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates' manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized. Maris was
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to Kansas City after three years in Dallas and Oklahoma City. After returning to Oklahoma City in 2009, the Sprint Center again hosted the tournament in 2010 and 2011. It is scheduled to be the tournament host site through 2020. Because of Kansas City's proximity to the University of Kansas in neighboring Lawrence, Jayhawk fans who fill the arena for Big 12 Tournament games refer to the arena as "Allen Fieldhouse East" in reference to Kansas' home arena in Lawrence, Allen Fieldhouse. However, due to Iowa State's recent Big 12 Tournament success - winning three tournament championships in a four-year
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well and advanced towards third round. Also, Serena and Venus Williams returned to their doubles competitions by beating Anne Keothavong and Claire Curran in the first round. The players who began their games at 11 o'clock were delayed by rain, but it did not affect Justine Henin, Jelena Janković and Patty Schnyder who all hastily completed their matches. Anna Chakvetadze is the highest-ranked woman to lose so far, while Fernando González became the highest-seeded man to lose so far. The tournament suffered massive rain disruptions, with Amélie Mauresmo and Maria Sharapova being the only singles players to complete (and win)
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in the 1968–1969 school year, under head coach Judy Akers. Because the NCAA did not sponsor women's sports until 1982, the governing bodies for women's basketball in the earliest years were the Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW) and the AIAW. The Big Eight Conference likewise did not sponsor women's basketball in its earliest years, so Kansas State competed against the University of Kansas, Wichita State, and other state schools for the "Kansas State Conference" championship. Kansas State won eight straight Kansas Conference titles, from 1972 to 1979. The Big Eight Conference began offering a mid-season basketball tournament in
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the rule changes for 2012, through the semifinal round of the tournament the home team was determined by coin flip if both teams had facilities available that met tournament standards. However, hosting rights for the semifinal and final rounds of the tournament were determined through a blind bid process. Prior to the semifinals, it was announced that if Kansas City and Seattle both won their semifinals (which they did), that Kansas City would host the final at Livestrong Sporting Park. It was later reported that the Kansas City and Seattle bids to host the final had been "identical" and that
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out of the first round. The 1989 Tournament was the second one since 1980, with 1987 being the first, in which the defending national champion did not participate in the tournament. Kansas, winner of the 1988 NCAA title, had been placed on probation for violations committed by former coach Larry Brown and was barred from the tournament. Brown left Kansas immediately after winning the national championship to return to coaching in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs, leaving first-year coach Roy Williams to coach the team. It is the only time the Jayhawks have missed the NCAA tournament from
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to the Big Eight. Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association/Big Eight Conference (43) Big 12 Conference (18) The Big Eight Conference did not regularly have a post-season tournament until after the 1977 season. Prior to that teams usually played in the Big Eight (before that, Big Seven) Holiday Tournament in December. The Holiday tournament ended after the 1979 season. Big Seven/Big Eight Holiday Tournament (13) Big Eight Conference (4) Big 12 Conference (11) "The NCAA started seeding all teams in 1979, with Kansas' first subsequent tournament seed in 1981." <nowiki>*</nowiki> Indicates overall number one seed. Indicates NCAA championship. The Jayhawks have
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2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament The 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The teams were deemed the "best of the rest" from the 31 Division I conferences were joined by 17 at-large selections. The final four of the tournament paired Wisconsin against Western Kentucky and Wyoming against 2006 WNIT champion Kansas State. Wisconsin (23–12) defeated Western Kentucky 79–72. Meanwhile, across the country, Wyoming and Kansas State played a triple-overtime thriller. The Cowgirls eventually
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Lee, Josh Pastner, Jason Stewart, Quynn Tebbs and Justin Wessel. To this date, they are the only team to defeat three number one seeds in the same tournament: Kansas (Sweet 16); North Carolina (Final 4); and Kentucky in the Championship Game. They won a thriller game in the Elite Eight in double overtime to take them to the Final Four (NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship). Arizona also has a history of first round upset losses in the NCAA tournament, including being one of only seven teams in history to lose a game as a 2 seed (to Santa Clara,
