K-Nation’s Top 10: Best KU sports moments from 2023-24
LAWRENCE (KSNT) - After a great run across all sports in the 2023-24 calendar year, K-Nation presented viewers with its top Kansas Athletics moments of the last 365 days.
10. Both golf programs get NCAA bids: Kansas men's and women's golf both received a postseason push for the second-straight season. The women finished sixth in Cle Elum Washington, while the men took 11th at the Rancho Santa Fe Regional.
9. Dom Voegele named Big 12 Freshman of the Year: For the second-straight season, Kansas baseball has been awarded the conference's top freshman. Starting pitcher Dom Voegele finished with a 3.09 ERA with 68 strikeouts.
8. Women's basketball defends homecourt in Sunflower Showdown: Always fun to beat your rival. Kansas women's basketball took care of then-No. 10 in the country K-State off 22 points from freshman S'Mya Nichols.
7. Clayton Simms finishes second at NCAA Outdoor Nationals: Kansas men's pole vaulter Clayton Simms went up 5.62 meters to place second nationally at the Outdoor finals.
6. Volleyball hosts NCAA Tournament, wins opener: Not only did the Jayhawks make the NCAA Tournament, but they hosted it, as well. Kansas swept Omaha in the Round of 64 to put a bow on the accomplishment in Horejsi Arena.
5. Football wins Guaranteed Rate Bowl: It's a no-brainer - Kansas football wins its first bowl game since the Orange Bowl in 2008. Luke Grimm and Lawrence Arnold each scored three touchdowns in the victory.
4. Softball sweeps No. 13 Baylor: Another story with the context of recent years, Kansas softball getting three-straight wins over the Bears marked the first ranked conference sweep for the Jayhawks since 2005.
3. Men's basketball beats No. 4 UConn in Allen Fieldhouse: KU men's basketball has had a lot of great games on its home floor, and the matchup against the eventual National Champions was certainly up there. Kevin McCullar Jr. hit a dagger three in the final minute for the big-time win.
2. Zakiyah Franklin hits clutch three, women's basketball wins in OT in NCAA Tournament: Down ten points with six minutes to play, Jayhawk fifth-year senior Zakiyah Franklin completed a comeback with a rim-rattling three-pointer to force overtime in the NCAA Tournament. Kansas women's basketball went on to win that game over Michigan to advance to the Round of 32.
1. Football upsets No. 6 Oklahoma at home: A defining moment for Kansas football under Lance Leipold, the Jayhawks pick up their first win over OU since 1997. K-Nation's top KU moment of the 2023-24 season snapped an 18-game losing streak over the Sooners to wave them goodbye to the SEC.
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