BY ANNA ARCHIBALD

aarchibald@kansan.com
Its no secret: A long night out
drinking can lead to late-night
cravings.
Jason Mandel, a sophomore
from Chicago, and Justin Sharkan,
a sophomore from Wilmette, Ill.,
have a plan to capitalize on this
reality or at least try to.
Te two students have decided
to petition the city to keep a hot
dog stand open downtown until
2:30 a.m. afer last call when hun-
gry patrons flter outside, looking
for the nearest place for a bite to
eat. Current city restrictions re-
quire food carts to close at 9 p.m.
We want to put it on Sixth
Street between Massachusetts and
New Hampshire, next to the Safe
Bus stop, said Mandel, a business
major.
Te idea came to Mandel while
visiting his sister at the Univer-
sity of Iowa when he was in high
school.
We would go to the bars at
night and want some food, Man-
del said. Tey had these stands
with hot dogs, shish kebabs, walk-
ing tacos, and they turned out to
be a really popular thing.
He said that once he realized
Lawrence didnt have any food
carts open as late as the bars be-
cause of current regulations, he
could make a similarly successful
venture locally not to mention
make a few extra bucks.
I do like the entrepreneurial
spirit of these two gentlemen, said
city commissioner Lance Johnson.
If theres anyway we can, Id like
to encourage that.
But the enterprise still has a
ways to go. Mandel and Sharkan
submitted a letter of intent and
a business plan to get their idea
started. Tey then met with city
ofcials to write an ordinance that
commissioners will address in the
future.
Mandel projected it would cost
about $4,000 to start the business.
Once things are up and running,
he said, he could possibly hire
other students and keep the stand
open four days a week for four
hours each night.
For now, the two sophomores
wait for a call to plead their case
in front of the commission, which
has not scheduled them yet.
I wouldnt think it would drag
out very long, especially with
spring coming, Johnson said. I
hope we dont hold up the process
too much.
Vice Mayor Mike Amyx said
he didnt know of any existing re-
striction that would prevent the
request from being granted.
I think new ideas are always
difcult for some people to wran-
gle, Amyx said. If it works out in
locations in other cities, then why
not contemplate doing it here?
RESERVATIONS
Mandel said the downtown
business association, Downtown
Lawrence, Inc., has expressed con-
cerns about the idea.
Jane Pennington, executive di-
rector of Downtown Lawrence,
Inc., cited safety and unfair com-
petition as two concerns.
Most of the trouble that hap-
pens downtown late at night is
outside of a bar, Pennington said.
If there is congregation outside of
this place, there is the potential to
cause problems.
Pennington said restaurants
and merchants had to pay rent
and property taxes, which puts a
sidewalk stand that doesnt have
to pay the extra costs at an unfair
advantage.
Johnson said that he understood
the concerns about safety and that
more police could be added to the
area to address those concerns.
He and Amyx both said they
didnt think Mandel and Sharkans
food cart would be much competi-
tion to local restaurants.
A person who would be pur-
chasing food from a food cart
would not be the same client that
would stop into a restaurant,
Amyx said.
He said the best way to ap-
proach the proposal is through
compromise.
Tere are reasons why there
is a time restriction, Amyx said.
But I think if certain areas are
identifed where they can sell afer
hours, then maybe thats how we
can come to a middle ground.
Despite the controversy that has
surfaced from his plan, Mandel
said he was still hopeful it would
succeed.
He also said the stand would
give downtown more of a college-
town vibe.
Im kind of surprised Kansas
doesnt already have it, he said.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
BY ELLIOT METZ
emetz@kansan.com
Although Don Gardner doesnt
have a degree from the University,
hes spent more time hiking across
campus than any student.
Gardner is one of the Athletic
Departments class checkers who
ensure athletes regularly attend
classes.
To do this job, youve gotta like
the University of Kansas, youve
gotta like athletes and youve gotta
like walking, Gardner said.
KU Athletics team of class
checkers is made up of 10 retired
individuals from the Lawrence
community who make sure ath-
letes attend class. Checkers wait
outside classrooms for athletes,
who are then expected to sign
in on a clip board. The checkers
are paid part-time employees of
the department, and they work an
average of 18 to 20 hours a week.
According to Paul Buskirk, asso-
ciate athletics director in Student
Athlete Support Services, the first
efforts to make sure athletes were
going to class began in 1995. It
started as student assistants in the
department spot checking a few of
the athletes classes. But in 2003,
the coaches decided they wanted a
more comprehensive process.
When we go to recruit in living
rooms, there are promises made to
parents about the expectations of
being a student athlete, Buskirk
said. The coaches were the ones
who have been very consistently
driving the process.
He then turned to his friend
Gardner to recruit for the depart-
ment. Gardner had his own rea-
sons for taking this particular job.
When I went here, I lived with
football players, and they cut class
a lot, Gardner said. This has
been an awesome program. It
would have helped me and a lot of
the players.
Gardner, a former trainer and
security officer for the department
in the 1980s, began to contact
friends he had met through his
sons Boy Scout troop and other
activities to help with the pro-
gram.
I had retired from Hallmark,
and I needed something to do,
Ken Baldwin, one of the class
checkers, said. So I called up Don
BY ERIN BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
Members of the Student Senate
Finance Committee voted 7-3
Wednesday to cut $1.70 from the
$4 campus media fee and to elimi-
nate the allocation of funds to The
University Daily Kansan.
The cut
would result
in a loss of
$83,200 for
The Kansan,
about 8 per-
cent of its
$1.18 million
annual oper-
ating budget.
The remain-
der of the
budget is used to finance printing
and distribution costs and to pay
employees. Senate would redistrib-
ute the fee money to increase the
student health and transportation
operation fees.
A $1 cut to the newspaper
readership fee that passed the full
Senate last semester is also includ-
ed in the Senates reallocation bill.
Because that cut passed after the
start of the fiscal year, it was held
until this bill.
The full Senate will debate and
vote on the bill to cut the media fee
March 24.
This is the only new cut pro-
posed to the $423.35 semester stu-
dent fees.
Mason Heilman, student body
president, requested the media fee
cut, but he was not present at the
finance committee meeting. Alex
Earles, student executive commit-
tee chairman, spoke in favor of
the cut and read a memo from
Heilman: I, Mason Heilman, will
not sign any campus fee review
bill which does not include a com-
plete elimination of any funding
to any media outlet which actively
reports on the activities of Student
Senate.
Heilman said Tuesday he want-
ed to cut funding to The Kansan
because he was dissatisfied with
the relationship between the news-
paper and Student Senate.
To me, this is one of the most
inappropriate relationships Student
Senate has with any other outside
group, he said Tuesday.
The student media fee currently
funds The Kansan, KJHK-FM,
Kiosk magazine, Comma Splice
magazine and KU Filmworks.
KUJH-TV doesnt receive media
fee funding, but it is partially
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Jason Mandel, a sophomore fromChicago, and Justin Sharkan, a sophomore fromWilmette, Ill., are petitioning the city of Lawrence to have a hot dog stand open until 2:30 a.m. for bar-goers.
The current city restrictions require food carts to close by 9 p.m. And to accommodate students, Mandel said they would try to keep prices for each itemthey would sell under $5.
Taking the franks to the bank
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Bruce Guy, a class checker for the Athletics Department, waits outside a classroomWednesday in Fraser Hall for a student athlete. The depart-
ment employs class checkers to make sure athletes regularly go to class.
Finance
passes
media
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Students ask city
to allow hot dog
cart venture
Class checkers make sure student athletes attend class
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Woman accused of
netting $6 in heist
THERMAL, Calif. They say
crime doesnt pay. For one rob-
ber in California, it did but not
much.
Authorities in Riverside
County say a woman with a gun
robbed 11 customers at a market
and got away with $6.
A Sherifs Department
statement says the woman was
armed with a semi-automatic
pistol when she went to La
Chicanita Market in the town of
Thermal on Tuesday afternoon.
Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela
says the woman confronted 10
customers in the store and also
demanded money from one
person who was entering the
market. She then fed in an old
car.
Associated Press
Emergency test
planned for today
The University plans to test
its emergency communication
system at 12:30 p.m. today.
University ofcials will
broadcast a test over the public
address system, beginning with
a three-second alert tone. A test
broadcast message will follow.
Students and staf are ad-
vised to continue with normal
activities during the test, KU
spokeswoman Jill Jess said in a
prepared statement.
Speakers for the public
address system have been in-
stalled in and around 76 build-
ings, Jess said. The public ad-
dress system allows emergency
dispatchers in the 911 center
to provide voice messages to
an individual building, a group
of buildings or to all equipped
buildings.
Todays test will be can-
celed in the case of inclement
weather.
Kevin Hardy
Governor signs bill
to ban K2 chemicals
Gov. Mark Parkinson on
Wednesday signed HB 2411,
which bans certain chemicals
that are found in the synthetic
drug K2.
The bill will make it illegal
to possess, use or sell these
drugs when it goes into efect,
which will happen once its
printed in the Kansas Register.
The next issue of the Register
is scheduled to be released on
March 18.
This legislation has re-
ceived overwhelming support
by Kansas law enforcement
and the legislature, Parkinson
said in a news release. It will
help improve our communities
by better equipping law en-
forcement ofcers in address-
ing this issue and deterring
Kansans from drug use.
Elliot Metz
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the female shark loses her appetite
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which means we all need
to set our clocks ahead an
hour before going to bed
Saturday night.
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Kansas City plans to
close half its schools
KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Kan-
sas City school board narrowly
approved a plan Wednesday
night to close nearly half the dis-
tricts schools in a desperate bid
to avoid a potential bankruptcy.
The board voted 5-4 after
parents and community lead-
ers made fnal pleas to spare the
schools even as the beleaguered
district seeks to erase a projected
$50 million budget shortfall. The
approved plan calls for shutter-
ing 29 of 61 schools a striking
amount even as public school
closures rise nationwide while the
recession eats away at budgets.
Some parents called for Su-
perintendent John Covingtons
departure after the vote, shout-
ing, He has to go.
Covington, one in a long line
of superintendents, has spent
the past month making the case
to sometimes angry groups of
parents and students that the clo-
sures are necessary. He declined
to discuss the closures after the
meeting but planned to talk at a
news conference Thursday.
Laura Loyacono, 45, the parent
of a 13-year-old girl and 16-year-
old boy, served on a committee
that helped draft the closure
proposal.
Its not an easy thing, Loya-
cono said. We knew going into
it that we would have to close
a signifcant number of schools
because of the budget issues and
because the resources have been
so diluted and so spread out that
I think some of the program qual-
ity has really sufered.
Despite the need, she said no-
body likes to see schools closed.
None of us liked voting for
this, board member and former
desegregation attorney Arthur
Benson said, but it was neces-
sary.
Associated Press
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STUDENT SENATE
$100,000 in group
funding approved
by Annie VAngsnes
anniev@kansan.com
Student Senate finance commit-
tee approved funding for more than
70 student groups for the 2010-
2011 school year Wednesday.
Senate allocated more than
$100,000 to those groups and will
allocate another $85,000 through-
out the school year at its week-
ly meetings. That money comes
from the $15.50 Student Senate fee
that students pay each semester
to finance campus organizations
and events. Students pay a total of
$423.35 in fees each semester.
Treasurer Mitch Knopp, a
senior from Manhattan, said line-
item budget review allows Senate
to plan funding for groups that are
funded annually.
When were allowing groups to
budget that much more in advance,
it gets a better value for students,
Knopp said. It also helps with
officer turnover because it kind of
forces groups to start planning for
next year.
The funding was approved after
12 hours of meetings that took
place at the end of February.
Edited by Anna Archibald
STUDENT GROUPS
SENATE FUNDING
Most student organiza-
tions received a few
hundred dollars in fund-
ing. The top fve highest
funded programs were:
nCenter for Commu-
nity Outreach: $25,645
nJayhawk Motorsports:
$8,085
nStudent Senate Ad-
vertising Program (Sen-
ate provides ad space for
other organizations to
use): $7,000
nStudent Bar Associa-
tion: $6,882
nMock Trial: $6,620
and asked if they could use me.
Bruce Guy, another class check-
er, said hed known Baldwin and
Gardner since high school.
One summer, when Baldwin
was away and unable to do the
checking, Gardner asked Guy to
fill in. He reluctantly agreed, and
after a week, he was hooked.
Im here for the same reason as
the other guys, Guy said. I just
really enjoy the kids.
Buskirk said there were two
main groups of athletes who get
checked.
We check the new students
coming on board so we can estab-
lish good habits early on, Buskirk
said. Beyond that, we leave it up