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to win the World Championship; Botvinnik only discovered this about half-way through the tournament and protested so strongly that he angered Soviet officials; Keres probably did not deliberately lose games to Botvinnik or anyone else in the tournament. The proposals which led to the 1948 Championship Tournament also specified the procedure by which challengers for the World Championship would be selected in a 3-year cycle: countries affiliated to FIDE would send players to Zonal Tournaments (the number varied depending on how many good enough players each country had); the players who gained the top places in these would compete in
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13 points and 12 rebounds. He finished ninth in the Big Ten in steals. Along with Juniors Brad Miller and Chad Austin, he helped lead the Boilermakers to an NCAA Tournament Second Round appearance. Purdue beat Rhode Island in the first round of the tournament after Brian hit a three-point shot to send the game into overtime, a shot Brian later called his "biggest athletic thrill." Purdue would lose in the next round to #1 seed Kansas. In Brian's sophomore campaign, he averaged 12.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists, and led the team in steals with 65, which tied
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hoped-for gains there, and any gains he did make were offset by substantial losses in Kansas’ larger cities, where Landon’s later anti-New Deal rhetoric was unpopular. Landon consequently improved on Hoover’s 1932 showing by only 1.71 percentage points even in a state that had known him as Governor, although Kansas was Landon’s fourth-best state by vote percentage behind Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. This would be the second-last time Kansas would support a Democratic Presidential candidate – the only subsequent Republican to lose the state being Barry Goldwater in another landslide loss in 1964. , this is the last occasion
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more than any other national champion have before or since. The win garnered the team the nickname "Danny and the Miracles". Earlier, near the start of the tournament, Dick Vitale had been asked about Kansas' chances and commented "If Kansas wins, I'll kiss the Jayhawk on the floor of Allen Fieldhouse." Eventually, he did make good on his promise. During Brown's tenure, Kansas had five NCAA Tournament appearances, which included two second round appearances, one Sweet 16 appearance, two trips to the Final Four and the national championship. He also compiled a 135–44 (.754) overall record. Brown left under a
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17–12. The next year, the record improved to 20–10, and Braswell's team again made a run to the Big Sky championship game, losing in overtime to Northern Arizona. Braswell would finally break through in the 2000–01 season. Led by six seniors, Northridge would upset UCLA at Pauley Pavilion, finish atop the Big Sky standings, and win the Big Sky Tournament at home to reach the NCAA Tournament. They would lose to Kansas in the first round to finish 22–10, Braswell's best season to date. He became a sought-after coaching commodity following the season, but instead signed a six-year extension to
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Bulldogs over the Green Wave 64–59. The last time Stanford was a number 1 seed, they became to only top seed in the men's or women's tournament to lose to a sixteen seed. Earlier in the day, the top seeded men's team, Kansas, lost to Northern Iowa, so no one felt safe in the opening match against UC Riverside. Stanford jumped out to an 8–0 lead, and behind Ogwumike's double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds) won easily over the Big West champion 79–47. Results to date "(* indicates game went to overtime)": Eighteen conferences went 0–1: the Atlantic Sun, Big Sky,
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undefeated at home for the first time in 22 years, winning the Pac-10 conference title. However they lost in their first Pac-10 tournament game and were seeded second in the NCAA Tournament West Region. After a close second-round win over Indiana, Howland led the Bruins to a win over his former team, Pitt in the Sweet Sixteen. The Bruins then again upset the top seed in the West Region, Kansas, and reached the second of UCLA's first consecutive Final Fours since the John Wooden era, only to lose again to Florida in the national semifinal. At the start of the
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by 13, and Kansas (#3 seed) by 7. Siena's strong showings in these tough matchups earned Siena a well-deserved #9 seed. The Saints cruised through the MAAC Tournament to receive the automatic bid into the 2009 NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. Siena was awarded a #9 seed in the Midwest region, where they drew #8 Ohio State in Dayton, Ohio. Siena defeated Ohio State 74–72 in a double overtime thriller with Ronald Moore making a late three point shot. Siena would go on to lose to the #1 seeded Louisville Cardinals in the second round 79-72 after leading
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in the first round of the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. It was Murray State's first NCAA Tournament victory. Murray State would lose to eventual national champion Kansas by three points in the second round; that game was KU's closest en route to the championship. At the 1988 NCAA Basketball Coaches Convention, Newton was awarded the 1987-88 Kodak Basketball District 7 Coach of the Year in Division 1. He was named OVC Coach of the Year twice (1988, 1990) and recruited and coached 15 All-OVC and four OVC Player of the Year selections, including Racer great Popeye Jones.
