GARDEN CITY, Kan. – The TMP-Marian softball team committed nine errors and were held to four hits as they suffered a pair of shutouts Thursday in Garden City, 6-0 and 3-0 to fall to 2-2 on the season.

TMP-Marian was held to one hit in the first game, an Anna Gottschalk single in the fourth. They had six errors in the contest which resulted in five unearned runs.

Alison Helget allowed all six runs, only one earned, on four hits.

The Buffs struck for two in the first then put the game away with three in the fifth.

The Monarchs had three single in the second game but committed three errors. Bailey Lacey allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out six and walking none.

The Monarchs are back at home Tuesday against Sylvan Grove and Plainville.

HOUSTON (AP) – Bill Self, who led Kansas to the No. 1 ranking in the final weekly poll and its 12th straight Big 12 title, is The Associated Press Coach of the Year.

The Jayhawks (33-5) were the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and lost to Villanova in the regional final.

Self received 21 votes from the 65-member national media panel that selects the weekly poll. Chris Mack of Xavier was second with 15 votes and Dana Altman of Oregon received 13.

Self also won the AP Coach of the Year Award in 2009. Roy Williams, in 1992, was the only other Kansas coach to win the award.

The Jayhawks spent a total of five weeks at No. 1 this season and won the Big 12 again to move within one of UCLA’s record for consecutive titles.

Voting was done before the NCAA Tournament. The honor comes one day after Self was named Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Chiefs signed Charcandrick West to a three-year extension and fellow running back Spencer Ware to a two-year extension Thursday, solidifying their backfield alongside Jamaal Charles.

West and Spencer proved to be a potent change-of-pace duo when Charles went down with a season-ending ACL injury last season. Charles is expected to be ready for the start of the upcoming season, but locking up West and Ware will help take some of the load off the two-time All-Pro.

It also makes running back Knile Davis a potential trade piece.

The quick, elusive West started nine games and ran for 634 yards and four touchdowns last season, while the more physical Ware started two games and ran for 403 yards and six touchdowns.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – Kansas forward Brannen Greene is skipping his final year of eligibility to enter the NBA Draft.

The 6-foot-7 sharpshooter said in a statement Wednesday he intends to hire an agent, which would preclude him from returning to school. Junior guard Wayne Selden Jr. announced the same plan Tuesday.

Greene averaged just 5.4 points last season, though his size and 3-point ability could make him an intriguing prospect for NBA scouts. He shot 49.2 percent from beyond the arc last season.

Greene and Jayhawks coach Bill Self were frequently at odds during his career, which may have had a role in his decision to leave. He was suspended earlier this season, missing the Maui Invitational.

Self said in a statement that Greene’s skillset “will translate very well at the next level.”

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Hays Wrestling Club had nine of the 21 wrestlers who qualified for the Kansas Folkstyle Wrestling Championships place this past weekend at the Kansas Expocentre.

The club placed in the top 25 out of the 164 teams.

Below is a list of the HWC state placers…

8 & Under 73 – Dalton Meyers – State runner up
10 & Under 120 – Kendall Walker 6th place
12 & Under 120 – Gavin Meyers – 4th place
12 & Under 130 – Blayze Standley – State Champion
12 & Under 140 – Dalton Dale – State runner up
12 & Under 165 – Colter Conger – 6th place
14 & under 80 – Jordan Zimmerman – 6th place
14 & under 120 – Creighton Newell – 5th place
14 & under 150 – Kreighton Meyers – 6th place

Kansas Athletics

HOUSTON – Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was named the 2015-16 NCAA Division I Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the NABC announced Tuesday.

Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, this is the first time Self has been named the organization’s coach of the year, which began naming the honor in 1959. Self will receive his award at the AT&T NABC Guardians of the Game Awards Show on Sunday, April 3, at the Cullen Theater at Wortham Center in Houston at 6:30 p.m. (CDT).

“All that means is you had a group of kids that cared an awful lot and played to a ridiculously high level all year long” Self said of the honor. “Awards appear to be nice, but for me, a hundred times over, I would give any of that up to have those kids experience getting to play in Houston (at the Final Four).”

This is the third organization to name Self its 2015-16 national coach of the year as USA Today and Bleacher Report did the same earlier this month.

Under Self, No. 1 Kansas (33-5, 15-3) won its 12th-straight, 16th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 59th overall regular season title in 2015-16. Kansas also won the Big 12 Postseason Championship, the 2015 Maui Invitational in 2015-16 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight for the sixth time in his 13 seasons at KU.

Kansas’ 33 wins marked the ninth time in school history the Jayhawks have won 33 or more games, including five seasons under Self. Its 12-straight conference titles rank second all-time in NCAA history trailing only UCLA’s 13-straight from 1967-79 under multiple coaches.

Kansas finished No. 1 in the 2015-16 Associated Press poll and holds that spot in the latestUSA Today Coaches’ poll released March 14. KU was ranked No. 1 five times by AP and four times by the coaches in 2015-16. Kansas has been ranked seventh or higher in every poll this season.

The Jayhawks posted two winning streaks of 13 games or more in 2015-16: 13 from Nov. 23-Jan. 9, and 17 from Jan. 30-March 26. Additionally, Kansas went 12-4 against nationally-ranked teams in 2015-16, including 4-1 versus top-10 teams. The 12 wins against ranked foes are the most in a season in KU history.

Kansas holds the No. 1 RPI and No. 1 toughest schedule (through games of 3/27), while the Big 12 Conference has the No. 1 RPI among all leagues, in 2015-16.

In 13 seasons at Kansas, Self is 385-83 (82.3 percent) for an average of 29.6 wins per year. Overall, Self is 592-188 (76.0 percent) in 23 seasons as a head coach which has included stints at Oral Roberts (1994-97), Tulsa (1998-2000) and Illinois (2001-03) before coming to Kansas in 2004.