K-Nation (05/10/26) – Big 12 baseball, softball Selection Sunday, and more

NORTHEAST KANSAS (KSNT) – This week’s episode of K-Nation focuses on the final home series’ for both Kansas and K-State baseball, plus the NCAA Tournament Selection Show for Kansas softball.

• No. 7 KU baseball suffered its first sweep this season to No. 15 West Virginia, getting run-ruled 13-2 in the series finale
• K-State baseball snapped its nine-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Cincinnati Sunday
• KU’s Ella Boyer and Hailey Cripe headline the team’s Big 12 honors, winning Freshman of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year, respectively
• The No. 5 seed Jayhawks grabbed a 6-5 win over No. 4 seed UCF Thursday, before falling to No. 1 seed Texas Tech 14-0 on Friday
• Kansas softball will make its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2015, as the No. 8 seed (No. 2 in regional) in the Norman, OK regional
• K-State men’s basketball will play in the ‘Players Era Sixteen’ of the Las Vegas tournament
• Former Wildcat Abdi Bashir Jr. has committed to LSU
• KU men’s hoops lands Radford transfer Dennis Park
• Kansas men’s basketball alum Joel Embiid scored 24 points in the Philadelphia 76ers 144-114 loss to the New York Knicks, getting swept in the Eastern Conference Semifinals
• K-State men’s golfer Alex Lindstrom qualified for an individual spot in the NCAA Corvallis Regional
• Kansas men’s golf will make its 10th-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance as the No. 7 seed in the Athens Regional

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