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Kansas 85–61. In the 2008–09, for the second year in a row, the Portland State Vikings completed a 23–10 basketball season with a trip to the NCAA Tournament. Matched with the previous season, the two 23-win seasons tie for the most in school history. And, both seasons culminated with appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Although the Vikings did not win the Big Sky Conference regular season title (as they did in 2007–08), the second-place team did win the Big Sky Tournament for a second straight season, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. Portland State earned a number-13 seed but lost in
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the Big 12 Tournament semifinals and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 4 seed in the St. Louis Region. They advanced to the Elite Eight where they lost to Georgia Tech. !colspan=9 style=| Regular season !colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament !colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament 2003–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 2003–04 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 106th basketball season and first under head coach Bill Self who was hired after Roy Williams accepted the head coaching position at
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Confederates, who promised them an Indian state if they won the war. Emory guaranteed Black Beaver that the federal government would reimburse him for any losses, so he agreed to help. He scouted the approaching Confederate troops and provided information for Emory to capture their advance guard, who were the first prisoners captured during the Civil War. Black Beaver guided over 800 Union soldiers, their prisoners, and 200 teamsters managing 80 wagons and 600 horses and mules in a mile-long train across 500 miles of open prairie to safety at Fort Leavenworth in eastern Kansas; he did not lose a
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with the Harlem Globetrotters. He did not return to Kansas' campus for over 40 years after leaving for the Globetrotters; he finally returned in 1998, the year before his death, when his jersey was retired. 1957 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game The 1957 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game took place on March 23, 1957, between the North Carolina Tar Heels and Kansas Jayhawks at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The matchup was the final one of the nineteenth edition of the single-elimination tournament now known as the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament — commonly referred
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lose the game in overtime, losing their chance at a national championship. After the Big 12 Championship Game, Kansas State did not receive a spot in the inaugural Bowl Championship Series despite being ranked in its top four as well as the highest ranked non-champion from any conference. They also were not invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, as the conference runner-up typically would be, or the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which at the time was contracted to invite the third place team in the conference; those bowls chose Texas and Nebraska instead. Instead, Kansas State was
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upset of the tournament with 11th seed Kansas State's win over the sixth seeded Southern California Trojans 80-67 in Omaha, Nebraska. The media had focused a lot of attention on the freshman stars of both teams, the Wildcats' Michael Beasley and the Trojans' O. J. Mayo. In reality, while Beasley and Mayo did well, it was the other K-State players who made the difference, applying a strong defense to the Men of Troy's attack and coming up with the school's first tournament win since 1988. Also in the Midwest Region, #10 seed Davidson defeated seventh seeded Gonzaga 82-76 in Raleigh,
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a "tecnica" (wrestlers who portray the good guy characters or "Faces"). She participated in AAA's second annual "Reina de Reina" ("Queen of Queens") tournament, but did not win it. She also competed in the 2001 tournament, which was won by Lady Apache. She appeared at AAA's 2001 "Guerra de Titanes" ("War of the Titans") annual event, teaming with Esther Moreno and Princesa Sujei to defeat the team of Martha Villalobos, Mujer Demente and Tiffany. A few years later she also worked the 2005 "Guerra de Titanes" where she and Billy Boy would lose to Chessman and La Diabólica, as part
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gave Keres strong hints that he should not hinder Botvinnik's attempt to win the World Championship; Botvinnik only discovered this about halfway through the tournament and protested so strongly that he angered Soviet officials; Keres probably did not deliberately lose games to Botvinnik or anyone else in the tournament. Kingston published a further article, after the publication of further evidence, which he summarizes in his third article. In a subsequent two-part interview with Kingston, Soviet grandmaster and official Yuri Averbakh said that: Stalin would not have given orders that Keres should lose to Botvinnik; Smyslov would probably have been the
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7.5/13 and shared seventh place at Astrakhan with 6.5/13. With his weakest result at Astrakhan not counting towards his points tally, he finished in seventh place overall with 320 points, the highest final placing of a player who did not win an event. As he did not take part in the World Cup held in 2011, Leko did not progress to the Candidates Tournament. Aside from the FIDE Grand Prix cycle, 2009 saw Leko lose a Miskolc Rapid match 3-5 against Viswanathan Anand, tie for second place with Magnus Carlsen and Dmitry Jakovenko with 5.5/10 in a very strong Dortmund
