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Kansas, front and center
Jerry Wang/KANSAN
1) Coach Bill Self speaks with ESPN College GameDay
host Rece Davis. Self spoke about the impact of Lisa
Robinsons passing on the teamas a whole.
2) A crowd of Kansas fans holds up signs during the
flming of College GameDay at Allen Fieldhouse
Saturday morning. Saturday was also Kansas 150th
birthday.
3) Approximately 6,000 Kansas fans cheer on as the
College GameDay showaired fromAllen Fieldhouse.
Saturday was the fourth time Allen Fieldhouse
hosted College GameDay in the shows seven-year
history.
4) College GameDay host Digger Phelps dances with
the KU dance teamto Michael Jacksons hit Dont
StopTil You Get Enoughduring ESPNs College
GameDay Saturday morning. Approximately 6,000
fans attended the showsponsored by State Farm.
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When freshman sprinter
Diamond Dixon took her mark for
the womens 400-meter race at the
Jayhawk Classic on Friday, it was
no secret that a former Olympian
lined up a few feet away.
Dixon battled alumnus and
Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
sprinter Nickesha Anderson the
entire way but crossed the fin-
ish line four one-hundredths of
a second behind. Second place,
but also the second fastest time in
school history.
Diamond showed her a lot of
respect at the beginning of the
race, coach Stanley Redwine said,
but with someone that good you
have to show that respect.
Twenty-six schools competed
inside Anschutz Sports Pavilion
where the Kansas Track and Field
team took home eight individual
titles and placed first in all four
relay events.
Sophomore sprinter Denesha
Morris won the 60-meter dash for
the third time this season. Her
time of 7.47 was a personal best
and third fastest time in school
history. She later ran the third
leg for the winning 4x400 relay
team with Dixon, senior Kendra
Bradley and sophomore Taylor
Washington.
All-American junior Rebeka
Stowe won the womens 3000-
meter race, followed closely by
senior Amanda Miller. It was the
first time this season Stowe ran
the event.
Sophomore Kyle Clemons won
the mens 400-meter event in
48.27. He too ran the event for the
first time this season.
In the 600-meter race senior
Keron Toussaint looked strong for
the men. Still, his first place time
of 1:21.18 left him hungry.
I really liked my time,
Toussaint said. Of course I would
have liked to run faster but thats
what it is like in every race.
The men finished first and sec-
ond in the mile race. Freshman
Josh Munsch took first, less than
five seconds ahead of redshirt
sophomore Austin Bussing. The
two would team up later to take
first in the distance medley relay
along with freshman Brendan
Soucie and sophomore Sean
Proehl.
For the women, sophomore
Kyra Kilwein took second in the
mile run.
Also impressive were senior
Nick Caprario and freshman Dalen
Fink. Caprario blew away the field
in the 3000 meter run. He finished
19 seconds over the next runner.
Fink brought home the victory in
the 800-meter run.
In the 4x400 relay, fresh-
man Nicholas Seckfort, sopho-
more Derrick Perry, junior Isaac
Bradshaw and freshman Alex
Hermes took first.
All in all, Redwine liked what
he saw.
I thought we ran really well as
a team, he said. Were continuing
to get better week by week and we
are very excited with what hap-
pened today.
Inside the track on Ray Evans
Field, freshman thrower Jessica
Maroszek won the shot put com-
petition.
Sophomore thrower Mason
Finley, who posted an NCAA sea-
son high in shot put last week,
didnt participate and said he was
just hanging out..
The team will compete in the
New Balance Collegiate Invitational
in New York on Feb. 4 and 5. After
four consecutive meets at home,
the team will not race in Lawrence
again until the Kansas Relays, an
outdoor event in April.
Edited by Corey Thibodeaux
KANSAN.COM / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / MONdAy, jANuAry 31, 2011 / SPORTS / 9A
Jayhawks fnish with 12 titles
BY ETHAN PADWAY
[email protected]
The womens basketball team
lost its fifth straight game, 65-60
to Kansas State Saturday. The
Jayhawks have lost six of their
last seven games to Kansas State.
Sophomore forward Carolyn
Davis fell into foul trouble early
and was able to play just 19 min-
utes of the game.
Davis entered the game as
Kansas leading scorer, averaging
17.5 points per game, but was
called for two quick fouls and did
not score in the first half. Davis
ended the game with just nine
points and one rebound.
