Top Basketball Prospect Andrew Wiggins Selects Kansas

Mitchell Layton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) --  Andrew Wiggins is a Kansas Jayhawk

The top basketball prospect in the nation signed a national letter of intent with Kansas Tuesday afternoon in Huntington, West Virginia.

"I'm looking forward to getting there and just doing my thing," Wiggins said.

The 6-foot-7 small forward was also considering Florida State, Kentucky, and North Carolina.

Wiggins averaged 23.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists for Huntingon Prep last season after growing up in Toronto.  He was named the Naismith High School player of the year.

Kansas head basketball coach Bill Self is thrilled to have Wiggins on board.

"Andrew did this the exact way he said he was going to," Self said in a news release. "He played his cards very close to his vest as did his mother and father. I knew we were one of four. The competition was very stiff and we were fortunate that we were able to ink him today. He's a tremendous talent and a terrific kid."

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Scoreboard Roundup - 3/29/13

Joe Robbins/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament - Sweet 16- Midwest Region: (1) Louisville (32-5)  ousts (12) Oregon (28-9), 77-69.

(2) Duke (30-5) dropped (3) Michigan State (27-9), 71-61.

South Region:  (3) Florida (29-7) chomped (15) Florida Gulf Coast (26-11), 62-50.

(4) Michigan (29-7)  tipped (1) Kansas (31-6) in overtime, 87-85.

NHL: The Tampa Bay Lightning (15-18-1, 31 pts) one upped the New Jersey Devils (15-11-8) in a shootout, 5-4.

The Anaheim Ducks (23-7-4, 50 pts) got by the Chicago Blackhawks (25-5-3, 53 pts), 2-1.

The Dallas Stars (16-14-3, 35 pts) skated past the Minnesota Wild (20-11-2, 42 pts), 5-2.

The Columbus Blue Jackets (14-14-7, 35 pts) sliced the Calgary Flames (13-16-4, 30 pts), 6-4.

NBA: The Orlando Magic (19-54) mystified the Washington Wizards (26-46), 97-92.

The Miami Heat (57-15) burned the New Orleans Hornets (25-48), 108-89.

The Philadelphia 76ers (29-43)  catapulted the Cleveland Cavaliers (22-49, 97-87.

The Boston Celtics (38-34) downed the Atlanta Hawks (40-33), 118-107.

The Toronto Raptors (27-45) devoured the Detroit Pistons (24-49), 99-82.

The New York Knicks (45-26) knocked off the Charlotte Bobcats (17-55), 111-102.

The Memphis Grizzlies (48-24) ripped the Houston Rockets (39-33), 103-94.

The Minnesota Timberwolves (26-45) stopped the Oklahoma City Thunder (53-20), 101-93.

The San Antonio Spurs (55-17) clipped the Los Angeles Clippers (49-24), 104-102.

The Denver Nuggets (50-24) dunked the Brooklyn Nets (42-30), 109-87.

The Utah Jazz (37-36) beat the Portland Trail Blazers (33-39), 105-95.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 3/24/13

G Fiume/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT:  South Region: (1) Kansas (31-5) topped (8) North Carolina (25-11), 70-58.

(3) Florida (28-7) popped (11) Minnesota (21-13), 78-64.

(15) Florida Gulf Coast (26-10) surprised (7) San Diego State (23-11), 81-71.  With the win, FGC becomes the first 15th seed to advance to the Sweet 16 in the Men's NCAA tournament.

West Region: (2) Ohio State (28-7) survived (10) Iowa State (23-12), 78-75.

(13) La Salle (24-9) downed (12) Ole Miss (27-9), 76-74.

East Region: (1) Indiana (29-6) held off (9) Temple (24-10), 58-52.

(2) Miami (29-6) outlasted (7) Illinois (23-13), 63-59.

Midwest Region: (2) Duke (29-5) made easy of (7) Creighton (28-8), 66-50.