to the counselors to decide who
should be checked. Its not a by-
sport issue at all.
Though the athletes might not
always like being checked on,
Baldwin said there is a mutual
understanding between the check-
ers and the student athletes.
They know what were there
to do, and they respect that,
Baldwin said.
Jake Sharp, former running
back, said the system provides
extra motivation for athletes to
excel academically.
I didnt necessarily like
being checked when I got here,
but I understood that if I got
good grades my freshman year, I
wouldnt have to be checked any-
more, he said.
The checkers, along with
Buskirk, agreed that in most
cases, its a maturing process with
the athletes.
There was this one foot-
ball player who came in with a
real bad attitude his first year,
Gardner said. By his senior year
he respected us, and we would
sit out on the steps and talk like
friends.
The class checkers see several
benefits to the program besides
helping athletes.
I know that Im more inter-
ested in the games now because I
actually know the guy under the
helmet, Guy said.
The three checkers also said
their friendships with athletes had
led them to attend many of the
non-revenue sporting events.
When it comes down to it,
Buskirck said, the checkers are
there to benefit the athletes.
Theyre only there to help you,
even if you dont realize it, Sharp
said.
Edited by Michael Holtz
funded by The Kansan.
Attendees and committee mem-
bers made five speeches against
the proposed cut. Those included
statements by The Kansans Editor
in Chief Stephen Montemayor,
Business Manager Cassie Gerken
and General Manager Malcolm
Gibson. Senators and attendees
debated the issue for almost an
hour.
Montemayor, Gerken and Gibson
explained how the cut would affect
student jobs and the overall oper-
ation of the paper. Kansan staff
couldnt provide an exact number
of expected employment losses, but
said at least 20 staff members could
lose their jobs.
If the reporters have to be cut
and our content goes down, the
product quality goes down and
advertisers dont advertise, Gerken
said. So it affects a lot of things.
Montemayor said he was hope-
ful the proposal wouldnt pass in
full Senate.
Its certainly disappointing, he
said, But its not the end of the
road by any stretch.
Edited by Taylor Bern
fee (continued from 1a)
CheCKers (continued from 1a)
Tanner Grubbs/KANsAN
Mark Pacey, a graduate student fromManhattan and chair of the fnance committee for the student senate, andVans Copple, a senior fromSalt Lake
City and secretary of the fnance committee, take questions Wednesday night fromsenate members regarding a proposed bill to cut $1.70 fromthe
student media fee, which helps to fundThe University Daily Kansan student newspaper. The bill, which would reduce the Kansans budget by about
$83,000, received a majority 7-3 vote to pass. The fnal phase of the bill will be introduced March 24 during the full Senate meeting.
Chance Dibben/KANsAN
The Shidara Taiko Drumcompany performs at the Lied Center Wednesday night. The drumgroup, which features highly choreographed drum-
ming, traditional folk songs, skits and dancing, comes fromthe town of Toei, Japan.
Dances with drums
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Today is a 8
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while attaining the respect of
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A female friend has her fnger
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Love will be a key component.
Call home to make plans for a
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Careful fnancial planning leaves
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Alice story continues to dazzle
Theaters spurn best picture winner
Mcclatchy-tribune
LOS ANGELES Even a best
picture Oscar isnt enough to get
theaters excited about playing a
movie already on DVD.
On Monday, the day after their
movie The Hurt Locker won top
prizes at the Academy Awards,
Summit Entertainment chief
executive Rob Friedman and his
team worked the phones trying to
expand the Iraq war dramas run
beyond the 283 theaters where it
played last weekend. The indepen-
dent studio was hoping to capitalize
on its victories, which also includ-
ed the director prize for Kathryn
Bigelow, and enhance the pictures
paltry $14.7 million domestic box-
office total.
But most of the nations major
exhibition chains refused to give
Summit more screens, citing a pol-
icy of not showing films that are
already available to watch at home.
Two of the three biggest, AMC
Entertainment and Cinemark,
agreed to play the movie at just a
handful of theaters, according to
a knowledgeable person. However,
Regal Entertainment, the biggest
theater circuit in the U.S., wont
show the film at all, the person
said.
Regal did not immediately
respond for comment.
Because exhibitors want to dis-
courage studios from releasing
films on DVD before they finish
playing in theaters, they generally
refuse to re-book a movie after it
is available in home entertainment
formats. They do occasionally bend
that rule, however. For example,
Warner Bros. has re-released
2004s The Polar Express several
times during the holiday season,
as has Walt Disney Studios each
Halloween with The Nightmare
Before Christmas.
In total, Summit was only able to
book 35 new theaters for The Hurt
Locker in the U.S. this Friday,
bringing its total to 318. Most are
independent theaters or part of
small chains.
After coming out on DVD Jan.
12, The Hurt Locker has contin-
ued to play at just a few hundred
theaters, some of which dont typi-
cally play first-run films.
The Hurt Locker has per-
formed well in the home entertain-
ment market. Through Saturday,
Summit sold 780,000 DVDs and
electronic downloads. In addition,
the movie has been rented 5.4 mil-
lion times by consumers. Thats
a relatively high number for a
movie that has grossed less than
$15 million.
The last Oscar best picture win-
ner that was already on DVD was
Crash, which took the prize in
2006. Lionsgate was only able to
book the movie in about 200 the-
aters after it won. Over four weeks
it generated $1.2 million in addi-
tional box-office receipts.
Mcclatchy-tribune
When Lewis Carroll popped
Alice down the rabbit hole in
1865, he had no way of knowing
that the girl in the pinafore dress
along with the creatures that
populate Alices Adventures in
Wonderland and its 1872 sequel
Through the Looking-Glass and
What Alice Found There
would become a fixture on our
pop culture landscape.
The phenomenon encompasses
more than the 100-plus versions
of the book the most recent of
which, published last month, pairs
Carrolls text with illustrations by
Camille Rose Garcia and recently
hit the Los Angeles Times and
New York Times bestseller lists.
Its something beyond the more
than two dozen feature film incar-
nations, ranging from a star-stud-
ded 1933 version in which Cary
Grant played the Mock Turtle,
W.C. Fields was Humpty Dumpty
and Gary Cooper the White
Knight to the Tim Burton take
that opened Friday.
And its greater than the near-
ly dozen TV versions (the most
recent a Syfy miniseries that
included Kathy Bates as the evil
Queen of Hearts who happens to
run an emotion-emptying casi-
no and Harry Dean Stanton as
a shadowy operative code-named
the Caterpillar).
When you start adding in the
broader popular culture influenc-
es that can be found everywhere
from music (Jefferson Airplanes
White Rabbit, the Beatles I
Am the Walrus), to elementary
school drug-education (a 1972
program funded by the National
Institute of Mental Health por-
trayed the Hatter as an acid head,
the Dormouse on downers and
the March Hare as a speed freak),
things get curiouser and curiouser
indeed.
What is it about Alice and her
friends, conjured by mathemati-
cian, logician and author Charles
Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll
was his pen name) that has kept
them in our hearts and our frontal
lobes for nearly a century and a
half? And how can it be that 145
years later, this tale continues to
spawn not only books and mov-
ies but a flurry of merchandise
that seems to be raining down
on us like an exploding pack of
playing cards, tea party trinkets,
Wonderland-worthy jewelry
and every manner of Carrollian-
themed cosmetics, cocktails and
clothing?
Whatever it is, the latest movie
grossed more than $116 million
domestically last weekend.
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T
he suns out, the birds are
chirping and the snows
fnally melting. Springs
here at last, and that means its al-
most time for spring break. Pack-
ing the wrong wardrobe can ruin
a vacation, so follow these rules
to avoid an international fash-
ion disaster.
Pretty in the city: No mat-
ter if its the dead of winter or
the dog days of summer, city
folk love to wear black. No one
knows why. Tey just do. When
going to a big city such as New
York or Paris leave neons at home
and pack dark clothes. Not into
the gothic thing? Try crisp navys
or mellow earth tones. Dont be
afraid to be bold and wear color
in the city. But to avoid sticking
out like a sore thumb, stick to fair
pastels. Tese light shades will
block the sun, and are appropri-
ate for spring.
When it comes to city travel,
the most vital accessory is a pair
of comfy, yet fashion forward
shoes. A cute pair of Keds or
other sneaker-fats with good
support can keep feet feeling fne
throughout hours of walking
tours.
Fun in the sun: When travel-
ing somewhere tropical, its vital
to buy a bathing suit far in ad-
vance. Waiting until the last min-
ute means limited selection, and
possibly being forced to settle
on a suit with poor ft. Te right
swimwear choices can fatter a
body and hide the less beautiful
spots, but the wrong choice will
draw attention to all the wrong
places.
Proper ft is most impor-
tant when wearing a bikini. Te
wrong cup size can lead to un-
comfortable gawking and possi-
ble wardrobe malfunctions in the
water. To hide a tummy, a tankini
or trusty one piece will do the
trick. To make these fatter styles
a little sexier, choose a halter top
with a low cut just dont go so
low that the girls fall out. When
it comes to swimwear, ignore the
saying less is more.
Te best accessory for the
beach is sunscreen. Tans are fun,
but sunburn and melanoma are
not. To get a fantastic tan without
burning, use sunscreen with a low
sun protection factor. But remem-
ber, the SPF means how long the
sunscreen will protect skin from
the sun. SPF times 100 is equal
to the number of minutes skin is
protected. Reapplying when time
is up is necessary to stay safe from
the suns rays.
Pack like a pro: Packing ef-
fciently is all about planning.
Make a list of everything needed
before packing so you dont forget
anything. Pack an outft for every-
day plus one or two extras in case
of spills or unforeseen changes in
the plans. If the weather is sup-
posed to be hot, be sure to pack
a sweater or jacket and a pair of
pants, just to be safe.
Remember to pack little things
like an umbrella, sunglasses or
a hat so you wont have to buy
an expensive pair if the weather
changes. Bring at least one dress-
ier outft for activities like dinner
at a fancy local restaurant or see-
ing a show on Broadway. Multiple
bathing suits are always nice to
have.
Tis spring break, please be
safe, have fun and look great!
Esposito is a sophomore from
Overland Park in journalism
Reign in insurance companies
to initiate health care reform
ediTOriAL CArTOOn
OpinionTHE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
thuRsDAy mARch 11, 2010 www.kAnsAn.com PAGE 5A
P
utting aside political stances,
we can all agree that health
care is expensive in the Unit-
ed States. So expensive, in fact, that
Americans spend more on health-
care than any other developed
country.
According to the Organization
for Economic Co-operation and
Development, America commits
substantially higher percentages
of its GDP to healthcare than any
other developed nation.
In 2006, an entire 15.3 percent
of Americas economic pie was
in health care costs while other
universally insured nations spent
much less. Te next highest spend-
er was Switzerland, at a distant 11.3
percent. Te United Kingdom only
spent 8.3 percent of its GDP on
health care, while surveys reported
high patient satisfaction.
On the individual level, this
means that Americans are losing
much larger portions of their pay-
checks to health insurance.
If Americans are spending con-
siderably more on health care cov-
erage than any other developed na-
tion, where does this extra money
go?
Heres a possibility: the execu-
tives and shareholders of massive
insurance companies. In 2009, dur-
ing the worst economic recession
since the Great Depression, the fve
largest insurance companies made
the highest profts since the indus-
trys existence.
Even more astounding, share-
holders of the insurance giants not
only enjoyed record profts, but
they also doubled their profts from
2008 to 2009. According to Health
Care for America Now, Cigna , Hu-
mana, Aetna, Wellpoint, and Unit-
ed Health Group reported making
$12.2 billion in 2009, up 56 percent
from $4.4 billon the previous year.
In addition to the outrageous
profts during the hardest econom-
ic times of our generation, these
companies proceeded to drop in-
surance coverage for another 2.9
million Americans last year, adding
to the overall number of uninsured
Americans, which is approaching
50 million.
However, like so many other
systemic problems that have arisen
from lack of regulation, these top
insurance companies have become
so large they can jack up prices
without fear of losing customers.
In addition to benefts from
sheer size, the insurance industry is
exempt from federal anti-trust laws
meant to ensure that competitors
do not work together to increase
prices in a specifc market. As a re-
sult, Americans are scrambling to
pay for necessary health insurance
as companies collectively increase
prices to unreachable levels.
It seems the common miscon-
ception is that our health care sys-
tem will be revamped to resemble a
suburban DMV; we have some fear
that going to the doctor will be like
trying to renew a license behind an
endless line of obnoxious 15 year
olds waiting to get permits.
In reality, the experience of go-
ing to the doctor would remain ex-
actly the same. Te only diference
with a reformed health care system
would be who pays for the patients
visit. Regardless of the size of a
persons paycheck in America, ev-
eryone would beneft from public
option that forces runaway insur-
ance companies to compete with
stable and afordable government
coverage.