It was tough to sit on the
bench that long. I tried to stay in
the game by cheering my team-
mates on, Davis said in a press
release.
The Jayhawks had to count on
senior forward Kristen Boogaard
to make up the minutes lost by
Davis while she was on the bench.
Red shirt freshman forward Tania
Jackson was also called upon to
take up some of Davis minutes
while she was on the bench.
Boogaard scored eight points for
the Jayhawks.
I was helping Krysten
(Boogaard) and coaching her. I
knew coming out in the second
half I was fresh and I knew I had
to come out and be the player I
had to be for my team, Davis said
in a press release.
Fouls affected the whole team.
Kansas leading scorer, sopho-
more guard Monica Engelman,
and Jackson also fouled out of the
game. Engleman scored 18 points
in the game.
Boges (Krysten Boogaard)
came in and gave us three for
five which helps and we still
tried to run some things for her.
We go back to Monnie (Monica
Engleman) a little bit and some
screening action for her and we
get Tania (Jackson) in a post-up
once, coach Bonnie Henrickson
said in a press release.
Despite solid contributions
from the bench, the Jayhawks
could not overcome the absence
of Davis.
A big chunk of the play card is
her primary look and her second-
ary looks but that happens and we
have got to learn from it and she
will learn from that and not get
into foul trouble. That is a help-
less feeling having to sit there and
do nothing. She had some team-
mates around her that stepped up
and tried to hold on until she got
back into the game, Henrickson
said in a press release.
Edited by Becca Harsch
Womens basketball falls into foul trouble
BY MIKE LAVIERI
[email protected]
twitter.com/kansanbball
The events of this past week
have shown that there is more to
life than basketball.
Last weekend it was the death
of Thomas Robinsons mother.
This weekend was another
glimpse into the meaning of
something bigger. Not only
did Robinson return to Kansas
lineup, but also, coaches across
the country laced up their gym
shoes against cancer. It was part
of Coaches vs. Cancers annual
Suits and Sneakers weekend.
Everybody wore sneakers and
I thought mine matched my suit
tonight, Self said.
The coaches and their staff
were encouraged to wear sneak-
ers for the support of cancer
awareness. Former Missouri
coach Norm Stewart started the
Coaches vs. Cancer in 1993 after
surviving colon cancer.
Coaches for Cancer, its a cool
deal, because, obviously Coach
Stewart had as much to do with
the beginning of it as anybody,
Self said. But to be a part of
something that has affected so
many is always a good thing.
The Coaches vs. Cancer
Mission (from the National
Association of Basketball Coaches
website):
To increase cancer aware-
ness and promote healthy living
among students, faculty, school
staff, fans, and the community at
large, through year-round aware-
ness efforts, fundraising activities,
and advocacy programs.
On Saturday, coach Bill Self
and Kansas State coach Frank
Martin were two of the many
coaches across the country who
participated.
Martin said it is huge for him
to be a part of something like
this.
Cancers that dreaded evil,
Martin said. Weve been trying
as a society, across the world, to
fight it and overcome it and weve
made tremendous progress, but
every other incredible disease
thats existed, weve found a cure
for.
According to the American
Cancer Society, there were
1,529,560 new cases of cancer
in the United States in 2010, It
reported that 13,550 of the cases
were in Kansas.
Self said Coaches vs. Cancer
helps people because it brings
attention to the disease. Martin
agrees and wants to use his posi-
tion in college basketball to bring
light to cancer.
I can tell you as coaches were
competitors and we are very unit-
ed in trying to do everything that
we can because of the stage that
we live on. [Were committed] to
do everything we can to fight that
thing, Martin said.
Edited by Sean Tokarz
Coaches lace up to fght cancer
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Fredette shoots past competition
moRNINg bREW
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ou can talk all you want about
Kemba Walker or Marcus Morris,
but the statistical anomaly of
the 2010-2011 college basketball season is
Jimmer Fredette.
The 62, 195-pound guard from Glens
Falls, N.Y., was not highly-touted out of high
school. He was a three-star player, according
to rivals, and he did not have one scholarship
offer from a BCS program.
The senior at BYU is putting up Stephen
Curry-esque numbers for the Cougars this
season. Fredette is playing 34.2 minutes a
game and averaging 27.6 points a game. The
amazing thing about Fredettes numbers are
the field goal percentages he has, to go along
with the large number of points he has been
scoring.