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record of second place Ohio State was seen a inferior to anything the WCHA could offer and the Buckeyes were passed over. While the Badgers did lose in the first round Denver, who had finished only two points behind Wisconsin, had also lost their first round matchup and the team that had defeated them, Michigan, were soundly beaten by Michigan Tech in the Second round 9-2. With no team standing out from the rest the tournament committee settled on awarding the final spot to Wisconsin. Wisconsin opened the 1981 Tournament in front a hostile crowd in Potsdam, NY as they
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their away game at Temple. However, Temple was able to give the Cats their first loss by one point, 60–59. Still, this loss was not enough to keep the Wildcats down, as they rolled off an 11-win streak before playing at Notre Dame, where they lost 55–64. They would not lose a game for the rest of the regular season. Kentucky continued through the NCAA Tournament to the finals, where they faced the Baylor Bears. Kentucky won its first NCAA title in a decisive 77–59 victory. The season did not end after the NCAA Tournament, as Kentucky who would play
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rest of the voting was as follows: Oklahoma State was picked third, Texas fourth, Kansas State fifth, Texas Tech sixth, Baylor seventh, Missouri eighth, Oklahoma ninth, Iowa State tenth, Nebraska eleventh, and Colorado twelfth. As preseason polls predicted, Kansas did win the regular-season title, clinching it outright with a 90–86 win over Texas on March 3. Thus, the seedings for the tournament were earned as follows, with tiebreaker procedures followed in breaking a four-way tie for seventh place between Oklahoma State, Iowa State, Oklahoma, and Nebraska (see Tie-Breaking Procedures for more information on seeding in the tournament). Source: † –
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State did not receive an at-large bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. 2016 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team The 2016 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team represents Kansas State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats will their home games at Tointon Family Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They are led by head coach Brad Hill, in his 13th season at Kansas State. The 2015 Kansas State Wildcats baseball team notched a 27–30 (10–14) record and finished sixth in the Big 12 Conference standings. The Wildcats reached the 2015 Big
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1927–28 British Home Championship The 1927–28 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1927–28 season between the British Home Nations. The competition was won by Wales who did not lose a game and only dropped a single point during the tournament. This championship is most notable for what became known as the "Wembley Wizards" when a scratch Scottish team crushed a highly regarded England side 5–1 at the English national stadium of Wembley. England had endured a dreadful run of form in the years following the First World War, only managing to even share the trophy
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Scotland decimated England with powerful attacking football from a team only recently brought together following the defeat to Ireland. This defeat gave England their lowest ELO Rating (1681) in their history. The points system worked as follows: 1927–28 British Home Championship The 1927–28 British Home Championship was an international football tournament played during the 1927–28 season between the British Home Nations. The competition was won by Wales who did not lose a game and only dropped a single point during the tournament. This championship is most notable for what became known as the "Wembley Wizards" when a scratch Scottish team
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who will transfer from the University of Memphis to join his brother Xavier. C.J. will walk on as his tuition is paid by the New York Yankees who took him in the 2005 MLB Draft. Withey will not be eligible to play until the end of the fall semester. Team: Sherron Collins: Cole Aldrich: Cole Aldrich Sherron Collins Xavier Henry Marcus Morris Tyrel Reed !colspan=12| Exhibition !colspan=12| Regular season !colspan=12| Big 12 Tournament !colspan=12| NCAA Tournament 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 2009–10 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2009-10 NCAA Division I
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1981 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 1981 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–5 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. In a rematch of the 1980 final (won by KSU), upset rivals in the championship game, 80–68, to win their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament. The Jayhawks, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1981 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight members Missouri and Kansas State, who earned at-large bids. All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament
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first time since 2008 that the Eagles did not win the Beanpot tournament. The Eagles finished 21–14–3, and 12–7–3 in conference play, good for the 3rd seed and a first-round bye entering the 2015 Hockey East tournament. However, they would lose to the Vermont Catamounts during the best-of-three quarterfinals in three games at home, marking the second year in a row in which the Eagles did not advance to at least the semifinals. The Eagles qualified for the 2015 NCAA tournament and were placed in the east regional at Providence. They lost to Denver 5–2 in the first round. The