Katz is a junior from Overland
Park in creative writing and
political science.
NIcHoLAS SAmALUK
LeTTer FrOM THe ediTOr
The Kansan wont stop fghting
Student Senates proposed cuts
Spring break style
eCOnOMiCs
FAsHiOn
FACe-OFF: Speaking Up
Its an awkward situation that
occurs every day on our campus:
A professor poses a question and
patiently waits for a student to re-
spond.
Silence. Its been nearly 30 sec-
onds, and still no one has an-
swered.
Tats when someone like me
starts going crazy. Usually, I cave
and speak up for the third time in
the past hour just so the lecture can
continue.
I cant stand the lack of participa-
tion in classes or the awkwardness
that can result.
Discussion can make a rather
lackluster class vibrant and inter-
esting.
Consider speaking up in class.
Students may be surprised how
much they learn and how quickly
it can pass the time.
Buser is a senior from Colum-
bia, Ill., in journalism.
mandy
matney
Richelle
buseR
Discussion classes are meant to
be thought provoking, but most
of the time I find them to be just
plain irritating.
Ill admit, every once in a
while it is entertaining to listen
to some of the idiotic comments.
Im not referring to any educated,
opinionated comments that I
disagree with. Im talking about
the comments that completely
lack legitimacy and contribute
nothing to the class.
Ive come to the conclusion that
most of these comments come
from people who like the sound
of their own voice a bit too much
for their own good. They end up
making themselves look (I hope
at least) far more stupid than they
actually are.
Learn to think before speaking.
Matney is a sophomore from
Shawnee in journalism.
Down and
Out
by bRaden katz
bkatz@kansan.com
The
Hemline
by alex esposito
aesposito@kansan.com
T
hough Wednesdays Student
Senate finance committee
proceedings did not tran-
spire as we hoped, The University
Daily Kansan will continue to fight
to receive funding.
The committee voted 7-3 in favor
of slashing the student media fee by
$1.70 and eliminating any future
funds to The Kansan. This decision
will appear before the full senate
March 24 for a final vote.
The student body has voted on
and approved the student media
fee. You have told Senate where
you want your money to go. Before
it changes the distribution of your
money, Senate should put this fee
back in front of the student body
for another vote, else it go against
the wishes of its constituency.
Also disappointing was the
absence of Student Body President
Mason Heilman, who initiated this
proposal and who said in a pre-
pared memo that he would not
have voted for any other item had
this fee cut not passed.
The statement, read by Student
Executive Committee chairman
Alex Earles, was unsatisfactory. It
lacked the respect and consider-
ation that legislation with conse-
quences of this magnitude deserves.
At the very least, Heilman should
have been present to represent and
listen to the student body, which
voted him into office.
Citing in his memo an inap-
propriate relationship between
The Kansan and Student Senate,
Heilman again used the analogy of
Congress stepping in and funding
The New York Times while expect-
ing favorable coverage.
This comparison is laughable.
The Kansan has never allowed
any outside factor to affect its cover-
age, let alone student government. It
is likewise becoming frustrating to
repeat that Senate does not provide
these funds it merely distributes
funds that students provide.
We would appreciate the con-
tinued support of the student body
as we work to resolve this issue and
as we prepare to go before the full
Senate. We will need even more
support because this issue will be
put to a full senate vote after break.
I urge you to contact your
Student Senate representatives to
let them know that you value The
Kansan and the unique service it
provides to the student body. Use
social media to get the word out.
Do not settle for inadequate repre-
sentation from your student body
president.
This issue is not over. It is not
going away. However, we can easily
lose this battle through inaction. A
setback such as this should never
deter us from sticking to our ideals
and defending our rights as student
journalists and media consumers.
We hope those ideals a free
press for students produced by stu-
dents are consistent with yours.
Lastly, The Kansan is not going
anywhere. It will continue being
the student voice of the University
of Kansas, as it has been for the
last 107 years. At this time we can-
not be certain as to what might be
sacrificed if these changes pass, but
we will continue to cover issues that
affect KU students to the absolute
best of our ability.
We are here every day of every
semester, and we appreciate those
of you who have stuck with us as
this situation developed.
Quality, unbiased journalism
means something to those of us here
in the halls of Stauffer-Flint, and it
is something we work towards, as
students and as journalists, every
day. We think it is something worth
protecting, and we ask you to join
us in making our voices heard.
Stephen Montemayor is
The Kansans editor in chief.
BY ROSHNI OOMMEN
roommen@kansan.com
This afternoon, five KU stu-
dents will drive to the University of
Missouri to hand-deliver a banner.
No, the banner doesnt say We
hate Mizzou, or any other rivalry-
driven message. Instead, painted on
the banner are the words We choose
unity, and KU supports MU in the
promotion of diversity.
The banner is a response to a Feb.
26 incident at Missouri, in which
cotton balls were scattered in front
of the schools Gaines/Oldham Black
Culture Center. Many students and
faculty members at the university
were convinced that the act was a
racial statement. The allusion to
slavery on cotton plantations left
negative feelings not only among
Missouri students, but also among a
small group of KU students.
Kelsey Murrell, a sophomore from
Kearney, Mo., was so stunned by the
event that she decided to do some-
thing. Murrell shared the news about
the event to her friends and other
students at KU. Together, Murrell
and her friends decided to create
the banner, which she will take to
Columbia this afternoon. When the
staff at Mizzou learned of Murrells
efforts, they invited her to present
the banner to students and faculty as
part of a discussion on diversity.
When I first read about it, I
was really shocked that something
like this would happen still today,
Murrell said. Reading comments
that people had posted on different
articles, a few different people were
giving feedback that they felt like it
was a prank and shouldnt be such a
big a deal. That really bothered me.
To me, it was clearly racially moti-
vated. I cant see how it couldnt be
racially motivated.
Arooj Zafar, a freshman from
Overland Park, helped Murrell make
the banner, and he will accompany
Murrell to the diversity discussion.
I think its a big deal for people
from KU to do it. Im not doing it
for MU, Im doing it for the people
there to show support, Zafar said.
Even though we fight over every-
thing else in this world, Im showing
that theres one thing we can unite
on, and thats diversity.
Murrell said she hoped that KU
students would be able to look
beyond the longstanding border
rivalry. So far, almost all the stu-
dents she had talked to had been
more than willing to sign the banner,
once they found out what happened.
Murrell said she felt it was important
to stand beside another school, even
a rival, and show support for its
diversity.
Basically what were saying is
standing up against discrimination
is more important than a rivalry,
Murrell said. The statement we
make as rival schools is to tell every-
body that together, we dont accept
actions like this. I am 100 percent all
about KU, and definitely still a KU
fan. I think thats whats so powerful,
is we are rivals.
Edited by Ashley Montgomery
6A / NEWS / THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnSAn.CoM
ScIENcE
Forget about gas; fll up with wind
Mia Iverson/ KANSAN
Samantha Forbes, a sophomore fromKearney, Mo., signs a banner inside the McCollum
Hallobby. KU students created the banner in response to a recent race-related incident at the
University of Missouri, where two students littered cotton balls outside the Gaines/Oldham
Black Culture Center.
BY BRENNA LONG
blong@kansan.com
Above the treetops on West
Campus, a new low-speed wind
turbine will soon be spinning and
generating power for the battery of
the EcoHawks Volkswagen Beetle,
eventually eliminating the need for
gas in this experimental car.
The project was started last
semester by the Aerospace
Engineering Technologies Lite, a
mock company formed by seniors
in an aerospace materials and pro-
cesses course. The group spent time
working on manufacturing and
now the students will redesign and
build a turbine of their own.
It was a way to get some
manufacturing experience, said
Christopher Vaughn, a senior from
Andale. We got started on it and
were like, Hey this is kind of cool,
and it would be kind of cool if we
finished it.
The project received $5,000
from the Student Environmental
Advisory Board last Friday.
Projects like this, I believe,
will move us forward as a sustain-
able campus, said Chris Martin,
a senator from the School of
Engineering.
The seniors said that they would
like to see the 60-foot-tall tur-
bine supplying power to the VW
Beetle by the end of May, but that
they couldnt give a solid deadline
because of all the variables. Waiting
for parts, learning about wind tech-
nology and finding time to work
could hinder the group from com-
pleting by the time they graduate.
Other assistance from the
Aerospace Engineering Department
and the KU Transportation Research
Institute will help reach the esti-
mated total cost of $17,300. The
Kansas Space Grant Consortium
and the Aerospace Engineering
Department financed the research
done last semester. These organiza-
tions contributed with the intent of
giving young engineers practical,
hands-on experience, said Richard
Hale, associate professor in aero-
space engineering.
Hale estimated that each of the
27 students will spend about 50
hours on the project. Finding time
to work on a project that isnt for
credit wouldnt deter them, Vaughn
said.