NBA: The Miami Heat (55-14) blew out the Charlotte Bobcats (16-54), 109-77.  Miami has now won 26 straight games.

The Atlanta Hawks (39-31) popped the Milwaukee Bucks (34-35), 104-99.

The Houston Rockets (39-31)one up'ed the San Antonio Spurs (53-17), 96-95.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (52-19) crushed the Portland Trail Blazers (33-37), 103-83.

The Chicago Bulls (38-31) edged the Minnesota Timberwolves (24-44), 104-97.

The Dallas Mavericks (34-36) ripped the Utah Jazz (34-36), 113-108.

The Philadelphia 76ers (27-42) pounded the Sacramento Kings (25-46), 117-103.

The Brooklyn Nets (41-29) nipped the Phoenix Suns (23-48), 102-100.

NHL: The New York Islanders (14-15-3, 31pts) shut out the Florida Panthers (9-18-6, 24pts), 3-0.

The Washington Capitals (15-16-1, 31pts) trimmed the New York Rangers (15-13-3, 33pts) in a shootout, 3-2.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (25-8-0, 50pts) slid by the Philadelphia Flyers (13-16-2, 28pts) in overtime, 2-1.

The Winnipeg Jets (17-14-2, 36pts) zapped the Tampa Bay Lightning (13-18-1, 27pts), 3-2.

The Vancouver Canucks (17-9-6, 40pts) got by the Colorado Avalanche (11-16-4, 26pts), 3-2.

The Calgary Flames (12-14-4, 28pts) tamed the St. Louis Blues (17-12-2, 36pts), 3-2.

The Detroit Red Wings (16-11-5, 37pts) outlasted the Anaheim Ducks (22-5-4, 48pts), 2-1.

NASCAR: Kyle Busch won the Sprint Cup race at Auto Club Speedway.  Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished in second, followed by Kurt Busch in third.

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(1) Kansas Tops (8) North Carolina, 70-58, Sweet 16 Bound

Jamie Squire/Getty Images(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) -- The top-seeded Kansas Jayhawks (31-5) cruised past the eighth-seeded North Carolina Tar Heels (25-11) 70-58 on Sunday to advance to the Sweet 16 in the South Region.

Jayhawks guard Travis Releford had 22 points and eight rebounds in the win.  Jeff Withey added 16 points and 16 rebounds in the victory.

North Carolina led 30-21 at the half, but Kansas outscored them 49-28 in the second.

P.J. Hairston put in 15 points and collected nine rebounds in the loss for the Tar Heels.

Kansas will now take on the fourth-seeded Michigan Wolverines.

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(9) Kansas Avenges Loss to TCU

Ed Zurga/Getty Images(LAWERENCE, Kan.) -- Kansas wasn't going to let it happen twice.

The No. 9 Jayhawks destroyed TCU 74-48 Saturday, as Kansas avenged their 62-55 loss to TCU earlier this month.

Kansas (23-4) scored only 13 points in the first half of their last meeting with TCU. The Jayhawks returned the favor by holding the Horned Frogs to nine first half points.

Jeff Withey led the Jayhawks with 18 points and chipped in six rebounds in the win.

"We knew we had to attack them," Withey said. "The first game we only scored two points in the first ten minutes so we knew we had to just attack. We ran our offense really well."

TCU (10-17) outscored Kansas in the second half 39-36, but it wasn't enough.

Devonta Abron led the Horned Frogs with 18 points.

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(14) Kansas Stomps (10) Kansas State to End Slide

Jamie Squire/Getty Images(LAWRENCE, Kan.) -- Kansas finally got back to their winning ways on Monday.

No. 14 Kansas used 30 points from freshman Ben McLemore to stop a three game losing streak by defeating 10th-ranked Kansas State, 83-62.

Kansas (20-4) was on its first three game skid since 2005, but got a needed win over their in-state rival.

"What we were going through is what 99 percent of teams in America go through," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "There's only one percent that doesn't go through this kind of stretch. And we're spoiled because it's been a long time since we went through one of these stretches."

