Notebook: Joe Dineen Named 2nd Team All-American

SI names Kansas LB Joe Dineen a 2nd-team All-American | KUsports.com

A week after learning the Big 12’s coaches voted him a second-team all-conference linebacker, Kansas redshirt junior Joe Dineen picked up a national honor Thursday from Sports Illustrated with an even more prestigious ring to it: second-team All-American.

Phone call with Syracuse staff helped Washington's Mike Hopkins game plan for Kansas | KUsports.com

“I talked to Gerry McNamara and Allen Griffin on the Syracuse staff and we watched the game,” Hopkins explained. “Obviously, I'm really familiar with the (Syracuse) program and you're watching the game and you just figure, this could be our best opportunity to win the game if…