It will be worth all the hours,
and we will have something to
show for it, Vaughn said. This
could be the start of a big thing for
future generations.
The team is currently looking at
changing the shape of the carbon
fiber blades. The model that the
team crafted had two blades in a
curved structure, but Vaughn said
the new designs would probably
look more like the traditional long,
slender blades. The diameter of the
redesigned turbine will span 9 feet.
We did run into a lot of issues
with making the first blades because
of the funky curves, but I think we
can apply what we learned to the
new wind turbine, Vaughn said.
The group said the turbine will
stand somewhere near the ware-
house on West Campus used by the
EcoHawks once its built. The group
plans to buy a weather station to
help pinpoint the best location.
The EcoHawks, a team of
University engineering students
that collaborates with the aerospace
engineering group, are already
working with solar energy, so this
car would combine two different
types of alternative energy. Bryan
Strecker, a senior from Topeka, said
he thought the combination of solar
and wind would be difficult to inte-
grate but said he looked forward to
seeing the outcome.
I would really like to see the
other majors get involved, Strecker
said. That is what we are trying to
do is spread the knowledge about
sustainable technology.
Edited by Allyson Shaw
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Racial tensions at Missouri prompt Kansas students to put rivalry aside
Group works to power a VW Beetle
with energy from a new wind turbine
DIVERSITY
Students from
the Aerospace
Engineering
Technologies
Lite group lay
the leading
edge of a
turbine blade.
The group
hopes to design
a wind turbine
that will power
a Volkswagen
Beetle.
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Kansas (9-3) has had its share of
big innings, extra base hits and bal-
anced ofensive contributions so far
this year. But one element that had
been missing from the Jayhawks'
hitting game was home runs.
It showed up in a big way in
Wednesdays game against the Ta-
bor Bluejays.
Afer only two home runs this
season both by junior outfelder
Jimmy Waters Kansas blasted
four as part of a 14-hit barrage and
routed the Bluejays 15-0.
Coach Ritch Price said that the
emergence of Kansas power hitting
was drawn from improved at-bats
since the onset of the season.
I think the big thing is, the more
games you play and the more reps
you get, the better job you do with
strike zone discipline, Price said.
Its all a progression.
But despite impressive ofensive
numbers, the Jayhawks saw the vic-
tory as just taking care of business.
We go in there expecting to put
up a lot of runs, Waters said.
With the Jayhawks already up
3-0 in the second inning, Waters
put the game out of reach for the
Bluejays.
Stepping to the plate with the
bases full in the second inning,
Waters unloaded, launching a tow-
ering shot to straight-away center
feld about 400 feet away. Te
ball cleared the tarp set on the out-
feld wall, roughly 40 feet of the
ground.
In the next inning, junior out-
felder Brian Heere hit a solo home
run, sophomore outfelder Jason
Brunansky hit a two-run shot and
freshman catcher Alex DeLeon hit
a pinch-hit three-run homer.
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commentary
Next win
won't
match
the hype
L
ets take a step back in time
to the days of 1999 when
Harry Potter and Is that
your final answer? dominated the
pop culture landscape. Or at least
they came close. The truth is that
nothing was bigger in 1999 than
Y2K.
After a years worth of specula-
tion and obsession, the time came.
The clock struck midnight, the
ball dropped and the year 2000
arrived.
Nothing happened.
Y2K came and went, and the
world felt altogether unchanged.
People still read Harry Potter and
quoted Regis Philbin unfortu-
nately.
It turned out that all the hype
over the year 2000 was for naught,
which is about how I feel about
Kansas (probably) winning the
2,000th game today.
Of course, it must be said that
Kansas might lose to Texas Tech
today. Given that the game will in
fact take place, the mathematical
possibility does technically exist.
But, if only for the sake of
argument, lets assume that the
Jayhawks handle the Red Raiders
with ease. Kansas would become
only the third program to reach
such a milestone, crossing the line
just behind North Carolina and
half a lap back from Kentucky. It
would certainly be another promi-
nent feather in an already very
decorated Kansas basketball cap.
But, like Y2K, its effect will be
just about nil.
Kansas will still have more work
to do the next day, more games to
win down the road.
The Big 12 tournament will
still be there for the taking. But
perhaps more importantly, the
quality of play Kansas demon-
strates in Kansas City, Mo., will go
a long way in determining where
the team travels on its road to the
Final Four. Should the top-ranked
Jayhawks cut down the Sprint
Center nets, the No. 1 overall
seed would likely follow. That, in
turn, would guarantee Kansas fans
short trips to tournament sites
including the regional finals in St.
Louis.
Seeding matters. Just ask the
2007 Kansas team, which played
UCLA in Los Angeles by virtue of
being the fourth-ranked 1-seed.
Not only would a higher seed
mean an advantage in fan sup-
port, but it would also pit Kansas
against lower-valued teams.
The advantage gained by hav-
ing a few thousand extra fans in
attendance might be miniscule. So
too would the difference in quality
between teams awarded 2-seeds.
But in the NCAA tournament,
games frequently come down to
single possessions. In games that
tight, no advantage is too small to
be dismissed. Not when winning
the national title is the goal.
Which is why, neat accomplish-
ment though it is, win number
2,000 doesnt merit excessive cel-
ebration. No single win will merit
that celebration until April 5 in
Indianapolis.
Edited by Taylor Bern
BY ALEX BEECHER
abeecher@kansan.com
HIStory aWaItS
BaSeBall
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Kansas one win away from 2,000
BY COREY THIBODEAUX
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
The Jayhawks have little to gain from the
Big 12 tournament, but with a monumen-
tal landmark in reach, they will be plenty
motivated.
Coach Bill Self isnt worried about his
team having something to play for, con-
sidering it is still sour from an early exit in
last years conference tournament and the
Jayhawks sit at 1,999 victories one away
from history.
We round up, so were technically already
there, Self joked.
If Kansas can defeat Texas Tech today, it
will have reached the 2,000-victory mark,
something only two other teams have ever
done. Kentucky currently sits at 2,017 victo-
ries, and North Carolina won number 2,000
last week.
Self has contributed 198 of those victories
in seven seasons with the Jayhawks. But he
isnt taking all the credit for getting the team
to the doorstep of 2,000 victories.
It is a great milestone, but I havent had
much to do with them getting 2,000, he
said. But I think it is reason for fans to feel
good about the program.
Out of any team that has
been around for at least
100 years, Kansas has had
the fewest coaches with
eight. Self ranks fourth on
that list in career victories,
behind Phog Allen, Ted
Owens and Roy Williams.
Every coach except
for James Naismith has a
winning record at Kansas.
Todays players knew what
they kind of program they
were coming to when they
were recruited.
Being at Kansas, you get a great coach-
ing staff that is able to get the most out of
their players each year, junior guard Tyrel
Reed said. They are great at recruiting, so
its just a testament to the University and
our coaches.
As good as Kentucky and North Carolinas
programs have been, they havent been on
top at all times. For example, the defending
national champion Tar Heels are having a
miserable season this year, going 16-15 with
a 5-11 record in the ACC.
Sophomore guard Tyshawn
Taylor looks at what North
Carolina is going through and
is glad he came to Kansas.
You come to a school like
Kansas where theres not a
rebuilding year ever, and you
can be on good teams consis-
tently, Taylor said. I think
its good, and Im proud to be
part of it.
Out of all the talented play-
ers that have come through
Kansas Wilt Chamberlain,
Danny Manning, Paul Pierce,
Raef LaFrentz senior guard
Sherron Collins has more individual victo-
ries than any player.
When talking about the face of Kansas
basketball, Collins wasnt ready to put him-
self on Kansas Mount Rushmore. Instead,
he said, former players like Julian Wright
and Brandon Rush paved the way for him to
lead this years team on the floor.
No matter who gets the most credit for it,
Collins said, anyone who has ever donned
the crimson and blue is to thank for reach-
ing 2,000 victories.
Coach always said if you win, the pie is
big enough for everybody, and everybody
will get recognition, Collins said. Thats
exactly whats happened.
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WHen: 11:30 a.m.
WHere: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
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KU would join UNC,
Kentucky with victory
Jayhawks hit four home runs in shutout against Tabor
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allowing four hits and fnishing with four strikeouts.
SEE baseball oN pAgE 5B
FoR CoVERAgE oF WEDNESDAY'S BIg 12 ToURNAMENT gAMES, SEE PaGe 9b
"Being at Kansas, you
get a great coaching
staf that is able to
get the most out of
their players each
year.
TYREL REED
Junior guard
F
or me, conference tournament
week really is the beginning of
March Madness. Its like the stretch
before the workout.
Some teams have tournament hopes
and need to do well in their conference
tournament to get an at-large bid. These
teams can do one of two things: They
can fall out early, or they can pull off
upsets to improve their overall resume
enough to get in.
Some teams have their spots in the
tournament locked up. Those teams are
playing to fine-tune plays or to perfect
offensive or defensive schemes that
theyve been working on. Theyre playing
to keep or gain momentum heading into
the tournament.
