Kansas running back James Sims has been suspended for the first three games of the 2012 season after being charged with driving under the influence, according to ESPN.com.

Sims has led the Jayhawks in rushing in each of his first two seasons in Lawrence was released on bail early Sunday morning.

“Every player on our team knows and understands our rules and regulations,” Kansas coach Charlie Weis said in a release, according to the report. “They also know the consequences for violations.”

Sims has rushed for 18 career touchdowns for the Jayhawks.

Kansas junior running back James Sims was arrested early Sunday on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence, according to a report in the Lawrence Journal-World.

Sims, 20, was arrested on campus on Jayhawk Boulevard shortly after 2:15am on Sunday, which was confirmed by the Kansas associate athletic director Jim Marchiony.

Back in January, Kansas head coach Charlie Weis had dismissed ten players from the team, including highly-recruited freshman running back Darrian Miller.  With the team already running thin at the position, the Jayhawks are now faced with the decision to discipline Sims. Marchiony confirmed to the paper that the team will handle Sim’s discipline internally.

In his last two seasons with the Jayhawks, Sims rushed for 1,469 yards and 18 touchdowns, starting in all 12 games last season.

It already wasn’t a very well-kept secret, and now even less so: Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has told ESPN.com’s Andy Katz that Thomas Robinson is entering the NBA draft.

Robinson’s intentions have been known around Lawrence, Kans., for the last month, but the junior power forward will make it official in a news conference at 12:30 p.m. Eastern tomorrow at Allen Fieldhouse.

Robinson averaged 17.9 points and 11.8 rebounds per game this season for the Jayhawks, leading them to a regular-season Big 12 title and a berth in the national championship game as well. Kansas lost 67-59 to Kentucky on Monday.

Robinson was a first team All-American and an All-NCAA Tournament selection. He is projected to be a top-five pick in the draft in June.

Thomas Robinson had a storybook season at Kansas, leading the Jayhawks all the way to the NCAA championship game, but he may decide to leave it all behind. Jeff Goodman of CBS says Robinson is mulling over whether to stay at KU for a senior season or leave for the NBA, and a decision is coming tomorrow:

Kansas star Thomas Robinson (@TRobinson0) told CBSSports.com he will announce his decision tomorrow morning.

—
Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) April 08, 2012

Robinson, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound power forward, is projected to be a top-five pick in a stacked NBA draft class if he comes out. He averaged 17.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game for the Jayhawks in his junior season.

Robinson was a first-team All-American for a Kansas team that advanced to the national title game against Kentucky last week, losing a heartbreaker 67-59.

According to their official athletics store website, the Kansas Jayhawks have already won the 2012 NCAA Championship.  Hours before the Jayhawks take on the Kentucky Wildcats tonight, the Kansas athletics store is currently selling t-shirts crowning the Jayhawks as champions, according to CBS St. Louis.

“Congratulations Kansas Jayhawks on the 2012 Final Four Championship!” the website states.  “Show your team pride with this Kansas Jayhawks 2012 Mens Basketball Nothin But Net Champ Tee.”

The t-shirts are still posted for sale on the KU Store website for $19.99.

The championship game between Kansas and Kentucky is scheduled at 9 p.m. ET tonight on CBS.

Danny Manning, one of the best players in Kansas men’s basketball history, is leaving his position as a Jayhawks assistant coach to become a head coach at the University of Tulsa, according to ESPN’s Neil Everett.

Manning, 45, has been an assistant at Kansas since March 2007 and is finishing his ninth season on the coaching staff. He replaces exiting Tulsa coach Doug Wojcik, who missed the NCAA Tournament for six consecutive seasons and was fired on March 11.

Manning is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in Kansas history, amassing 2,951 points and 1,187 boards between 1984 and ’88. He was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft and went on to have a 15-year pro career.

For the moment, Manning is still an assistant under Bill Self at Kansas — the Jayhawks play Ohio State in the Final Four on Saturday night.

Houston Rockets rookie Marcus Morris was ticketed early yesterday morning for his involvement in a barfight, according to a local TV report in Lawrence, Kans.

Morris, in Lawrence to catch the game between his alma mater Kansas and rival Missouri, was spotted in an altercation late Saturday night at The Cave in Lawrence. Officers were called to the establishment at 2:37 a.m., and Morris was one of two men ticketed.

“A male employee was allegedly punched by another man after a verbal dispute turned physical,” police spokeswoman Kim Murphree told Channel 6 News in Lawrence. “Another man allegedly punched the employee from behind.”

Morris is now scheduled to appear in Lawrence Municipal Court on March 20.

The Kansas Jayhawks will name current Florida offensive coordinator Charlie Weis head coach, the school announced Thursday. There will be a press conference Friday.

Weis’ first head coaching job came in 2005 when he took over Notre Dame. He went 35-27 in five years in South Bend, before being fired in 2009. Weis then spent 2010 as the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, then taking the same position at Florida under new head coach Will Muschamp. The Gators were a disappointing 6-6 in Muschamp’s first year.

Often hailed an offensive genius, Weis’ Gators ranked 102nd in total offense in 2011. He will inherit a program at Kansas that was 2-10 this season under head coach Turner Gill. Gill finished his Jayhawk career 5-19.