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It’s Jayhawks-Friars followed by Hurricanes-Cyclones in Friday’s Sweet 16 matchups at the United Center.

CHICAGO — Analytics guru Ken Pomeroy provided Providence College’s men’s basketball team a rallying cry recently when his metrics deemed coach Ed Cooley’s Friars the “luckiest” of the NCAA’s 358 Division I programs.

We pick the most pivotal players for the Sweet 16 teams as the tournament picks up again Thursday.

Plus, which No. 1 seed could be next to go out?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Standing in a corridor of the T-Mobile Center after Kansas swamped West Virginia, 87-63, in the Big 12 tournament semifinals, Kansas Jayhawks senior Ochai Agbaji paused to consider the undercurrent of a moment that somehow seemed normal enough but actually was an anguishing few years in…

Bill Self’s team is brimming with confidence after its Big 12 title. But will a region full of talent challenge a Jayhawks squad poised to make a run?

Huggins was ejected at the 9:59 mark in the first half of KU’s eventual blowout win.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas’ men’s basketball team secured at least a share of its 16th Big 12 regular-season title in the last 18 seasons by defeating Texas, 70-63, in an overtime thriller at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.

Kansas sophomore combo guard Joseph Yesufu answers to various versions of his first name.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — There's still a lot of basketball to be played before the men's NCAA Tournament pairings are announced on Selection Sunday, March 13. Potential seeds figure to change as regular-season league races are decided and postseason conference tournaments are played.

They call the drill block-out-break, and in its simplest description, the concept is to grab a rebound and get the ball down the floor.