Whats interesting to watch is what
will happen unexpectedly. Last year,
North Carolina, which was a heavy
favorite throughout the season to win
the NCAA tournament, lost a couple
games late in the season and then lost in
the semi-finals of the ACC tournament.
When Louisville, which had lost quite
a few games earlier in the year, went
on to win the Big East Tournament, it
was awarded the No. 1 overall seed over
North Carolina.
If Kansas State had not lost to Iowa
State in its season finale this year,
it would be playing for a No. 1 seed
this week in the Big 12 Conference
Tournament instead of playing for a
2-seed. If Kansas State loses its first con-
ference tournament game, it will most
likely receive a 3-seed, when only a week
ago it was projected to be a 1-seed by
ESPN.coms Joe Lunardi. But you never
know what the selection committee is
thinking and where it will seed teams.
Crazier things have happened.
Teams such as Missouri, Texas A&M,
Baylor, Texas and Oklahoma State will
most likely be going to the NCAA tour-
nament regardless of how well they do in
the conference tournament. However, a
strong showing in the conference tourna-
ment could mean a higher seed for them
in the NCAA tournament.
The most exciting thing about confer-
ence tournaments happen when teams
who have no possibility of receiving an
at-large bid for the NCAA tournament
make deep runs in their conference tour-
naments. Teams that win their confer-
ence tournaments automatically receive a
bid to the NCAA tournament.
I hope something exciting happens
in one of the BCS conference tourna-
ments because it would be really fun
to watch a school like South Carolina,
which is most likely NIT-bound, upset
Kentucky (again) in the finals of the SEC
Tournament for a bid to the Big Dance.
Edited by Allyson Shaw
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Uncertainty reigns in tourney
MORNINg BREw
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Dont let what you cant do stop
you from doing what you can do.
John Wooden, former UCLA coach
FACT OF THE DAY
Sherron collins is one of six
fnalists for the Bob cousy Award
given to the nations top point
guard. Villanovas Scottie Reyn-
olds, Dukes Jon Scheyer, ohio
States Evan Turner, Marylands
Greivis Vasquez and kentuckys
John Wall are the other fnalists.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who was the Bob cousy
Award winner in 2009?
A: north carolinas Ty Lawson.
He helped the Tar Heels secure
the national championship.
www.cousyaward.com
THIS wEEK IN
kAnSAS ATHLETIcS
Softball
vs. Valparaiso,
3 p.m.
womens basketball
vs. oklahoma State,
kansas city, Mo., 5 p.m.
Mens basketball
vs. Texas Tech,
kansas city, Mo.,
11:30 a.m.
FRIDAY
Softball
vs. Missouri State, 2 p.m.
Softball
vs. Valparaiso, 4 p.m.
Baseball
at LSU, Baton Rouge, La.,
7 p.m.
womens rowing
at University of oklahoma
Invitational, oklahoma
city, okla., all day
Track
at ncAA Indoor
championships,
Fayetteville, Ark., all day
womens swimming
at Zone D Diving
championships, college
Station, Texas, all day
SATURDAY
Softball
vs. Valparaiso, 1 p.m.
Baseball
at LSU, Baton Rouge, La.,
2 p.m.
womens tennis
vs. Saint Louis, 3 p.m.
Softball
vs. Missouri State, 3 p.m.
womens rowing
at University of oklahoma
Invitational, oklahoma
city, okla., all day
TODAY
SCORES
NCAA Mens Basketball:
no. 22 Georgetown 69, South
Florida 49
Texas Tech 82, colorado 67
nebraska 75, Missouri 60
oklahoma 67, oklahoma State 81
Iowa State 75, Texas 82
NBA Basketball:
charlotte 102 , Philadelphia 87
Memphis 111, Boston 91
Utah 115, Detroit 104
LA clippers 97, Miami 108
Denver 110, Minnesota 102
new orleans 83, oklahoma city
98
new Jersey 87, Dallas 96
new York 87, San Antonio 97
By MAX VOSBURGH
mvosburgh@kansan.com
www.twitter.com/MVSports
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Georgetown gears up to take down Syracuse
McclAtcHy-tRiBUne
NEW YORK Georgetown
made it look easy.
The eighth-seeded Hoyas
steamrolled their way into the
Big East quarterfinals with a
69-49 drubbing of ninth-seeded
South Florida on Wednesday
afternoon at Madison Square
Garden. But dont expect
Georgetown to manhandle
regular-season league cham-
pion Syracuse when the two
clash for a Big East Tournament
record 13th time in Thursdays
quarterfinals.
We have to make shots and
guard our guys, Georgetown
coach John Thompson III said,
referring to the Orange, which
defeated his team twice during
the regular season. They are a
good team. They can hurt you
in many different ways. They
have a terrific defense. So we
just have to come out and exe-
cute at both ends of the floor.
Executing that game plan
against Syracuse will be tough.
But Georgetown, ranked No.
22 nationally, implemented it
to a T against South Florida and
its one-man show, Dominique
Jones.
Jason Clark and Greg Monroe
each had 16 points and Chris
Wright added 15 for the Hoyas
(21-9), who breezed to a 31-19
halftime lead.
South Florida, which defeat-
ed DePaul, 58-49, in the open-
ing game of the tournament,
pulled to within 35-29 when
Jarrid Famous converted a
conventional three-point play
3:08 into the second half. But
the Bulls (20-12) failed to put
together any significant runs
against a taller, more physical
Georgetown team.
The Bulls only chance of an
upset rested on the shoulders
of Jones, the Big East scoring
leader. But the 6-4 guard strug-
gled from the start and got no
help from his teammates. Jones
was 6-for-18 from the field,
including 0-for-5 from three-
point range. He scored 12 of his
teams 19 points in the first half
and finished with 21.
But Im real proud of our
team, Bulls coach Stan Heath
said. We never gave up. We
kept fighting. We just couldnt
get it done today.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. There
have been times this season after a
defeat or some other near late-game
debacle when Iman Shumpert has
locked himself in Georgia Techs
tape room and flipped on video of
a relic of his not-so-distant past.
Serving as perhaps a morbid but
motivational reminder, the images
of Florida States Derwin Kitchen
nailing a layup and subsequent free
throw as well as those of a
rim-rattling, last-second Shumpert
miss have served as a powerful
example for the sophomore guard.
It was a disappointing loss,
Shumpert said.
After rallying inside the Georgia
Dome to take a late second-half
lead with mere moments remaining
in their second-round ACC tour-
nament game with the Seminoles,
the Yellow Jackets saw one of their
worst seasons come to a dramatic
end in a 64-62 thriller. Coming
within a kind bounce of watching
their sordid 12-win season take an
unexpectedly positive turn, several
Yellow Jackets fell to the floor in
immediate despair.
But those feelings couldnt last
for too long.
He cant hang his head too low,
then-senior Georgia Tech guard
Lewis Clinch said of Shumpert.
Hes got to get prepared for his
future.
His future is now.
With the memories of last
years finale still fresh in mind,
Shumpert leads Georgia Tech
into the Greensboro Coliseum on
Thursday night for a chance at
redemption when it meets North
Carolina in the first round of ACC
tournament play.
Defending national champions,
the Tar Heels (16-15, 5-11) appear
to be a vastly different group this
season, as graduation and the NBA
draft pilfered some of their best tal-
ent. Now a freshman-laden team,
North Carolina is hoping to sal-
vage something positive this week
in its own backyard.
Theyre a good team; theyre
young a lot like us, Georgia Tech
head coach Paul Hewitt said follow-
ing Wednesday afternoons shoot-
around inside the host arena. If
you look at the turnover numbers,
theyre at the bottom of the charts
just like us. Its a characteristic of
two young teams.
The Yellow Jacket and Tar Heels
rank ninth and 10th in the con-
ference, respectively, in assist-to-
turnover ratio.
Thursday nights meeting will be
the third this season for the teams.
Georgia Tech won the previous
contests, and is hoping to do some-
thing it has not done since Hewitts
first with the Yellow Jackets: beat a
team three times in one season.
During the 2000-01 season, the
Yellow Jackets beat Virginia three
times, including an opening-round
win in the ACC tournament. In
the 1984-85 season, the Yellow
Jackets also beat North Carolina
three times en route to winning
their first ACC championship in
the conference tournament.
I never really thought about
(doing that) until we had to play
Clemson last year three times,
Shumpert said. (Assistant) Coach
(Pete) Zaharis told me, Its hard to
beat a team three times. And thats
sort of what gave us confidence
going into playing Clemson.
Before losing to Florida State last
year, Georgia Tech beat Clemson
in the opening round of the con-
ference tournament to snap a two-
game skid against the Tigers that
year.
Now that were on the other end
of it, you actually know how tough
it is to beat a team three times,
Shumpert said. Its something that
were prepared for and weve got to
come out and show it (Thursday).
Much of what the Yellow Jackets
believe must show against North
Carolina rests on the strength of
their defense.
With Roy Williams teams, gen-
erally speaking, youve got to get
back in transition because theyre
going to push the ball right down
your throat. Weve done enough
the last couple of days (in practice)
to emphasize it, Hewitt said of his
defense.
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Kansas womens basketballs late-
season wreckage began the last time
the Jayhawks played Oklahoma
State. Now Kansas is aiming for
redemption with its second wave
of talent.
The Jayhawks take on the 20th-
ranked Cowgirls at 5 p.m. today in
the first round of the Big 12 tourna-
ment. Its a short drive to Municipal
Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.,
but the Jayhawks will have to go a
long way for the victory.
Kansas gameplan does not entail
leaning on one player to score 30
points to neutralize Oklahoma
State senior Andrea Riley. Instead,
coach Bonnie Henrickson hopes
to challenge Riley, the conference
leader in points (25.5) and assists
(6.7) per game, with a balanced
attack.
Thats got to be done by com-
mittee, Henrickson said. Monica
[Engelman] and Sade [Morris]
have got to step up and produce