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Pius X (SSPX). It is alleged that in 1974 (at the age of 69) he told a confidant that he could not take such a step, "for this would mean I would do what Martin Luther did, and I would lose the Holy Ghost". In the 1980s, Lefebvre's stance changed. In 1983 (at the age of 78), while in the United States, he reportedly sounded out his American priests about the prospect of him consecrating bishops. Those superiors who objected to the idea were removed from their posts as a result. In 1986–1987, the Society's adherents in St Mary's, Kansas
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1978 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 1978 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held February 28–March 4 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Seventh-seeded upset defending champions in the championship game, 71–68 (in double overtime), to capture their first Big Eight men's basketball tournament. The Tigers, in turn, received a bid to the 1978 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by the Big 8's regular season champion, Kansas, who earned at-large bid. All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based
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1982 Big Eight Conference Men's Basketball Tournament The 1982 Big Eight Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 2–6 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Top-seeded defeated in the championship game, 68–63, to win their second Big Eight men's basketball tournament. The Tigers, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by fellow Big Eight member Kansas State, who earned an at-large bid. All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with
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Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball The Kansas Jayhawks women's basketball team represents the University of Kansas and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are currently coached by Brandon Schneider. Kansas first officially fielded a varsity women's basketball team during the 1968–1969 season, though women's teams had been fielded as early as 1903. For thirty-one seasons (1973–2004) the women's team was coached by Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships, eleven NCAA Tournament appearances and three AIAW Tournament appearances. The team's best post-season result was appearing in the Sweet Sixteen, which they
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season, they compiled a record of 22–11 and advanced to the Round of 32 of the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular Season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 NCAA Tournament 2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team The 2011–12 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Frank Martin, who served in his 5th year at the helm of the Wildcats. The
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mornings. There is no right to an appeal from the judgments of the Court of Appeals. Parties who lose their appeal in the Court of Appeals may petition the Kansas Supreme Court to review the decision, but the justices are not required to do so. Court of Appeals judges are appointed to four-year terms by the Governor of Kansas, with confirmation by the Kansas Senate. Until 2013, the Governor would appoint a justice from a list of qualified individuals submitted to him by the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission. The judges go through a retention election after their initial appointment.
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clutch free throws in the final minute to secure the historic championship. Syracuse had finished just 7–9 in the Big East that year, and would have likely been left out of the NCAA tournament had they not pulled off at least three of the four wins. They would go on to lose to Texas A&M in the first round of the tournament. Note: By finishing below twelfth place during the regular season, DePaul, Providence, St. John's, and South Florida did not qualify for the tournament. Dave Gavitt Trophy (Most Outstanding Player): Gerry McNamara, Syracuse All-Tournament Team 2006 Big East Men's
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Bramlage Coliseum. The defeat marked Kansas' first loss in its last 24 trips to Manhattan, Kansas, where KU had remained undefeated since 1983. Kansas eventually won the Big 12 regular season title and the Big 12 conference tournament, and secured a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. On March 30, 2008, Self led Kansas to a win in the Elite Eight over Davidson. KU won by two, 59–57, after a last second shot by Davidson's Jason Richards drew only backboard. The Jayhawks went on to play the overall #1 seeded North Carolina Tar Heels in the semifinals, who were coached
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two minutes left with UNC leading 85-69. Williams announced Kendall Marshall's injury at the Creighton post-game press conference. Kendall Marshall did not play in UNC's two following games in the NCAA Tournament, a 73-65 overtime win over Ohio in the Sweet 16 and the aforementioned 67-80 loss to Kansas in the Elite Eight. With the departures of several stars from the 2012 team, The Tar Heels would begin a slow climb back to the top following the Elite Eight loss. The 2012-13 season ended with a disappointing loss to Kansas in the tournament for the second year in a row.
