KU, K-State, Mizzou, Sprint Center Get Ready For The Madness

The NCAA has unleashed March Madness upon us, and its dance card includes the region’s three big basketball powerhouses.

The University of Kansas secured a No. 1 seed and a return engagement at Sprint Center in Kansas City. It will be joined at Sprint Center by Kansas State University, which locked down a No. 4 seed in its bracket. Both teams play Friday.

The University of Missouri gets a No. 9 seed and plays Thursday in Lexington, Ky.

Local hoops fans shouldn’t get their hopes up for renewing the KU-MU-K-State rivalry: The only way the teams could play one another would be if all three made it the Final Four. But can you imagine?

KU Pulls Out Of Sports Complex Plan, Decides To pitch Its Own facility

The University of Kansas is seeking some changes in a plan that would establish new sports and recreation facilities in the city of Lawrence.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports the university is pulling out of a proposal to build a new $24 million sports complex in conjunction with the city. Instead, KU says it wants to build a larger sports complex near the initial planned site and have the city move its recreation center and youth fieldhouse there.

March 31 Weekend Preview

The Arena Sports weekend kicks off early this weekend. Tonight, The Missouri Mavericks take on the Evansville Icemen in Round 1 Game A of the 2012 CHL Playoffs. The Mavericks are making their third consecutive trip to the CHL playoffs and went 4-1-1 in the season series (with 2 games being decided in overtime and 1 ending in a shootout).
There will be a Post-Game Party at the Brew Top Pub (700 NE Woods Chapel Road in Lee’s Summit).
Thursday night the Kansas City Command (0-2) host the Arizona Rattlers (1-1) Thursday night at Sprint Center in Week 4 of the Arena Football League season. Kickoff is set for 7:30pm. The Command is calling for a BLACKOUT. The first 3,000 fans in the door will receive a Black Command T-Shirt. The game will also be broadcast on Sports Radio 810 WHB and KSMO TV 62.
Over the weekend the top 35 bull riders and the fiercest bucking bulls in the world will compete in the Kansas City Invitational at the Sprint Center. Fans will witness thrilling 8-second rides and jaw-dropping wrecks throughout the adrenaline-soaked performance as the PBR's insanely brave cowboys risk it all against monstrous animal athletes that can weigh as much as 2,000 pounds.
If roundball is your passion you can catch KU take on Ohio State in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. You can have a cold one while watching it at a local watering hole or you can head to Lawrence. The University of Kansas will host a watch party at Allen Fieldhouse. Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is free. The game tips off at 7:49 p.m. CDT.
If you are still in the mood to go out on Sunday, head down to Municipal Auditorium and catch Mike Epps on his "I'm Still Standing" Tour. One of the top comics in the biz for over a decade, Mike Epps is back on tour with a new show with new laughs. Hot off the set of his new feature film “Sparkle” with Whitney Houston, Epps is ready to show fans, once again, why he remains one of the only Hollywood funnymen with the ability to make ‘em laugh live on stage. Whether you've seen him in the movies (Next Friday, The Hangover, Jumping the Broom) or in his stand up specials (Mike Epps presents: Live From Club Nokia), he has undoubtedly made you laugh. Get ready for his new show.