Fredette is shooting 48.1 percent from the
field and 43.4 percent from the three-point
line. He has not been shying away from tak-
ing long-range shots, either. He has taken
164 threes and made 69 of them. Compare
that to only 108 threes taken by Tyrel Reed,
who is shooting at 38 percent this season.
It now appears The Jimmer has fully
caught the eye of ESPN and the media.
The Thursday morning headline under the
ESPN home page for NCAA Basketball read
The Aztecs get Jimmered. Fredette has also
been blowing up on twitter.com, and Sports
Illustrated writer Seth Davis recently joked
about Fredettes amazing ability, saying, The
Jimmer doesnt flush toilets, he simply scares
the crap out of them.
Sportscaster Dick Vitale was more serious
when he posted his tweet on twitter.com, say-
ing, Get the PoY trophy 4 Jimmer-Fredette
time vs San Diego St @RealJayWIlliam 43
baby!
Translation: Jimmer Fredette deserves the
Player of the Year award after his 43-point
performance against #4 San Diego State.
Its hard to disagree with Mr. Vitale. Sorry
Kemba, but Fredette has been putting on
one hell of a show. Its one thing to put up
these incredible numbers against some of
the lesser competetion BYU faces, but The
Jimmer has been saving his best perfor-
mances for the Cougars biggest games.
In a game BYU won against Arizona
earlier in the season, , Fredette finished
with 33 points and nine rebounds. Against
Utah, who has been struggling this season,
Fredette put up an impressive 47 points and
had six assists. And recently, when the one-
loss Cougars knocked off undefeated San
Diego State, Jimmer contributed 43 points to
the BYU victory.
After watching Fredettes mesmerizing
performance against San Diego State, NBA
star Kevin Durant also chimed in on the
compelling game. Jimmer Fredette is the
best scorer in the world!!, Durant said on
twitter.com
So this is a warning in advance for Jayhawk
Nation:if the Jayhawks happen to face off
against the Cougars in the tourney, Fredette
could and most certainly would create some
major issues for the Jayhawks.
Yes, the Jayhawks have good defenders to
throw at Fredette, like Tyshawn Taylor and
Brady Morningstar, but the Jayhawks have
given up big points to guards throughout
the year. Texas guard JCovan Brown had 23
points against Kansas, and Iowa State guard
Diante Garrett had 27.
If the Jayhawks want to go far in the tour-
ney this year, they better either hope they
dont face BYU, or learn how to shut down
strong guards.
Jimmer Fredette is the best player in the
country, and he will most certainly create
major problems for all of his opponents from
here on out.
Edited by Amanda Sorell
By mike vernon
[email protected]
QUoTE oF THE DAY
Talent is God-given, be humble.
Fame is man-given, be grateful.
Conceit is self-given, be careful.
John Wooden
FACT oF THE DAY
The 11 three-point attempts
against Kansas State ties a season
low.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA oF THE DAY
Q: How many seasons in a
row have the now 20-1 Jay-
hawks won 20 or more games?
A: Twenty two.
Kansas Athletics
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mens basketball
Texas Tech
8 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas
WEDNESDAY
Womens basketball
Colorado
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Lawrence
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Track
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drake university
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right-hand of each page. Pressing
the button brings Mr. Vitale right
to the hands of children.
Give me a high fve baby! the
book sounds as he pressed the but-
ton for a demonstration. He says
it is really important to have the
right attitude when beginning to
read, and he feels his book will
give kids that attitude.
He soon plans on having a moti-
vational book for 7 to 12 year-olds
that will address the importance
of pride and passion in life. Tese
qualities can be seen on his face
and heard in his voice whenever
he talks. Not just about basketball,
but anything under the sun.
What I do is so small on the
scale of importance of life, he said
before getting called by producers
for his ESPN spot, but what I do,
I do to the best of my ability. I do it
with my heart and my spirit.
Tats who he is, ftting that this
is the man behind the voice.
Back to what he came to Law-
rence for. Basketball. A rivalry.
Easy subject to transition to for
him.
He not only has called games
for years, but he was a successful
college and professional coach and
was inducted into the Naismith
Memorial Hall of Fame in 2008.
Although he didnt have a predic-
tion for the game on Saturday, he
did relate to someone elses opin-
ion of the Sunfower Showdown.