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featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988. 1963 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In
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more votes were counted, Colyer conceded to Kobach on August 14, becoming the first incumbent governor to lose a primary election since Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie in 2014 election, who lost the Democratic primary to David Ige. Kobach subsequently lost the general election to Democrat Laura Kelly by five points. Jeff Colyer Jeffrey William Colyer (born June 3, 1960) is an American surgeon who has been the 47th and current governor of Kansas since January 31, 2018. A Republican, he served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018, as a member of the Kansas Senate from
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overtime game. With the win, Kansas moved to 5–1 in the championship game, while Texas fell to 0–4. The 22-point comeback by the Jayhawks in the championship was the biggest in the tournament's history. The second-biggest occurred in the same tournament, when Texas came back from 18 down to defeat the Baylor Bears. This tournament was home to the lowest score in tournament history (45 by Texas Tech against Kansas State), as well as the highest combined score in history (172 points in the final game). The Tournament MVP was Kevin Durant, a freshman from the University of Texas, who
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1979 American League Championship Series The 1979 American League Championship Series was a best-of-five series that pitted the East Division champion Baltimore Orioles against the West Division champion California Angels, who were making their first postseason appearance. The Orioles won the Series three games to one and would go on to lose to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1979 World Series. This was the only ALCS between 1971 and 1981 that did not feature either the Oakland Athletics or the Kansas City Royals. Game 1 was a match-up of Nolan Ryan in his final season with the Angels, and Jim
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on the CMLL calendar. CMLL did not hold a "Gran Alternativa" tournament in 1997 and 2000 held on each year from 2001 through 2014, opting not to hold a tournament in 2015. The Gran Alternativa tournament victory marked the highlight of Chicago Express' tenure in CMLL, he remained in the mid-card and would lose his three "Luchas de Apuestas" between 1996 and 1999 when he retired. Torneo Gran Alternativa (June 1996) The Torneo Gran Alternativa (June 1996) (Spanish for "Great Alternative Tournament") was the very first CMLL Torneo Gran Alternativa professional wrestling tournament held by the Mexican professional wrestling promotion
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game that, after the Pirates scored 10 runs in the top of the first, Pirate broadcaster Jim Rooker said on the air, "If we lose this game, I'll walk home." The Phillies came back to win 15-11, and after the season Rooker conducted a 300-mile charity walk from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. In 1990, Jeltz spent his last MLB season with the Kansas City Royals. He did not play much, and Jeltz said that he was distracted by issues facing his brother, who committed suicide in 1991. After retiring as a player, Jeltz became a bail bondsman and bounty hunter, and
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Exhibition !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference Regular Season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Regular Season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:FFFFFF;"| 2013 NCAA Tournament 2012–13 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team The 2012–13 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bruce Weber, who was in his first year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, its home court since 1988. Kansas State was a member of the Big
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his first doubles grand slam final at the French Open. They lost to the Byran brothers in three sets. Mahut received a wilcard for the men's singles at Wimbledon and therefore did not have to play the qualifying tournament. He therefore decided to play at the 's-Hertogenbosch ATP tournament in Holland which ran at the same time. Mahut had to qualify for the event but went on to win his first ATP singles title, with a straight sets victory over Stanislas Wawrinka in the final. Mahut did not lose a set and his serve was only broken once during the
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against France and claimed their first title, three points ahead of Russia, who had entered the tournament as the top seed, having brought four of the tournament's nine highest-rated players, and as defending six-time champions. Armenia, one of just four teams to draw a match with Ukraine, paced by second board Levon Aronian, who did not lose in 12 games, and third board Rafael Vaganian, who scored 8½ points in 11 games, lost 1½-2½ to Russia in the eighth round. Ultimately, on the strength of a 3½-½ final round defeat of Georgia, they tied Russia's 36½ points. Armenia were placed
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cities, only Syracuse has not had its next tournament games scheduled. Kentucky entered the tournament unbeaten. After 22 years without an unbeaten team in the tournament, following UNLV in 1991, this is the second consecutive tournament with an unbeaten team (after Wichita State in the previous). The Wildcats, by beating Cincinnati in the third round, set an NCAA men's record with 36 straight wins to start a season. They would win two more before Wisconsin upset them in the Final Four. Defending national champion Connecticut did not qualify. Kansas extended its streak of consecutive tournament appearances to 26 in a
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1963 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inguraal year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981. The third place game
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all formally of the Southwest Conference which had dissolved following the 1995–1996 school year as well. !colspan=9| Big 12 Tournament !colspan=9| NCAA Tournament 1996–97 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team The 1996–97 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1996-97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 99th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 9th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. It was the Jayhawks first year in the newly formed Big 12 Conference. The Big 12 conference was
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2014 US Open – Women's Singles Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended her title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–3, 6–3. Williams did not lose a set in the entire tournament and did not lose more than three games in any set. This was Williams' 18th Grand Slam singles title, tying the number won by Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. With the victory, Serena tied the Open Era record of six US Open titles held by Evert. This was Williams' third US Open championship that she competed in without losing a set, also tying Evert.
