Ellis is a three-time state Gatorade player of the year and has led his team to a 6A title in each season.Ellis is the first player from Kansas to be a McDonald’s All-American since Leavenworth’s Wayne Simien in 2001.Danny Manning (1984) and Paul...

“He’s up there at the top in terms of his basketball IQ among the guys I have coached,” said Leavenworth coach Larry Hogan, who has been with the Pioneers for parts of the last five decades and counts former Kansas star Wayne Simien among the many...

Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Lovellette, Danny Manning, Wayne Simien, Nick Collison and a plethora of other Kansas big men have set a standard of excellence in the front court that players like Thomas Robinson and Jeff Withey must meet. The Jayhawks’ road...

Kansas, a 65.5 percent free-throw shooting team on the season, went 20 of 23 from the line. Thomas Robinson made all 10 of his on his way to an 18-point game. It was the best free-throw shooting night for a Kansas player since Wayne Simien made all 11...

But perhaps the most impressive aspect of Robinson’s evening? He went 10-for-10 from the free throw line. Not bad for a player with a career 54.6 free throw percentage. It’s the most makes without a miss by a Jayhawk since Wayne Simien in 2005. ...

(BEST game of the season). You can’t build a philosophy around two extreme events such as those. But, that’s what Knight did. He’s just wrong. Nevertheless, it was a remarkable free-throwing exhibition by Robinson and Withey. T-Rob was 10-10 and it was...