Lately you almost have to agree
with Tyshawn Taylor when he said
Wheres our rivalry? To me, you
gotta win your share of games,
I mean for a rivalry fan wise, ex-
citement, yes, but scoring wise its
been all Kansas.
He must know what he is talk-
ing about. Kansas outscored Kan-
sas State by 24 points.
Afer he had fnished his dinner,
some of it ending up on his shirt
being that he was in a rush, he be-
gan talking with some friends who
had come to town for the game. He
told them they were really going
to enjoy this place--Allen Field-
house--as he was slowly corralled
out of the room by producers.
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Thousands of Jayhawk fans flled Allen Fieldhouse Saturday for ESPN College GameDay. Saturday
marked the fourth time Allen Fieldhouse hosted College GameDay in the shows seven-year history.
ESPN College GameDay in the Phog
gameday | 8a
BY KATHLEEN GIER
[email protected]
Kansas played much of the
game without sophomore for-
ward Carolyn Davis who ran
into early foul trouble with no
points and two fouls at the end
of the first half. She has been
leading the Jayhawks in scoring
this season.
Sophomore Monica Engelman
stepped up and scored 18 points
to lead Kansas in this game.
It was tough to sit on the
bench that long, Davis said
in the post-game press confer-
ence.
Fouls doomed the Jayhawks
as three players fouled out and
the Wildcats were allowed 30
attempts at the free-throw line.
Without a significant inside
game, the Jayhawks never led
the game and claimed
a season low in defen-
sive rebounds.
In a rivalry game on
the road, Kansas con-
tinued their five-game
slide with a 65-60
loss to Kansas State
University. Kansas fell
to 14-7 on the season
and 1-6 in conference
play.
Engelman had a
strong game overall,
pulling down five
rebounds and adding
two assists. Engelman
kept the Jayhawks in
the game with con-
sistency on both sides
of the floor with 8-11
shooting.
I feel like I stayed
pretty confident in
my teammates and I
feel like for myself I
stepped up, Engelman
said after the game. I
did not feel like there
was any burden for
me to score.
The Jayhawks were aggressive
in a game where they established
an eight-player rotation and all
eight players scored at least one
basket in a 45.3 percent effort
from field goal range.
Kansas only recorded 11
turnovers, the lowest in the last
13 games. This is an issue the
Jayhawks have been working on
all season and are finally start-
ing to see results.
I felt like
we made
some prog-
ress from
a couple of
standpoi nts
and compet-
ing in the
long run,
coach Bonnie
Henri ckson
said. I think that we learned
to do our job and embrace our
rolls.
Next game, Kansas will host
Colorado on Wednesday at 7
p.m. The Jayhawks garnered
their only conference vic-
tory against the Buffaloes in
Boulder.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
BY TIM DWYER
[email protected]
Wayne Simien, arguably the
best post player in Kansas history
not named Wilt Chamberlain, saw
his jersey hung in the rafters at
halftime Saturday night. How fit-
ting, then, that it was Kansas
current post players, at least one
of whom has an excellent chance
of hanging his own jersey in those
rafters someday, that carried the
torch for Kansas in a 90-66 shel-
lacking of rival Kansas State.
And as good as the Morris
twins were very good: 30
points on 12-of-16 shooting and
18 rebounds Saturday was once
again about Thomas Robinson.
But this time it was about his pres-
ence on the court just as much as
the tumult hes endured off of it.
This was an
extra special
game, coach
Bill Self said,
not because it
was K-State, but
because it was
the first game
that hes had an
opportunity to
really play for
his mother.
It was unclear whether
Robinson would even play until
late Thursday night, but some-
how, after losing his mother Lisa
and both his maternal grandpar-
ents, he played. Then, sporting a
black and white LR patch on his
left shoulder, he put on the per-
formance of his career, finishing
with 17 points on 7-of-11 shoot-
ing and nine boards.
I played tonight because I cant
sit around for too long, Robinson
said. I know my mother wouldnt
want me to sit around crying for-
ever.
After struggling in the early
going, missing a dunk and a cou-
ple shots from in close, Robinson
found his range early in the sec-
ond half. With four points on
two consecutive possessions five
minutes after the half, Robinson
jacked up an 18-footer he
called it a heat check which
under normal circumstances
would have found him deeply
ensconced on the bench shortly
after. But Saturday wasnt nor-
mal, so when the heat check
went in, Self laughed it off, like
he laughed off the technical
Robinson picked up after hang-
ing on the rim too long after a
dunk.
