2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2005
WEDNESDAY
WEEDNESDAY
♦ Volleyball at Texas A&M, 6:30 p.m., College Station, Texas
FRIDAY
- Men's basketball vs. Idaho State, 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
SATURDAY
- Swimming. Minnesota Invite, all day, Minneapolis
Swimming, Minnesota Invite, all day, Minneapolis
MEN'S GOLF
Jayhawks sign high-school star
Kansas men's golf coach Ross Randall announced Tuesday that Bobby Knowles will play for the Jayhawks next season. Knowles, an Omaha, Neb., native, was an honorable mention Rolex All-American.
He was also named to the All-State team twice at Omaha's Creighton Prep High School.
"We are really happy with the signing of Bobby," Randall said. "He is a great player, a great student, and we think he will have a really bright future here at Kansas."
HALL OF FAME
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kansas City's downtown redevelopment efforts received another boost Tuesday as a state board revised the tax breaks available for a basketball Hall of Fame and performing arts center.
Downtown renovation under way
Mayor Kay Barnes, who pleaded for the tax incentives, pledged the state would be rewarded with tax-generating tourists attracted across the nation.
The Missouri Development Finance Board approved an extra $4 million in state income tax credits for the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, to be located at the new Sprint Center arena.
It also granted more time for the city to make use of $25 million in state tax credits previously approved for a Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center.
The Associated Press
NCAA BASKETBALL
Bucknell ready to prove Kansas game was no fluke
BY GENARO C. ARMAS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell point guard Abe Badmus got tired talking about Kansas over the summer.
"People would say, 'That's a good game.' I said, 'I know,' Badmus said. "I really got tired of it because I was trying to get better for next season and people always brought me back."
The new season arrives Friday for Bucknell. Badmus and his teammates are eager to prove that last year wasn't a fluke. There is reason to be optimistic. Five starters return from a squad that finished 23-10, and 10-4 in the Patriot League last year. Bucknell stands a good chance to repeat as conference champions and play meaningful games into at least mid-March.
The Bison, though, face a tough nonconference schedule
that includes trips to No. 1 Duke, No. 16 Syracuse and DePaul, as well a home game against No. 5 Villanova. Bucknell players also know they will be upset targets themselves after beating Kansas.
"I'm actually more excited about that," said senior guard Kevin Bettencourt. "It's one thing being underdog, but there's something to be said about being a team that goes into a game and your opponents know that you're a good team."
A long way from home
Alastair Humhrehs/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alastair Humphreys studies a map during a pause in the desert of Sudan in 2002. For commuters who rue what seems at times to be a never-ending battle with traffic and weather, just imagine what it would be like if the journey covered 50,000 miles and took four years. That's what Alastair Humphreys is facing to get back home — he set off from northern England back in 2001 to journey around the world by bicycle, and the finishing line is finally in sight.
Match
"They have a really good crowd that's really involved," she said. "It's just a very good atmosphere. It's kind of like the Allen Fieldhouse of volleyball."
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On the court, Texas A&M is led by senior outside hitter Laura Jones. A preseason all-conference selection, Jones tied a school record with 53 kills in a 3-2 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.
She leads the Big 12 with 5.95 kills per game, more than an entire kill ahead of the next closest player. Against the Wildcats, Jones accounted for nearly half of her team's 74 kills.
Brown said the key to victory against Texas A&M was clear: shut down Jones and you shut down the Aggies.
"We've got to keep her under control," Brown said. "If we can do that, we should be OK."
If the Jayhawks win, they will be right in the middle of the postseason race again. If they lose, they will have dim hopes of staying alive with matches against Missouri and Iowa State remaining on their schedule.
"We just need to stay focused," Brown said.
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
Hustle
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"I thought she made good decisions," Henrickson said. "She takes good shots and makes the right passes off of penetration."
While Henrickson said she was pleased with how the offense looked, she said there was still a lot of room to improve, especially with a young team.
"We've got kids who can put the ball on the floor and should put the ball on the floor and make a play," she said. "We've got play-makers."
Those play-makers made appearances in the two exhibition games, and now they prepare for regular season games with the goal of making unusually high scores the usual for Kansas.
2005
Edited by Tricia Masenthin
2005 Internship Fair
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