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04/15/2013 Travis Releford and Jeff Withey Named Mr. Jayhawk at Kansas Men's Basketball BanquetA capacity crowd honor KU's 2012-13 season 03/29/2013 Kansas Run Ends with Loss to Michigan in Sweet 16Jayhawks fall in overtime 03/29/2013 Postgame NotesMichigan 87, Kansas 85 03/28/2013 Kansas Practices, Meets with Media Inside Cowboys StadiumJayhawks continue preparation for Sweet 16 match-up with Michigan 03/26/2013 No. 1 Seed Kansas to Face No. 4 Seed Michigan Friday at 6:37 p.m. in Sweet 16Cowboys Stadium set for 42K for Sweet 16/Elite Eight in Arlington, Texas 03/28/2013 NCAA Tournament - Jayhawks Prepped for Michigan03/16/2013 Big 12 Tournament Highlights vs. K-State03/07/2013 MBB Previews Baylor03/05/2013 Postgame Interviews - Texas Tech03/02/2013 Postgame Interviews - West Virginia02/25/2013 Kansas vs. Iowa State (AP)Kansas vs. Iowa State (AP) 02/20/2013 Men's Basketball vs. Oklahoma StateNo. 9 Kansas defeated the No. 14 Cowboys 68-67 02/06/2013 No. 5 Kansas vs. TCUNo. 5 Kansas vs. TCU 01/28/2013 Kansas vs. West Virginia (AP)Kansas vs. West Virginia (AP) 01/19/2013 Kansas vs. Texas - AP PhotosKansas vs. Texas - AP Photos (1/19/13)
Johnson 2010-11 in PDF Format Junior Season (2011-12): Started in 38 of 39 games... Averaged 32.2 minutes, 10.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game for the Jayhawks... Ranked second on the team in assists and third in scoring... His 3.5 assists per game ranked ninth in the Big 12... He scored a career-high 26 points in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship versus Texas A&M (3/8)... Recorded his first career double-double in the Final Four versus Ohio State (3/31) with 13 points and 10 rebounds... Scored in double-figures on 20 different occasions in 2011-12... Dished out three or more assists 25 times during the season... Recorded a season-high eight assists on two different occasions with the most recent coming against Missouri (2/4)... Led the team with 55 steals on the season, which ranked fifth in the Big 12... Johnson also led the team in three pointers made (69) and attempted (204)... He saved his best performances for the end of the season as he scored in double-figures in the final eight games of the season... Played 36 minutes in the National Championship versus Kentucky and finished with 13 points, two rebounds and two assists. Sophomore Season (2010-11):Played in 36 of 38 games, earning six starts... Averaged 13.7 minutes, 3.7 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game for the Jayhawks... Scored a career-high 15 points in a 30 minute outing against Oklahoma State (2/21), hitting 4-of-4 from three-point range... Shot 50 percent or better from the field in 15 games... Recorded three or more assists in eight games... Dished out a season-high seven assists in just his second game of the season against Texas A&M CC (11/23).
High School:Guided Cheyenne High School to a 21-3 record in 2008-09 averaging 15.9 points, 4.8 assists and 4.0 rebounds as a senior... A first team all-state, all-city and all-region selection his sophomore, junior and senior seasons... As a junior, averaged 15.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 8.9 assists in guiding Cheyenne High to the Nevada state championship game where it fell to Reno... Scored 26 points in the first quarter of his first game his junior season... Coached by Teral Fair and Bruce Gator while at Cheyenne... Rated the No. 24 recruit in Rivals.com's final ratings, No. 28 by ESPNU 100 and No. 29 by Scout.com for 2009... Rated the fifth-best point guard by Rivals.com... Signed an NLI with Kansas in November 2008. Off the Court:Full name is Elijah K. Johnson... Born in Gary, Ind... Major is undecided... Father is Marcus Johnson... Has a younger brother... Uncle, Pierre, played professional baseball, including a stint with the Philadelphia Phillies. |











Freshman Season (2009-10):Appeared in 23 games with two starts... Averaged 6.6 minutes, 2.4 points and 1.3 assists his first season... Shot 55.3 percent from the field going 21-for-38 for the season... Had seven games with 10-plus minutes... Pulled down three or more rebounds in three contests and averaged 1.0 rpg... Had six games where he shot 66.7 percent or better... In his first start, scored a season-high 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting against Radford (12/9)... Also started the game following Radford against LaSalle (12/12)... Set the KU season high for assists with nine versus Alcorn State (12/2)... Went 4-for-5 with eight points and four rebounds in the season opener against Hofstra (11/13).





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