That was a special deal for
him, Self said. And of course
the fans here are incredible, how
they recognized him when he
checked in and how they recog-
nized him when he checked out.
Thats a special moment. Thats
one that hell never forget.
Collectively, it was the best
performance
of the season,
e s p e c i a l l y
consi deri ng
that Kansas
States front-
court, even
after all the
Wi l d c a t s
struggles, is
regarded as
one of the
best in the Big 12. For Kansas to
lay down a 24-point beating, it
took a near-perfect effort from
the Morris twins and Thomas
Robinson.
And near perfect is what they
gave. Aside from the domi-
nant offensive performance,
the Jayhawks frontcourt stifled
the Wildcat posts, who totaled
just 15 points among the four
of them.
Our bigs were really good,
Self said.
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Jayhawks win big in extra special
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Sophomore forwardThomas Robinson attempts a layup against the Wildcats. Robinson shot 7-11, scoring 17 total points Saturday night.
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BY NICO ROESLER
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Entering the room, there was not
a person who didnt receive a greet-
ing. Strong handshake, a warm,
somewhat loud, Hey how are ya!
in a voice instantly recognizable
not for its clarity or sharpness, but
for its rough, three-days-of-yelling-
without-a-drink-of-water quality.
Dick Vitale, Dickie V, or as one
of his friends pronounced it Vi-ta-
ley, like an Italian word for vital-
ity (actually vi-
talit), returned
to Lawrence
on Saturday to
commentate the
Kansas vs. Kan-
sas State game.
More specifcal-
ly, he returned
to Allen Field-
house where he
reveled in the spirit and atmosphere
that he calls a top fve venue in
the country (he doesnt like to rank
these things).
I still get goose bumps in this
place when they start that Rock
Chalk chant, Vitale said afer liken-
ing Allen Field House to other hall-
mark sports facilities like Wrigley
Field and Fenway Park.
He said the passion that comes
from the city of Lawrence as a whole
for the University makes it one of
the few true college towns in his
opinion.
Although his trips through Law-
rence are normally packaged like
the chicken dinner he was hustling
to eat before appearing on ESPN for
his pre-game analysis-- everything
is pre-planned and oprganized to
a T--he is reminded every time he
goes home about his trips to Law-
rence.
Sitting just to the right of his desk
in his home ofce sits a two-foot-tall
bronze statue of a Jayhawk. He was
surprised with this gif at halfime
of a Kansas game three years ago.
He said it was a complete surprise
and was a touching moment in his
long career.
Imagine, Vitale joined ESPN in
1979 and called the frst ever college
basketball game televised on the
network. College basketball, along
with its passion, has always been
accompanied with Vitales voice on
ESPN.
And hes not slowing down.
Passion is vital, Vitale said.
Te day comes I dont have that
excitement for sitting here and be-
ing courtside, nobody is going to
have to tell me, Ill wake up that one
morning, grab the phone, call my
boss, partys over.
But for now, hes never been bet-
ter. He said he could match the en-
ergy of any young fan in the stands
of Allen Fieldhouse. His passion, his
lifes work, has now also turned into
a way to reach out to people.
He tours the country giving mo-
tivational speeches and his message
is simple. Passion is the key to suc-
cess. If you are passionate about
what you do, good things are going
to happen, he said.
One of the things Vitale has been
fervent about is his contributions
and role with raising money for pe-
diatric cancer research and the V
Foundation for Cancer Research,
named afer legendary North Caro-
lina coach, Jim Valvano.
Last year Vitale published Dick-
ie Vs ABCs and 1-2-3s. Proceeds
from the childrens book designed to
give kids a fun start with reading go
to the V Foundation. He was happy
to go through the book flled with il-
lustrations and a bright orange bas-
ketball with a button in it on the top
Vitales
heart is
bigger than
his voice
Vitale
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Sophomore guard Brittany Chambers faces of with a KU defender. The Womens Basketball teambeat Kansas 65-60 Saturday, Jan. 29, in Bramlage Colliseum.
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I know my mother
wouldnt want me to sit
around crying forever.
ThoMas RoBInson
Kansas forward
Davis