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for the first time. Her team had an impressive tournament, going 10–1 in the round-robin only to lose both their playoff games. The next year she failed expectations, and her team finished 2–9 at the 2004 Scott Tournament of Hearts. In 2005, she lost in her provincial playdowns but returned to the Scotts in 2006. At the 2006 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Birt's rink finished 4–7, and at the 2007 tournament, they finished 6–5. They did make the playoffs, but lost to Manitoba skipped by Jennifer Jones in the 3–4 game. Birt played in her 5th Hearts in 2008, finishing
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Tournament West Region. UCLA turned a tight opening into a blowout over Howland's alma mater Weber State in the first round. After a close second-round win over Indiana, Howland led the Bruins to a win over his former team, Pitt, coached by his former assistant, Jamie Dixon, in the Sweet Sixteen. The Bruins then again upset the top seed in the West Region, Kansas, in a classic matchup of two storied basketball programs and reached the second of UCLA's first consecutive Final Fours since the John Wooden era, only to lose again to Florida in the national semifinal. At the
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4A Kansas State Forensics Tournament. In May 2014, the Sumner Academy Forensics Squad took first place in the 4A Kansas State Forensics Tournament. In May 2015, the Sumner Academy Forensics Squad took first place in the 4A Kansas State Forensics Tournament. In May 2016, the Sumner Academy Forensics Squad took first place in the 4A Kansas State Forensics Tournament. In May 2017, Sumner Academy Forensics team took first place in the 5A Kansas State Forensics Tournament. The Track Team won back to back Championships in the 1998 & 1999. By 1937 Sumner had outgrown its previous facilities at Ninth and
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tour, Kostyuk has a career-high ranking of No. 2, achieved on 30 October 2017. She won the 2016 Petits As and 2017 Australian Open girls' singles championships. In May 2017, she won a ITF tournament in Dunakeszi (Hungary), becoming the youngest Ukrainian to win a professional title in singles-player category. In the whole tournament, Marta did not lose a single set. In October 2017, she won the year-end junior girls tournament, the ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu, China. Kostyuk made her main draw tour-level debut at the Australian Open. Having received a wildcard-entry into the qualifying tournament, she defeated Arina
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tournaments. Julio competed throughout 2008, but he suffered an injury the next year. He made his comeback (after long, exhausting, two-year injury) in the 2011 Sparkassen Open, winning comfortably the first two qualifying rounds, against Stefan Seifert and David Goffin (no. 220). In the main tournament, he defeated Victor Crivoi. After a long hiatus, he returned in the 2014 Napa Challenger doubles tournament partnering Matt Seeberger. In early November, he won the titles in both singles and doubles USA F30 tournament. He did not lose a single set in main draw in both tournaments. In Chile F9 tournament he made
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tournament held from May 19 to June 9. The winner, Tatsuhito Takaiwa, would go on to defeat Jushin Thunder Liger for the title on July 20, 2000 ending Liger's last reign with the championship so far. The 2001 Best of the Super Juniors was a two-block, 12-man tournament held from May 18 to June 4. With his victory, Jushin Thunder Liger became both the first person to win the tournament three times, and the first to not lose a single match during the tournament. For reasons that are unclear, Liger did not receive a championship match as a reward for
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was a member of the Big 8 Conference. Below is the starting five for the last game of the regular season, against Missouri on March 5, 1988. !colspan=6| Regular Season !colspan=6| Big 8 Tournament !colspan=6| NCAA Tournament 1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team The 1987–88 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 1987-88 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Lon Kruger who was in his second of four years at the helm of his alma mater. The Wildcats tied a then-school record with 25 wins and advanced to the Elite
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1941 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament The 1941 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 5th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The third time was the charm for the Aztecs of San Diego State. After losing the previous two years to Southwestern College and Tarkio College, the Aztecs finally won beating Murray State College (Ky.) 36-34. It also was the first time that the tournament MVP was awarded to a player whose team did not win the championship, or make the
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an enterprising Italy side with Nelinho scoring a memorable goal, and were dubbed "moral champions" by coach Cláudio Coutinho as although they did not win the tournament, they did not lose a single match. Four South American nations participated in the 1982 World Cup: Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Peru. This was the last time Peru qualified for a FIFA World Cup finals until 2018. The tournament was the first for Diego Maradona, but defending champions Argentina lost opening match 0–1 to Belgium, although they would qualify to the second round. Brazil, with Zico, Sócrates, Falcão, Éder and others in their