more.
Riley will match up mostly
with Engelman this time around.
After gaining valuable experience
from the ups and downs of the
nine games that she has started,
Engelman said that she felt pre-
pared for the task.
I know I didnt have the oppor-
tunity to play as many minutes as I
am now, Engelman said. I wasnt
as privileged. In preparation, its
a little different. Shes a different
player. Shes a lot more aggressive,
and shes a lot smaller, but Im used
to playing. So Im excited to be able
to match up with her.
Oklahoma States Jan. 12 victory
at Allen Fieldhouse was a back-
and-forth shootout between Riley
and Kansas senior guard Danielle
McCray, two of the best players
in the country. Riley converted
two free throws and her Cowgirls
led 68-65 with 23 seconds to go.
McCray responded with a game-
tying three-pointer with 14 sec-
onds remaining. But Riley wasnt
done yet.
She flashed her often overlooked
distributing skills and dished a
beautiful pass to freshman Toni
Young for a game-winning layup
with three seconds to go. The
Cowgirls edged the Jayhawks 70-68
as Riley won her showcase against
McCray.
Kansas lost more than just the
game. On a drive to the basket late
in the second half, freshman guard
Angel Goodrich planted her right
foot awkward-
ly and tore the
ACL in her
right knee.
G o o d r i c h ,
once the cata-
lyst to a quick-
paced offense,
was lost for
the season.
Since then
Kansas is 5-9.
The Jayhawks played nine of those
games without McCray, who also
suffered a season-ending ACL
injury.
Injuries are still affecting the
Jayhawks, as freshman forward
Carolyn Davis is questionable after
suffering a concussion in practice
last Friday.
To say the least, Kansas strives
for a flip in its fate. The tourna-
ment provides the Jayhawks that
o p p o r t u n i t y
against the team
that initiated its
demise.
Were say-
ing a lot of
positive things,
Engelman said at
Tuesdays prac-
tice. Yesterday,
I thought that
we had a very
good practice. We lost to Texas
A&M, but were finding some type
of momentum to carry into the
Oklahoma State game.
Henrickson said that many of
her players were approaching post-
season play similar to a state tour-
nament in high school. As long as
Kansas equally distributes its scor-
ing, rather than one hero trying
to match Riley in dramatic state-
tourney fashion, it stands a chance
to advance to the second round for
a matchup against second-seeded
Iowa State.
Its what we talked about when
Angel and Danielle went down,
Henrickson said. Its not any dif-
ferent than looking at playing them
again. Weve got to have more pro-
duction by committee.
Andrew Taylor contributed to this
report.
Edited by Taylor Bern
Neutralizing Andrea Riley
No. 20 Oklahoma States senior guard Andrea Riley scored 30 points,
almost fve points more than her season average, in
a Jan. 12 victory against the Jayhawks. In that game,
Kansas now injured Danielle McCray almost went
point for point with Riley by scoring a team high 28
points. Without McCray, the Jayhawks will need to
fnd a diferent way to neutralize Riley. Kansas will
likely attempt to do that by getting production from
several diferent players and grabbing defensive
rebounds to limit Rileys attempts.
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Freshman guard Monica Engelman looks for an opening during Kansas game against Texas A&Mlast week. Kansas will count on Engelman to counter Oklahoma States Andrea Riley at both ends of
the foor in Kansas frst-round game.
Tournament ofers chance for redemption
Key to the game:
Keep an eye on:
Opponent to watch:
Prediction:
monica Engelman
Since scoring in double fgures in her frst six games
as a starter, freshman guard Monica Engelman has
failed to reach that mark in the Jayhawks last three
games. Kansas lost those three games by an average
of 24 points. Against Oklahoma State, Engelman will
need to up her production as Kansas attempts to
neutralize Oklahoma State Riley.
Riley
Engelman
Cunningham
Tegan Cunningham
Senior forward Tegan Cunningham is the other part
of Oklahoma States dynamic duo. Throughout the
regular season Cunningham and Riley averaged
almost 42 points per game. Cunningham will need
to produce alongside Riley to improve Oklahoma
States chances of advancing in the Big 12 tourna-
ment. In six out of the seven Cowgirls conference
losses, Cunningham failed to do that as she scored
below her season average.
Andrew Taylor
Oklahoma State 78, Kansas 67
Were fnding some type
of momentum to carry
into the Oklahoma State
game.
MONICA ENgElMAN
Freshman guard
Greinke adds on to
scoreless streak
TUCSON, Ariz. Zack
greinke was far more pleased
with his frst start than with the
three innings he threw for the
Kansas City Royals on Wednes-
day against the Colorado
Rockies.
Nonetheless, he extended
his scoreless streak this spring
to six consecutive innings, al-
lowing two hits in that stretch.
greinke, the reigning Ameri-
can league Cy Young Award
winner, threw 51 pitches 31
for strikes to help the Royals
to a 5-0 victory Wednesday. He
gave up a frst-pitch double to
Troy Tulowitkzi with two out in
the frst and allowed two run-
ners to reach base in the third
on an error and a walk.
It still wasnt as sharp as
the game before, said greinke,
referring to the 27 pitches he
threw in three innings Friday
against Texas. It was a little
chilly out and it just was hard
to get loose. So everything
wasnt as crisp.
greinke is on schedule for
Opening Day start April 5
against Detroit. It will be the
frst start in a season opener for
greinke, and he wont see the
Tigers this spring since they
train in lakeland, Fla.
I think it works to the
pitchers advantage a little bit,
greinke said. The frst time a
hitter sees you, its tougher on
the pitcher than the hitter.
greinke said hes not think-
ing about the Tigers. His focus
is on pitching well now.
Still not there but its bet-
ter than it usually is this time
of the spring, greinke said.
Fastball command has been
pretty good.
greinke said he threw
one slider and no curveballs
against the Rockies.
Jef Francis made his second
start for Colorado after missing
the 2009 season following
shoulder surgery. In his frst
spring start Friday, he allowed
four hits, two walks and four
runs in two innings.
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I was just going up to the plate,
DeLeon said. I just wanted to put
the ball somewhere in the outfeld
and get the run scored. I thought I
hit it pretty good though. It carried
pretty well.
Afer beginning the season with
an 0-for-12 slump at the plate, De-
Leons excitement showed as he
raced around the bases.
I came out sprinting, DeLeon
said.
Tough Waters said the Jay-
hawks wouldnt get overconfdent
as a result of the blowout victory,
his personal ofensive pace bears
implications of its own. Before last
season, Waters made a friendly wa-
ger with his roommate, junior third
baseman Tony Tompson, on who
would put up the best ofensive
numbers.
It wasnt even close. Tompson
not only put up the best ofensive
numbers for the Jayhawks, but in
the Big 12 as well winning the
conferences frst ever triple crown,
leading in home runs, RBI and bat-
ting average.
Obviously I lost that bet, Wa-
ters said with a laugh. By a lot.
But the pair went double-or-
nothing at the start of this season.
With Tompson sidelined because
of an injury, Waters has the early
advantage.
It just so happens Im getting a
little head start, which is probably
fair, Waters said. But Im going to
soak it up for as long as I can.
Waters said that with the way the
rest of the lineup had been produc-
ing lately, adding Tompson into
the mix will make the team that
much better.
Wherever hes batting, in front
of me or behind me, I think were
both going to help each other out
in the lineup, Waters said. I think
well put up some pretty big num-
bers.
Edited by Michael Holtz
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The Oldie but Goodies won the game against Theta Black.
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Calvin Morris, a senior fromLeawood, preps
for a three-point shot inside Allen Fieldhouse
Wednesday night. Morris participated in a
three-point shootout, which was open to the
frst 24 students who signed up on the Ambler
Recreation Center website. "I wanted to step
onto Naismith court and see what it was like
to play here," Morris said. "I was nervous at
frst, but I felt pretty good." The elite eight and
road to the three-point shootout champion-
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said she was pumped to finally
get to play her first collegiate soft-
ball game in her
Kansas home
jersey.
It has been a
dream for quite
a while, Hull
said. Im just so
excited to make
it a reality.
Hull, a native
from Lawrence,
has played on the field many times
for Free State High School, but she
said this time it would be much
more special for her.
Ive been rooting for the
Jayhawks before I was born, so
to be able to go out there and be
wearing the jersey and to be sur-
rounded by a community that Im
so familiar with makes me feel so
lucky, Hull said.
Hull said she expected a lot of
friends and family to root for her
and her sister as Kansas opens
the season at 4 p.m. today against
Valparaiso. The Jayhawks are 6-0
in home openers since Arrocha
Ballpark has been open.
Coach Megan Smith said the
team was happy about taking a
break from its road trip, where
the team played 19 games in four
weeks away from way.
Were excited about being here,
sleeping in our own beds and hav-
ing our own fans in the stands,
Smith said.
Freshman pitcher and outfielder
Alex Jones said that the games away
from home had been somewhat of
a drag because its more difficult to
balance schoolwork with so much
travel. but that her teammates have
been extremely supportive and
helped her out whenever possible.
It would be a much different
story if I didnt have 17 other girls
that I wanted to be with every
single weekend, Jones said.
Although Kansas has started
the season by going 9-10, Smith
said she was more worried about
making sure that the players give
it their all.
Our goals arent about the
results but about the process,
Smith said. We want to work hard
and improve every game.
Jones said the team needed to
