March 24: News Headlines Digest
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Also see our Daily Threads, March 24, and the News Digest for Yesterday, March 23, as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday, March 23
##Newell: Andrew Wiggins shoulders blame following KU basketball’s 60-57 loss to Stanford in round of 32##
ST. LOUIS — Andrew Wiggins didn’t blink.
In the minutes after Kansas’ 60-57 loss to Stanford on Sunday in the round of 32, the Kansas freshman guard tilted his head back and focused his eyes across the locker room on an empty spot on the wall.
##Dodd: Stanford eliminates Kansas 60-57##
ST. LOUIS — All across the locker room, amidst the stillness and the sadness, the Kansas Jayhawks’ freshmen sat in near silence.
Andrew Wiggins, a speck of blood near his heart, spoke softly. Wayne Selden slumped against the wall. Joel Embiid sat on a bench on the far side of the room, still wearing his Kansas sweatsuit.
##Lutz: Jayhawks try to comprehend quick ouster##
ST. LOUIS – Television cameras are almost always an inconvenience for athletes following a difficult loss, but the saving grace for Kansas’ players following a 60-57 defeat against Stanford is that the cameras gave them somewhere to look.
Those players not receiving media attention at any given time had little recourse on an acceptable line of vision, especially since eye contact with each other was too difficult.
##Bedore: Arch sadness: KU’s season ends in St. Louis, in round of 32##
St. Louis — This is not the way Andrew Wiggins wanted his college basketball career to end, sitting in front of his locker room stall with tears welled in his eyes.
“It hurts. I feel I let my team down, my coaches, my fans, Kansas fans, everybody,” the 6-foot-8 freshman one-and-done sensation said after Kansas University’s 60-57 NCAA Tournament Round of 32 loss to Stanford on Sunday in Scottrade Center.
###ESPN: Joel Embiid: No decision on NBA yet###
While fellow freshman Andrew Wiggins will leave after the season, Kansas teammate Joel Embiid told ESPN that he will talk to the Jayhawks coaching staff and also his mentor, fellow Cameroon native and NBA player Luc Mbah a Moute, before making a final decision concerning his NBA future.
###ESPN: Jayhawks need to improve at point guard###
Wiggins is likely off to the NBA, and will be taken somewhere in the top three picks of the draft, most likely first or second. He’s an exceptional talent, but wasn’t quite prepared for the pressure of having to lead this Kansas group.
####Suellentrop: Wichita State’s undefeated season ends in 78-76 loss to Kentucky ####
ST. LOUIS — Three Shockers and coach Gregg Marshall sat on the interview platform and tried to explain the unexplainable. In the locker room, a similar scene. Wichita State did things no other college basketball team did for five months and did it in a way that made its fans proud.
Then it ended and March Madness will go on without the Shockers, unthinkable as that seems.
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Also see our Daily Threads, March 24, and the News Digest for Yesterday, March 23, as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday, March 23