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No. 1 Jayhawks romp over Pittsburg State, 103-45 Eds: APNewsNow. No. 1 Kansas 103, Pittsburg St.

The Big Ten is up, or so we think, with two Final Four contenders among six ranked teams.

After Kansas won the 2008 national title, the starting lineup evacuated like a hurricane hit Lawrence.

Six months after North Carolina cut down the nets in Detroit, it's time to welcome back the sound of basketballs bouncing, sneakers squeaking and nets swishing to hardwoods across the country.

Until the games start next week there is still one topic that dominates all hoops talk - Kentucky.

Everybody who knows anything about Elijah Johnson seems to know the same thing. The kid can really, really dunk.

Sherron Collins scored 13 of his game-high 19 points in the first half. Nov. 3, 2009 Video: Self Collins Johnson Taylor LAWRENCE , Kan.

For just the sixth time in the history of The Associated Press' preseason All-America balloting, two players from the same school were voted to the team.

Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich speak to media March 19, 2009 at the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament LAWRENCE, Kan.

Sherron Collins and Kansas are No. 1 in the USA Today/ESPN preseason poll. Slideshow A A College hoops All-American teams Ohio Statea TMs Evan Turner is on NBCSports.coma TMs preseason team, but who else made it? We spotlight 25 of the gamea TMs best.

The 2009-2010 college basketball season can officially start being discussed now that the first batch of preseason rankings are available.

Published online 10/29/2009 11:21 PM Kansas head coach Bill Self has the nationa s No.

Kansas basketball senior Sherron Collins , junior Cole Aldrich and freshman Xavier Henry have been named to 50-member Naismith Award Preseason Watch list for 2009-10 the Atlanta Tip-Off Club announced Thursday.

1 ranking in the preseason USA TODAY/ESPN Coaches' Poll "the kiss of death." "Based on what we return and the quality of newcomers that we were able to recruit, I could see why people would think this," he said of the ranking.

Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks open the season in the top spot in the USA TODAY/ESPN coaches' poll.

Despite a tumultuous offseason that included an on-campus brawl against the school's football team, one of its players being arrested for DWI, and a summer soap opera that left many wondering if star recruit Xavier Henry would ever even arrive in Lawrence, the Kansas men's basketball team enters the 2009-10 season as the favorites to cut down the ...

Across the country, the best college basketball players are evaluating their games and trying to figure out what they can change to become more attractive to NBA scouts.

Mike Singletary still can't quite capture what happened when Kansas arrived in Lubbock last winter.

Kansas has those two stars, that loaded recruiting class, five straight conference titles, won a national championship two years ago, will likely be the preseason No.

The recipe for a successful basketball team is not unlike that of a good soup: Start with a base that takes up most of the space and supports the rest of the concoction, add a couple of key ingredients -- onions or a highly-touted shooting guard -- and then sprinkle in the pieces that will give a basketball soup its signature flavor.