continue focusing on progressive-
ly getting better and not so much
about the early-season defeats.
We want to focus on building
on the small things and winning
every out, every at-bat and every
pitch, Jones said. If we do that, it
will lead to winning every game.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
Kansas hosts home series
KU INvItatIoNal
toDaY:
4 p.m. Valparaiso (13-5)
FRIDaY:
2 p.m. Missouri State (2-10)
4 p.m. Valparaiso (13-5)
SatURDaY:
1 p.m. Valparaiso (13-5)
3 p.m. Missouri State (2-10)
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Senior running back Jake Sharp catches the ball at Kansas ProTiming DayWednesday at
Anschutz Pavillion. Overall, I came out and put down a good performance for the scouts,
Sharp said. I would have liked to run a little faster on the 40. Today I probably ran, in my
opinion, the slowest I thought I would run, but that is OK a high 4.3.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe performs the long jump at Pro Timing Day Wednesday at Anschutz Pavilion.
Briscoe is among the juniors declaring early for next months NFL draft.
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Anschutz Pavillion. Seniors and other players declaring for next months NFL draft
participted in events for NFL scouts.
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St. Johns right where it wanted. A
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So nobody should have been
surprised that the Warriors pre-
vailed in another two-point game
Wednesday. Marquette wouldnt
have preferred it any other way.
Were starting to learn how
to play in close games, Lazar
Hayward said after fifth-seeded
Marquette held off the 13th-
seeded Red Storm, 57-55, in the
quarterfinals of the Big East mens
basketball tournament.
It resembled a street game at
times, with long-range three-
point shooting and fan-pleasing
dunks. It also had its periods of
ugliness, especially in the first half
when St. Johns shot 29 percent
and fell behind, 27-17.
But as Norm Roberts, the for-
mer assistant under Bill Self at
Kansas and current St. Johns
coach under siege, admitted after-
ward, the deficit could have been
a lot bigger. Instead of berating
his team at halftime, he merely
told them that they had to make
the extra pass on offense and con-
tinue to play hard on defense.
They listened. After trailing by
as many as 14 points in the open-
ing half, the Red Storm increased
its first lead to 46-42 on a three-
point field goal by D.J. Kennedy
that beat the shot-clock buzzer,
and a pair of dunks by Justin
Brownlee. The pro-St. Johns
crowd was in frenzy.
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unfazed. Maurice Acker and
Hayward (game-high 20 points)
hit threes on consecutive pos-
sessions before another trey by
David Cubillan with 1:10 remain-
ing gave the Warriors the lead
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coREY ThIBoDEaux
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. The post-
season hopes of three Big 12 schools
all but vaporized Wednesday at
the Sprint Center, as Oklahoma,
Colorado and Iowa State all felt the
sting of defeat in what will likely be
the last game of each schools sea-
son. 12th-seeded Nebraska pulled
the upset of the day, hitting better
than 50 percent from the field to top
the ice-cold Missouri Tigers.
Texas Tech defeated the Buffaloes
to advance to a second round match-
up with Kansas at 11 a.m. today.
NEbRASKA 75,
MISSOURI 60
Nebraskas Brandon Richardson
finished with 19 points, includ-
ing a key second-half four-point
play, to lead 12th-seeded Nebraska
in a 75-60 upset against 5-seed
Missouri.
Richardson was one of four
Cornhuskers to finish the game in
double figures, as Nebraska, which
entered the game with just two con-
ference victories to its name, shot
a staggering 55.8 percent from the
field to pull off what will likely be
the upset of the tournament.
On the flipside, Missouri shot an
atrocious 33.9 percent, and though
the Tigers are still a solid bet for the
NCAA tournament, this defeat will
drop their seeding significantly.
These guys have done a tre-
mendous job, Missouri coach
Mike Anderson said. When people
counted them out, they were picked
seventh in the league, and they fin-
ished fifth, one game out of second
place. So with that being said, I
think weve done what we are sup-
posed to do.
With Nebraska so hot from the
floor and the Tigers struggling to hit
shots, senior guard J.T. Tiller said it
seemed like the deck was stacked
against them at times.
Today seemed like it was
Murphys law: What could go
wrong would go wrong, he said.
Everything they were putting up
there I see it as it was their day,
and they really wanted this game.
And it really showed in the results.
Nebraska will move on to face
Texas A&M, which is coming off
of a first-round bye, at 2 p.m. today.
The winner of that game will play
the winner of Kansas-Texas Tech in
the semifinals.
TExAS TEcH 82,
cOLORADO 67
The Colorado Buffaloes got yet
another outstanding performance
from Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Alec Burks, but it wasnt enough to
hold off Texas Techs domineering
team effort.
Burks led all scorers with 24
points on 8-of-14 shooting, but the
Red Raiders had four scorers in
double figures highlighted by
John Robersons 19-point, nine-
assist performance and con-
trolled the boards in an 82-67 Texas
Tech victory.
He passed the ball well, hit key
shots, Texas Tech coach Pat Knight
said of Roberson. He was talking
again. Hes out there trying to calm
guys down. He was talking in the
timeout.
Knight and the Red Raiders move
on to face the No. 1 seed, and the
No. 1 team in the country, Kansas,
at 11:30 a.m. today. Knight and
his players know the challenge that
awaits them they were manhan-
dled when they visited the Jayhawks
in January, losing 89-63 in Allen
Fieldhouse.
Its going to be tough, Knight
said. Its like comparing my win-
loss record with my old mans.
Knights old man is Bobby Knight,
a 902-game winner as a head coach
and one of the greatest to ever roam
the sidelines in college basketball.
Head coach Pat Knight just won
game No. 31.
Techs leading scorer, Mike
Singletary, was held scoreless in
Lawrence, but he averages just
under 15 per contest for the Red
Raiders.
Its always fun to play Kansas,
Singletary said. Its always fun to
play the so-called best team in the
country. So Im going to take that
as a challenge. I think were all just
going to take it as a challenge and
just go out there and play with the
same energy we played with today
and just, hopefully, well come out
with a win.
OKLAHOMA STATE 81,
OKLAHOMA 67
Oklahoma State reeled off a 20-2
run in the first seven minutes of
the game and Oklahoma never
pulled back within single digits. The
Cowboys won in an 81-67 thump-
ing that was never even as close as
the final score.
Diminutive point guard Keiton
Page scored 19 points in the first
half as the Cowboys put the game
out of reach before the second TV
timeout.
The Cowboys built an 18-point
halftime lead despite a relative off
night from conference player of the
year James Anderson. Anderson
had just six points at the half and
finished with 11.
We take a lot of pride in our
defense, Oklahoma State coach
Travis Ford said. We spend more
time in practice on defense, but
when you make shots like that, it
makes everything else look so much
better.
Andersons final basket came
on a highlight-reel dunk over
Oklahomas Tommy Mason-Griffin.
Oklahoma was without leading
scorer Willie Warren, but Mason-
Griffin and Steven Pledger com-
bined for 40 points. It wasnt enough
for the Sooners, whose Achilles-heel
defense proved to be their undoing
once more as the Cowboys shot well
over 50 percent from the field.
Oklahoma State moves on to face
Kansas State at 6 p.m. today. The
Cowboys defeated the Wildcats in
Manhattan in the game following
Kansas States upset of then-No. 1
Texas.
I dont want to say the first games
always the toughest because now
weve got Kansas State, Ford said.
Thats not the case, but its good to
get the first one out of the way.
TExAS 82,
IOWA STATE 75
Before the game, senior forward
Damion James told his team the
seniors were only guaranteed two
more games. But he wasnt ready to
go home Wednesday.
James led all scorers with 28
points and 16 rebounds while lead-
ing Texas to an 82-75 victory against
Iowa State.
With every other Big 12 game
of the day being decided by 14 or
15 points, this was the most com-
petitive game of the day. Despite
the seven-point victory, Texas still
dominated Iowa State.
Iowa State was down 9-2 to start
the game but came alive with an
alley-oop from junior guard Diante
Garrett to junior forward LaRon
Dendy. Then sophomore guard
Scott Christopherson tied the game
9-9 with a three-point basket on the
ensuing possession.
The crowd was heavily populated
with Cyclones fans and those two
plays made them come alive. But
the Longhorns still went into half-
time up 31-28.
The Longhorns, mainly James,
responded to every comeback the
Cyclones tried. James took over
offensively and defensively in the
second half, whether it was a steal,
dunk or crucial rebound.
He was a man on the boards,
Texas coach Rick Barnes said. He
just went and got everything.
In what is most likely Craig
Brackins last college game, the
junior guard scored 15 points and
had six rebounds, but it wasnt
enough for the Cyclones.
Iowa State fought off an eight-
point deficit with just under nine
minutes to go. They were still down
59-60, but the Cyclone faithful was
on its feet. But James was there to
knock down a three and put them
back in their seats.
When youre doing that, youre
having fun, James said.
The Longhorns went on an 11-0
run to help close out the ball game.
The Cyclones didnt get within six
points in the second half. Texas will
play Baylor at 8:30 tonight.
Edited by Taylor Bern and Jesse Rangel
Weston White/KANSAN
Oklahoma State guard James Anderson dunks the ball over an Oklahoma defender Wednesday
night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Andersons Cowboys routed the Sooners and
advanced to play Kansas State in todays quarterfnal round.
Oklahoma State,
Texas Tech and
Texas also advance
bIg 12 TOURNAMENT

