Naadir Tharpe
Position: Guard ▪ Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 170
School: Kansas
Career: 69 G, 3.4 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 1.9 APG
News -- May 2013
- 5/20 KC Kingdom: Tarik Black Transfers to Kansas: One week after the commitment of Andrew Wiggins to Kansas, Bill Self has added Memphis transfer Tarik Black, according to CBS...
News -- March 2013
- 3/30 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Suffer Sweet Sixteen Collapse: In the first half against Michigan, Kansas shot 68%, a blistering start unlike their previous two NCAA Tournament games. Going...
- 3/25 KC Kingdom: 2013 NCAA Tournament: Kansas Uses Big Second Half to Defeat North Carolina: For a one seed, Kansas has had its warts, and all of them were on display in the first half of their 70-58 win over North Carolina....
- 3/19 StoopSports.com: By The Numbers: Conference Tournaments: Tim Israel- 68 teams get the privilege of seeing their name in the NCAA Tournament Bracket each year. That’s at most 1,020,...
- 3/18 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Earn #1 Seed; Play In Kansas City: Despite a brutal 3-game losing streak in February that included a loss to an awful TCU Horned Frog team, the Kansas Jayhawks were...
- 3/16 KC Kingdom: KU Handles K-State To Earn Big XII Title, Possible 1 Seed.: Kansas (29-5) used stifling defense and a second half run to beat K-State (27-7) and win the Big Twelve title. With the win, Kansas...
- 3/2 KC Kingdom: (Another) Career Day From Ben McLemore Leads Kansas to Victory Over West Virginia: Ben McLemore led the way with a career high 36 points, while Kansas shot 56.7% as a team in a commanding 91-65 victory over West...
News -- February 2013
- 2/26 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks’ Elijah Johnson Too Strong For Iowa State’s Magic: Forty minutes doesn’t seem to be enough to contain a Kansas/Iowa State matchup. For the second time this year, Kansas and...
- 2/24 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Avenge Loss By Dominating TCU: The first time Kansas faced the TCU Horned Frogs, it took them over seven minutes to get on the scoreboard and they finished with...
- 2/21 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Win Wild One in Stillwater in Double Overtime: Naadir Tharpe stepped in after Elijah Johnson fouled out with three minutes left in the first overtime. All he did from there...
- 2/19 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks To Host Top Recruit Andrew Wiggins: Kansas Jayhawkcoach Bill Self is trying really hard to improve his number two ranked recruiting class for the 2013-2014 season. ...
- 2/16 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Men’s Basketball Does the Harlem Shake: I need to offer a disclaimer. I’m still not sure I understand this internet meme, but I also can’t help being entertained...
- 2/10 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Drop Third Straight; Fanbase Panics: First, the good news. Despite losing at Oklahoma on Saturday, Kansas is still 19-4 this season. Despite their third straight loss,...
- 2/7 KC Kingdom: Kansas Jayhawks Implode Against TCU Horned Frogs: With 12:42 left in the first half, Jamari Traylor made a short jumper after a pass from Ben McLemore. They were the Jayhawks’...
- 2/3 KC Kingdom: Kansas Drops Home Game to Oklahoma State, Snaps Streak: Entering Saturday’s game against the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Kansas Jayhawks had a 33 game winning streak at home. Under...
News -- January 2013
- 1/27 KC Kingdom: Kansas Extends Winning Streak to Seventeen After Win Over Oklahoma: It was more of the same at Allen Fieldhouse during the Kansas Jayhawks 67-54 win over the Oklahoma Sooners. Ben McLemore hit his...
- 1/20 KC Kingdom: Kansas Messes With Texas But Lives to Tell the Tale: They’re not all masterpieces. At one point in the second half of Kansas’s 64-59 win on Saturday at Texas, they turned...
- 1/15 KC Kingdom: Jayhawks Defense Overwhelms Baylor in Victory But Ben McLemore Injures Ankle: With 3:58 left in Kansas’s 61-44 win over Baylor, Ben McLemore nailed a three-pointer to the delight of the home crowd. After...
- 1/12 KC Kingdom: Kansas Keeps Rolling Behind Kevin Young: After one half of play, it looked like the Kansas Jayhawks were in line for a letdown after their thrilling Ben McLemore Leads...
- 1/9 KC Kingdom: Ben McLemore Leads Kansas to Overtime Victory Over Iowa State: Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Kansas needs three to tie, dribbles to the corner, hands it off and hits the shot to go...
News -- December 2012
- 12/30 KC Kingdom: Hot Shooting, Good Defense Equal an Easy Kansas Jayhawks Win: Behind the best shooting night of the season so far, the Kansas Jayhawks dominated the American University Eagles on 89-57 Saturday...
- 12/23 KC Kingdom: Ben McLemore Soars in Kansas Win at Ohio State: At one point in Saturday’s win, Ben McLemore shot a jumper from the top of the key that bounced high off the back iron twice...
- 12/19 KC Kingdom: Kansas Dominates Richmond Behind Big Jeff Withey Night: In 2004, Richmond came to Allen Fieldhouse and shocked the Kansas Jayhawks, taking home a 69-68 win. It’s one of just seven...
- 12/10 KC Kingdom: Just Like Old Times: Kansas Jayhawks Rout Colorado: Kansas scored 20 of the first 25 points in their first matchup with old Big XII rival Colorado since their departure to the Pac-12...