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2008 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament The 2008 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Tournament was the 2008 edition of the Big 12 Conference's championship tournament held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City from March 13 until March 16, 2008. It was the 12th Big 12 tournament in the series. Texas and Kansas shared the regular season title, with Texas receiving the top seed in the tournament due to its win over Kansas earlier in the season. The top four seeds, including the two regular season champs, Oklahoma, and Kansas State automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round. The first
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who punched the ball into the England net with his hand. The goal was allowed to stand by the referee, who did not see the infringement, much to the fury of the English team and its fans. The goal, dubbed the "Hand of God goal" after Maradona's tongue-in-cheek description of how it was scored, has become infamous in England, particularly as England went on to lose the game and Argentina later won the tournament. Also in this game, Maradona scored a second goal, voted in 2002 as the best goal in World Cup history, before English striker Gary Lineker pulled
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upset by La Salle in the round of 64. !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 regular season !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Tournament !colspan=12 style="background:#512888; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Tournament 2013–14 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team The 2013–14 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bruce Weber, who was in his second year at the helm of the Wildcats. The team played its home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, its home court since 1988.
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Championship tournament, winning only in the final cycle after the outcome of the tournament had been decided, suspicions have sometimes been raised that Keres was forced to "throw" games to allow Botvinnik to win the Championship. Chess historian Taylor Kingston investigated all the available evidence and arguments, and concluded that: Soviet chess officials gave Keres strong hints that he should not hinder Botvinnik's attempt to win the World Championship; Botvinnik only discovered this about half-way through the tournament and protested so strongly that he angered Soviet officials; Keres probably did not deliberately lose games to Botvinnik or anyone else in
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enough to promote him directly to the next "jūryō" division, but his 5-2 record ranked at "makushita" #4 in the following January 2008 tournament was more than enough to grant him a "jūryō" promotion. In the achievement of this feat, he logged 30 consecutive wins, a record for a wrestler in "makushita" and below. During this span, after his defeat on the 6th day of the May 2007 tournament he did not lose again until his bout with Aran on the 11th day of the January 2008 tournament. He had made "juryo" in just six tournaments from his professional debut,
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the pressure for Barnes' Texas teams to reach over the hump, a recurring theme in the head coach's final six seasons in Austin. More of the same occurred in 2011, when Texas garnered two elite prospects in Canadians Tristan Thompson and Cory Joseph and had a similar scorching (23–3) start—only to lose the league to Kansas again and fall in the second round of the NCAA Tournament to the Arizona Wildcats. Bradley left the program for the NBA in 2010, and Hamilton, Thompson, and Joseph followed suit in 2011. In the 2012–13 season, Barnes' Longhorns finished 16–18 and missed their
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and Santa Clara, UNLV was unable to move back in front and would lose their first game of the season, 95–80. UNLV's loss to Kansas State would drop them to #23 in the Coaches poll and knock them out of the AP poll all together. The Runnin' Rebels were able to rebound from the loss with a road win at Southern Utah, and home wins against Weber State and South Carolina – Upstate, before heading to Hawai'i for the inaugural Diamond Head Classic. The Runnin' Rebels would enter the tournament only ranked in the coaches poll at #20. UNLV's first
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The remaining 34 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The initial game on March 13 officially named the Opening Round game, but popularly called the "play-in game", had Niagara, winner of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference Tournament, facing Florida A&M, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament, for a chance to play top seed Kansas in the First Round of the Tournament. Niagara defeated Florida A&M, 77–69, to advance to play Kansas. All teams are seeded 1 to 16 within their regionals, while the Selection Committee seeded the entire field from 1 to 65.
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that Oregon won by the same score. (***) denotes triple overtime 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament The 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) was a single-elimination tournament of 48 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The teams were deemed the "best of the rest" from the 31 Division I conferences were joined by 17 at-large selections. The final four of the tournament paired Wisconsin against Western Kentucky and Wyoming against 2006 WNIT champion Kansas State. Wisconsin (23–12) defeated Western Kentucky 79–72. Meanwhile, across the country,
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