KANSAS
29-2 (15-1)
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Sherron Collins, senior guard
Thinking back to last years frst-round loss
to Baylor, Collins said he was still sick about
that game after air-balling the potential game-
winning three. But its a new year, and he has a
cast around him that can keep him from having
to make those tough shots, though he is more
than capable of doing so.

Tyshawn Taylor, sophomore guard

He had one of his more productive games
of the season against Missouri with 13 points,
fve rebounds, six assists and three steals. He is
starting to come alive ofensively, averaging 12
points in his last fve games, shooting 58.3 per-
cent in the process. That just gives opponents
another player to worry about with the ball.

Xavier Henry, freshman guard

His streak of seven consecutive
double-fgure scoring games came
to an end Saturday at Missouri. Henry
took only six shots, so its not some-
thing to read deep into, but keep an
eye on his shot attempts in his frst
game of the tournament. Hes the type
of player to defer to the veterans in a
high-stakes atmosphere, but he should
be the second or third option for the
Jayhawks.

Marcus Morris, sophomore forward

Anyone who watched the Mizzou
game remembers the crash Morris took,
but he still came back out fnishing with
12 points and 10 rebounds. He said he
cut his wrist and blacked out for a few
seconds from bashing his head into a
table, but those injuries wont hinder his
game with fve days to recover. He was
named to the All-Big 12 second team
this week.

Cole Aldrich, junior center

The Big 12 Defensive Player of the
Year is coming of one of his more quiet
games with 10 points, seven rebounds
and one block against the Tigers. That
doesnt mean he doesnt afect the
game because just his mere presence
was a factor. Mizzou was held to 35
percent shooting, and teams that dont
attack Aldrich will sufer the same fate.

Corey Thibodeaux
texAS tech
17-14 (4-12)
StArterS
John Roberson, junior guard
Roberson is the glue guy on this Texas Tech
team. He leads the team with 5.4 assists per
game and also ranks second in points with 14.4
per contest. If Collins and company contain
Roberson to single-digit points and fewer than
fve assists, the Jayhawks should walk all over
the Raiders.

Nick Okorie, senior guard

Okorie and center Darko Cohadarevic are
the two seniors in a junior-heavy lineup. Okorie
didnt start when the Jayhawks handled the
Red Raiders by 26 in January, but he was Techs
second leading minute-getter with 28. He tal-
lied fve points, three rebounds and six steals in
the loss. Okorie hit 11-of-16 shots for 34 points
in the regular season fnale against Colorado.

Mike Singletary, junior forward

Singletary is built like a house. A brick house.
Hes listed at 6-foot-6 and 217 pounds, but hes
the type of guy who seems much bigger in
person. After being completely silenced in 20
minutes of play in Lawrence he fnished with
zero points, his only scoreless performance of
the season bet on him to come out for blood
Thursday. Singletary leads the Red Raiders with
14.9 points per game.

Dwalyn Roberts, junior forward

Roberts isnt a huge numbers guy, averag-
ing 6.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, but
he gets a lot of little things done for the Red
Raiders. And occasionally he can post double-
double numbers if coach Pat Knight needs
him to. He had a respectable six points and
10 rebounds in the Raiders frst-round victory
against Colorado.

Darko Cohadarevic, senior forward

Cohadarevic is impossible to miss on the
foor hes 6-foot-9, 242 pounds and looks
like the villain in a Die Hard movie but if you
dont watch closely, its easy to miss his produc-
tion. He averages 6.8 points and fve rebounds,
but Cohadarevic hasnt scored a point in more
than a week and has pulled down just three
rebounds in his last three games.

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Kansas fnished the regular
season 29-2 overall and had its
second-best Big 12 record going
15-1. With a no. 1-seed locked
up, Kansas will try to be the third
team behind Kentucky and north
Carolina to attain the 2,000-win
mark. Kansas just needs to defeat
Texas Tech, which toppled Colo-
rado Wednesday. The Jayhawks
already beat Texas Tech 89-63 at
home this season and are hoping
to not repeat their frst-round exit
to Baylor last season.
Is the 2,000th victory enough
to get Kansas motivated?
Every player has a sense of
pride. All teams want to be no.
1 and if they cant be at the top,
then they want to beat the top
team. Kansas is the top team in
the nCAA as it stands right now
and doesnt have much to gain
from the tournament as far as
seeding goes. But the Jayhawks
have the history to get to win
2,000, revenge to exact from
losing to Baylor last season
and the desire to keep im-
proving. All those should
be enough to avoid a
frst-round upset.
KANSAS wILL SUffER
ANOTHER fIRST-ROUND
TOURNAMENT LOSS If
it gets distracted. That was
all the talk before practice on
Monday staying focused. The
tournament games are a diferent
beast, and with a young team, the
Jayhawks need to play as many
games as possible to be better
prepared for the nCAA Tourna-
ment. In the two losses against
Tennessee and Oklahoma State,
the players seemed like they
werent into the game but were
instead more involved in the
hype. This is a big stage, and the
Jayhawks choked last year. They
dont want a repeat of last year by
any means.
THE SpRINT CENTER wILL
wAVE THE wHEAT If
the Jayhawks bring some of
Allen Fieldhouse with them. The
best part about playing in the
Sprint Center for Kansas of course
is the home-court advantage. It
wont have to play against local
teams Missouri or Kansas State
yet, so the crowd should be cov-
ered in blue. The Jayhawks beat
LaSalle 90-65 in the Sprint Center
earlier this year, and the Jayhawks
have a 58-game victory streak in
Allen Fieldhouse. That certainly
puts Kansas at an even higher
advantage not just in this game,
but in the Big 12 tournament.
prediction:
Kansas 79,
Texas Tech 66
Kansas is stronger at all fve
positions on the foor and in the
bench as well. Texas Tech isnt a
bad group of players, but theres
just not enough talent to stage
an upset. If the no. 1 Jayhawks
come out with any fre, they
should quickly put away Texas
Tech, which limped to the fnish
line on a seven-game skid before
knocking of Colorado in the frst
round. Barring a colossal set back,
this one should be well in hand for
Kansas by the frst-half buzzer.
Can something to play for
make up for talent?
The Jayhawks easily have
enough talent and depth to lay
another hurting on the Red Raid-
ers. This time around, though, Pat
Knights crew has a lot more on
the line. With a victory, the Red
Raiders lock up an nIT bid. With
three more victories, they steal a
spot in the nCAA tournament. All
the Jayhawks have to do is show
up, and theyre a 1-seed on Selec-
tion Sunday. Basically, Kansas has
nothing but pride on the line. Can
the Red Raiders take advantage?
lAst meetinG
NO. 3 KANSAS VS.
TEXAS TECH
at Allen Fieldhouse
KU 89,. TTU 63
Leading scorers:
KU: Marcus Morris - 20 pts
TTU: John Roberson - 16 pts