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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY JAMY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2008
sports trivia of the day
Q: What is the record for most points scored in a basketball game by a University of Texas freshman?
A: 37. Last year's NCAA Player of the Year Kevin Durant exploded for 37 five times last year including March 11th against Kansas.
-Texas Basketball Media Guide
sports fact of the day
Durant's career-high in points in the NBA is 35. In his first season as a member of the Seattle Supersonics, Durant reached 35 points against both the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers.
-nba.com
quote of the day
"There is none better. On nights when he's not shooting it, he affects the game in a lot of different ways."
-Texas coach Rick Barnes on sophomore guard D.J. Augustin
PGA
Tournament brings long-awaited victory
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif., — Steve Lowery had gone more than seven years and 199 tournaments without winning, a drought that would have continued Sunday at Pebble Beach if not for a stunning collapse by Vijay Singh.
Three shots behind when he stood on the 15th tee, Lowery made up quick ground when Singh made three straight bogeys, then won on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with a 7-foot birdie. At 47, he became the oldest winner in the 71-year history of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Lowery closed with a 4 under 68 and won for the third time in his career, all of them in playoffs.
Singh recovered from his three bogeys with a wedge that stopped 2 feet away for birdie on the final hole for a 71 to force the playoff. Both players finished at 10-under 278.
But the Fijian's troubles only got worse playing the famous 18th hole at Pebble Beach a second time. His drive found a bunker to the right, and his second shot clipped the top of the bunker, leaving him 192 yards short of the green. A 4-iron for his third shot plugged into the side of another bunker, and he did well to blast out to 8 feet and make par.
Lowery's birdie putt was good all the way, an amazing victory for a variety of reasons, least of all Singh's collapse.
Associated Press
on tv tonight
Men's College Basketball:
-Villanova at Georgetown, 6:00 p.m., ESPN
—Kansas at Texas, 8:00 p.m.
ESPN
—St. Mary's at Santa Clara, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Women's College Basketball:
-Rutgers at Tennessee, 6:00 p.m. ESPN2
SOFTBALL Jayhawks start their season on a high note
The University of Kansas softball team couldn't have started the season any better.
The Jayhawks lost one game on their way to a championship victory in the Central Florida Invitational. The Jayhawks lost only once to Central Florida, the host team, and beat North Carolina State, Central Arkansas, and Illinois State.
The Jayhawks beat Illinois State twice on their way to the championship game. They needed extra innings to beat the Redbirds in the semifinal game 4-3.
Amanda Jobe, sophomore first baseman, tallied seven hits, four runs batted in, and two runs scored in the tournament and drove in the winning run in the semifinal.
Junior third baseman Val Chapple also had a big weekend with eight hits, including one home run, five runs scored, and four runs batted in. Sophomore pitcher Sarah Vertelka earned three victories in the tournament and junior pitcher Valerie George shut out Central Florida for the victory in the championship game.
The Jayhawks go to Las Vegas next weekend for the UNLV invitational and start off against $ 23^{\mathrm{rd}} $ranked Oregon.
-Kelly Breckunitch
Weekend scores
Central Florida Invitational
2/08/08:
vs. Central Arkansas, W
2-1
vs. NC State, W 4-3
Just Kickin'It
vs. NC State, W 4-3
2/09/08:
vs. Illinois State, W 6-0
vs. UCF, L 5-2
2/10/08:
2/10/08:
vs. Illinois State (10), W
4-3
vs. UCF, W 6-0
Tony Casale, Redondo Beach, Calif., senior, saves the ball from going out of bounds by trapping it on the sideline. "We are starting to play in the mornings on weekends, but do not have a set time yet," Casale said. Other students interested in living with the group are encouraged to look for them in the Student Rec Center on weekend mornings.
Weston White/Kansan
NFL
Redskins get first-time coach after thorough search
BY JOSEPH WHITE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — After a suspenseful month of exhaustive interviews involving at least 10 candidates, the Washington Redskins decided their coach would be: none of the above.
Instead, it'll be first-timer Jim Zorn taking the mantle from Hall of Famer Joe Gibbs. Two weeks after being hired as the offensive coordinator, the former Seattle Seahawks quarterback was promoted to head coach Saturday night in a surprise ending to a secretive process that tried fans' patience and produced a new favorite every week.
"I've always dreamed of being a head coach with a franchise rich in tradition like the Redskins," Zorn said in a statement released by the team. "As a player who had to fight Redskins teams at RFK as well as at our home field, I know about the history of this franchise as well as the passion of its fans. I won't let you down."
"We're proud that our search was diligent, thorough, and resulted in today's announcement," owner Dan Snyder said. "Jim's track record and reputation as a player, great teacher, and as a coach makes us confident that they will translate to success for the Redskins."
Zorn the Seahawks' quarterback coach for the last seven years.
The 54-year-old Zorn agreed to a five-year contract and will be introduced at a news conference Sunday.
Zorn becomes the sixth coach under Snyder, who bought the
helping develop Matt Hasselbeck into a Pro Bowl player, but he had never been a coordinator for an NFL team until the Redskins came calling. Now he's making the jump to head coach.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Schottenheimer. Steve Spurrier and Gibbs. None had a cumulative winning record, although Gibbs took the Redskins to the playoffs in two of his four seasons before his resignation Jan. 8.
Jim Zorn, the new head coach of the Washington Redskins football team, speaks during a news conference at Reds Park in Ashburn, Va. Sunday.
team in 1999, and he ends a string of high-profile coaching hires by an owner who had developed a reputation for hiring top names at a top price. Snyder's last three coaches were Marty
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