4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KU 96 - NU 54
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2006
Basketball cheers and jeers
Cheers to the opening of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics. It was packed before the game.
Cheers to the KU fans. The energy in the fieldhouse was unusually high for a day game. The place was packed despite two straight losses.
Best line: "Last year I thought Joe McCray might turn out to be a good player, then he went and became a fat kid in the offseason."
Best cheer of the day. "Just like football."
Worst sign: "Kansas basketball, it's awesome baby." Dick Vitale was not in Allen Fieldhouse.
Best nickname: "Jack it up Jeremy" for sophomore guard Jeremy Case.
Cheers to freshman forward Julian Wright. He brought the house down with all three of his dunks.
Poor fan etiquette to the fan who shouted
"Missouri" as Christian Moody hit his second free throw.
Jeers to the ushers who took away students' signs before the game. Yeah, they might have been a bit inappropriate, but we are in college and there is some amendment that permits freedom of speech.
The Rock Chalk Chant began with 2:56 left in the game.
— C.J. Moore
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Sasha Kaun, sophomore guard, goes up for a slam dunk during the first half of Saturday's game against Nebraska. The Jayhawks defeated the Cornhuskers 96-54.
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Sophomore guard Russel Robinson dribbles the ball down court while keeping it away from Nebraska's Marcus Walker; Robinson helped lead the Jayhawks to a 42 point victory over the Cornhuskers' on Saturday.
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Julian Wright took it hard to the basket during a fastbreak in Saturday's game. Wright went on to score a total of 12 points and had six total rebounds as the Jayhawks dominated the Corn Huskers' in their 96 to 54 win.
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Inside the team
A 16-0 run in the first half put the game out of reach. It was fueled by strong defensive play and clutch three-point shooting. Sophomore guard Russell Robinson dominated that stretch and scored eight of the 16 points.
Freshman guard Brandon Rush was hot early, and scored 10 of the Jayhawks' first 12 points. Rush was also a force on the boards and pulled down nine.
Quotable:
"That was a killer because my
"I guess he must have gotten his class schedule yesterday because he failed to attend class on Friday and that is why he didn't play. You have a short leash when you miss class," Self said about CJ Giles.
hamstrings are still tight," senior guard Jeff Hawkins said about running on the treadmill.
"We need him to play because he is the one inside player, other than CJ, that is a playmaker. That can make plays when nothing's there and we
need somebody like that." Self said about freshman forward Julian Wright.
"I haven't been inducted. I didn't even know I was a nominee." Self said about whether he had been in the Hall of Fame at the Booth Family Hall of Athletics.
"The red team was whooping us in practice and we got it together," Rush said, about why Self used the treadmill.
— Ryan Colaianni