Jeff Withey added five blocks to set the all-time school record. 

Kansas State (19-5) fell into a tie for first in the Big 12 conference, and were out-rebounded 39-20.

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Oklahoma Sends (5) Kansas to Its Third Straight Loss

(NORMAN, Okla.) -- It keeps getting worse for Kansas.

Oklahoma forward Romero Osby scored a game high 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Oklahoma upset fifth-ranked Kansas 72-66, handing the Jayhawks their third-straight loss.

Oklahoma (15-7, 6-4 Big 12) snapped its 10-game losing streak to the Jayhawks.

Kansas (19-4, 7-3 Big 12) had won 18 in a row before losing its last three. The last time Kansas lost three straight was February 2005.

Still, Kansas head coach Bill Self wasn't nearly as upset as he was after losing to TCU last Wednesday.

"I'm not leaving out of here disquested with my team at all," Self said when comparing the loss to the Jayhawks' loss to TCU." We actually played better today. We played a good team today and they shot the heck out of the basketball."  

Freshman guard Ben McLemore led Kansas with 15 points.

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No. 2 Kansas Tops West Virginia for 18th Straight Win

Justin K. Aller/Getty Images(MORGANTOWN, W.Va) -- Second-ranked Kansas defeated West Virginia 61-56 on Monday for their 18th straight win.

The streak is the longest in the nation this season, but the team isn't worried about it. "None of us are paying any attention to it," Kansas guard Travis Releford said. "We don't sit around in the locker room and talk about it because we know it's a long season. So we're not too worried about it."

The Jayhawks (19-1) blew an early 15-point lead but recovered late to stop the Mountaineers.

"The second half we just kind of pieced it together," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "Our defense needed to be good because we didn't score, either. I thought defensively we did a pretty good job."

Jeff Withey scored 15 points for Kansas, who had 16 turnovers despite shooting over 50 percent from the field.

West Virginia (9-11) had only four baskets over the game's final 10 minutese.

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Kansas Holds Off Oklahoma

G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images(LAWRENCE, Kan.) -- The Kansas Jayhawks are making a case to be number one.

The third-ranked Jayhawks won their 17th straight game by defeating Oklahoma 67-54 on Saturday afternoon.

The winning streak is the longest in the nation.

The Jayhawks (18-1) were led by freshman Ben McLemore who had 18 points, while center Jeff Withey had 13 points and nine rebounds.

"He was terrific. Jeff played great," Kansas coach Bill Self said of Withey. "The mistakes we made in the first half, he erased a lot of them, which led to points. We didn't do much offensively at all, but we got easy baskets off his defense when we got out and ran."

The Sooners (13-5) continued to struggle against Kansas, losing their 10th consecutive game in the series going back to 2006. They shot only 35 percent from the floor.

With the win, the Jayhawks also extended their fourth-longest home winning streak to 33 games in a row.

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Scoreboard Roundup - 1/14/13

Hemera/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- NBA: The Los Angeles Clippers (29-9) ripped the Memphis Grizzlies (24-12), 99-73.

The Chicago Bulls (21-15) clobbered the Atlanta Hawks (21-16), 97-58.

The Boston Celtics (20-17) topped the Charlotte Bobcats (9-28), 100-89.

The Dallas Mavericks (16-23) rocked the Minnesota Timberwolves (16-19), 113-98.

The Washington Wizards (7-28) whipped the Orlando Magic (13-24), 120-91.

The Utah Jazz (21-19) held off the Miami Heat (24-12), 104-97.

The Oklahoma City Thunder (30-8) zapped the Phoenix Suns (13-27), 102-90.

The Sacramento Kings (14-24) crowned the Cleveland Cavaliers (9-31), 124-118.

Men's Top 25 College Basketball: (1) Louisville (16-1) stormed past Connecticut (12-4), 73-58.

(4) Kansas (15-1) crushed Baylor (11-5), 61-44.

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