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How Bengals vs. Bills cancelation could impact Kansas City’s playoff picture
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs win Saturday at Las Vegas, coach Andy Reid’s squad will end with one of the best report within the AFC at 14-3.
However they could not host the AFC Championship Recreation.
That’s as a result of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell plans to advocate a decision at a Particular League Assembly on Friday that might make sure the Buffalo Payments and Cincinnati Bengals aren’t punished for the cancellation of their Week 17 showdown.
“Cancelling the sport between the Payments and Bengals creates potential aggressive inequities in sure playoff eventualities,” the NFL introduced on Thursday night. “In an effort to mitigate these inequities, NFL golf equipment will take into account tomorrow (Friday) in a Particular League Assembly a decision advisable by the Commissioner and authorized right this moment (Thursday) by the Competitors Committee.”
The Bengals led 7-3 with round 5 minutes left within the first quarter Monday at Paycor Stadium when Payments security Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest and needed to be resuscitated on the sphere earlier than being transported through ambulance to the College of Cincinnati Medical Heart.
The sport was postponed initially and canceled altogether Thursday to keep away from impacting the complete NFL playoff slate.
Had the Payments received and completed with the identical report because the Chiefs, coach Sean McDermott’s squad would have hosted an AFC Championship Recreation between the groups by advantage of a Week 6 head-to-head win.
With that in thoughts, if Kansas Metropolis and Buffalo each win this weekend — the Chiefs play Saturday on the Raiders and the Payments host New England on Sunday — an AFC Championship Recreation between the 2 groups can be performed at a impartial website.
If Buffalo and Kansas Metropolis each lose and Baltimore beats Cincinnati, a Chiefs-Payments AFC Championship Recreation nonetheless can be performed at a impartial website.
If Kansas Metropolis and Buffalo lose and Cincinnati beats the Ravens, a Chiefs-Bengals AFC Championship Recreation can be performed at a impartial website as effectively.
Cincinnati beat Kansas Metropolis in Week 13, giving the Bengals a possible tiebreaker in opposition to the Chiefs in the event that they completed with the identical report.
Hamlin’s docs stated Thursday he is now speaking through pen and paper after being sedated Tuesday and Wednesday.
“This has been a really tough week,” Goodell stated. “We proceed to concentrate on the restoration of Damar Hamlin and are inspired by the enhancements in his situation in addition to the super outpouring of help and look after Damar and his household from throughout the nation. We’re additionally extremely appreciative of the superb work of the medical personnel and commend every certainly one of them.”
Moreover, if Baltimore beats Cincinnati and the golf equipment are set to satisfy within the Wild Card spherical, the host group for the sport can be decided through coin flip.
Nonetheless, the Bengals are assured to have the next win proportion whatever the final result of the season finale in opposition to the Ravens.
Which means, if Cincinnati and Baltimore are set to satisfy within the Wild Card spherical, the Bengals would host and the Ravens can be a street group based mostly on regular NFL playoff scheduling procedures.
“As we thought-about the soccer schedule, our rules have been to restrict disruption throughout the league and decrease aggressive inequities,” Goodell stated. “I acknowledge that there is no such thing as a excellent answer. The proposal we’re asking the possession to contemplate, nonetheless, addresses essentially the most vital potential equitable points created by the tough, however obligatory, resolution to not play the sport beneath these extraordinary circumstances.”
It’s unclear how playoff seeding shall be decided. The NFL’s launch did not tackle the way it will deal with which group is given the highest seed and a first-round bye if Kansas Metropolis, Buffalo and/or Cincinnati all end inside a half-game after Sunday’s motion.
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The No. 8 Kansas Jayhawks are back at Allen Fieldhouse this Sunday afternoon to take on the Brown Bears in what promises to be an exciting matchup.
Kansas (8-2) is looking to build momentum after a commanding bounce-back victory over NC State, while Brown enters the contest riding high on a six-game win streak.
The Bears, representing the Ivy League, hold a 7-3 record and are currently third in their conference standings. Their recent stretch of success will be tested as they take on a Kansas team with a rich a roaring home-court advantage.
This will be the third meeting between the Jayhawks and the Bears. The teams last faced off in 1997, with Kansas securing a dominant 107-49 victory. The only other encounter dates back to 1989, when the Jayhawks claimed another lopsided win, 115-45.
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
When: Sunday, 2 p.m. CT
TV: ESPN
Streaming: FUBO TV, YouTube TV
The Jayhawks will look to maintain their strong start to the season and add another win to their record, while the Bears aim to extend their streak against a tough Big 12 opponent.
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Drake basketball player Bennett Stirtz broke the hearts of the team he grew up rooting for on Tuesday night.
Stirtz’s 3-pointer with 4 seconds left in overtime gave the Bulldogs a 73-70 victory over the Wildcats at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
Stirtz, a native of Liberty, Mo., and a lifelong K-State fan, scored 22 points to help Drake improve to 10-0. The Bulldogs are receiving votes in the national polls and turning heads in coach Ben McCollum’s first season at the helm.
Stirtz scored eight of Drake’s 10 points in overtime.
“It had everything to do with their toughness and their will to win,” McCollum said of the victory. “To Bennett specifically, I’ve had a lot of good guards, and I remember each of their ‘We’re not going to lose this game’ moments, and that was one of those moments. That says a lot about him and that says a lot about his teammates to trust him to be able to do that.”
Drake’s Mitch Mascari led all scorers with 25 points and went 8-for-10 from three-point range. Stirtz was next with 22 to go along with four assists, two rebounds and three steals. Cam Manyawu was the other Bulldog in double figures with 11 points and seven rebounds.
Mascari was 6-for-6 from 3-point distance in the first half.
The Bulldogs have crafted an impressive resume in non-conference play, beating Miami (Fla.), Vanderbilt and now Kansas State.
Drake is one of four Division I teams still undefeated (Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee are the others). The Bulldogs improved to 5-0 in games played away from home (4-0 neutral site, 1-0 road).
Drake will play host to Green Bay at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Knapp Center.
The Drake sports information department contributed to this report.
Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks about Drake
Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks about Drake ahead of the Wildcats’ Tuesday night’s game at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.
K-State Athletics
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas State basketball ends a 10-day layoff at its home away from home Tuesday against unbeaten Drake at T-Mobile Center.
The Wildcats (6-3) will try to get back on track after a second-half collapse resulted in an 88-71 loss at St. John’s on Dec. 7 as part of the Big 12/Big East Bash series. But they face a red-hot Drake team that is off to a 9-0 start under first-year coach Ben McCollum, including victories over Miami (Fla.), Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt.
McCollum, who won four NCAA Division II championships at Northwest Missouri State, brought four starters with him to Drake, including top three scorers Bennett Stirtz (17.8 points, 6.1 assists per game), Daniel Abreu (13.9 points) and Mitch Mascari (12.2 points). The Bulldogs have five players on their roster from the Kansas City metro area.
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K-State is playing its first game without backup forward Achor Achor, who left the team last week for personal reasons. Villanova transfer Brendan Hausen leads the Wildcats in scoring with 15.2 points per game, followed by super-senior forward David N’Gussan with 14.2 points and 6.8 rebounds.
With the shot clock winding down, Drake’s Mitch Mascari leans in for a 3-pointers — he’s now 5-for-5 — and K-State falls behind 29-9.
With 7:39 left in the half, K-State still hasn’t cracked double digits, trailing Drake, 25-8. Drake is 9 of 15 from the floor, including 4 of 7 from 3 — Mitch Mascari 4-for-4 — while the Wildcats are 4 of 15 and have been outrebounded 11-6 and turned the ball over four times.
Drake has hit 5 of 9 shots and has assisted on each basket, and leads 14-4 with 11:48 left in the half.
K-State is 2 of 10, 0-for-5 from 3, with three turnovers.
Mobi Ikegwuruka, who had been sidelined with an injury, was the first Wildcat off the bench along with Dug McDaniel for David Castillo at the point two minutes into the game.
Drake races to a 9-0 lead, forcing Jerome Tang to burn a timeout with 15:27 left in the half. The Wildcats are 0 of 5 shooting, including three 3-pointers, and have turned the ball over twice.
Drake, on the other hand, is 4 of 6 with a 3-pointer and looks like the better team so far and it’s not close.
Freshman David Castillo gets his first start for K-State
The Kansas State point guard merry-go-round continues to spin. True freshman David Castillo gets his first career start tonight against Drake, making him the Wildcats’ third point guard to open a game this season.
CJ Jones started eight of the previous nine games and Dug McDaniel one. Interestingly, Castillo played just two minutes the last time out in the Wildcats’ 88-71 loss at St. John’s.
The other starters for the Wildcats tonight are the usual: guards Brendan Hausen and Max Jones, with Coleman Hawkins and David N’Guessan at forward.
Kansas State vs Drake game time today
- Date: Tuesday, Dec. 17
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Location: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.
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Kansas State vs Drake prediction
K-State is a slim favorite and desperate for a victory to build momentum heading into Big 12 play, but Drake has outscored its opponents by nearly 20 points per game and ranks second nationally in scoring defense. Give a slight edge to the Bulldogs.
Prediction: Drake 70, Kansas State 65
Kansas State vs Drake betting odds
Game lines and odds from BetMGM as of Tuesday afternoon:
- Spread: Kansas State -1.5
- Over/under: 134.5 points
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Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.
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