2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008
PICK'EM Kansan sports staff forecasts this weekend's games
RUSTIN DODD
KANSAN REPORTER/SPORTS
WRITER
DODD@KANSAN.COM
MARK DENT
MARK DENT
KANSAN SPORTS WRITER
MDENT@KANSAN.COM
TARA SMITH
TARA SMITH
ASSOCIATE KANSAN SPORTS EDITOR
TSMITH@KANSAN.COM
TRAVIS ROBINETT
KANSAN SPORTS WRITER
TROBINETT@KANSAN.COM
CASE KEEFER
Baylor @ Oklahoma 3 p.m. Saturday
CASE REEFER
KANSAN SPORTS EDITOR
CKEEFER@KANSAN.COM
Baylor is coming off a 116-110 five-overtate victory against Texas A&M. Baylor is ranked and back at home playing a Oklahoma team sans fresh blame Griffin.
Washington State @ Arizona State 6p.m. Saturday, FSN
The Bears are tired but should have enough to beat the Blake Griffinless Sooners.
The Bears might be worn out after Wednesday's marathon,but if they can handle the Aggies,they can handle the Blake Griffin-less Sooners.
Baylor basketball is this season's Kansas football. People should have realized the Bears' potential when they almost knocked off top-10 team Washington State.
The story of the Baylor basketball program's resurgence is just too inspiring to pick against right now.
Arizona State, the surprise team in college hoops, tries to penetrate Washington State's physical man-to-man defense. Stick with the home team here.
Herb Sendek has the Sun Devils hotter than they've been in a year. Tempe is becoming a tough place to play.
Georgetown @ West Virginia 6 p.m. Saturday, ESPN
The Cougars' defense will have to clamp down in Tempe, but they should pull out the victory.
Washington State is better than Arizona State, and the Cougars don't beat themselves.
Arizona State's backcourt is as explosive as a bomb, But Washington State guards Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver can diffuse it.
Somewhere hearts are laughing and children are shouting, but there is no joy in Huggieville. Bob Huggins' West Virginia team is no match for Roy Hibbert and the Hoyas.
Georgetown peaked last year. The team isn't the same without Jeff Green.
The Hoyas continue to earn my respect. That's all there really is to it.
Virginia Tech @ Boston College 4 p.m. Saturday
The Mountaineers are playing at home, and Georgetown has been vulnerable on the road.
The Hokies of Virginia Tech should be able to tame Boston College.
In three of their last four games, the Hoyas just haven't looked right Don't think Mountainers coach Bob Huggins hasn't noticed
The Eagles woke up after losing Robert Morris in early January. They could place as high as third in the ACC.
Earlier this month, Boston College lost to Robert Morris of the Northeast Conference. Who?
Mississippi @ Mississippi State 4 p.m. Saturday
The ACC is not a very good conference, and Virginia Tech is in the middle of the pack.
In the Battle for the Magnolia State, when in doubt, go with the home team. Mississippi State is undefeated in SEC conference play.
The Rebels are done. Their weak nonconference schedule didn't prepare them to win tough road games like this one against the surprising Bulldogs.
The Rebels will regroup after a close defeat at Auburn and hand the Buildogs their first SEC loss.
I'm still not sold on the Eagles. But the Hokies are too young to win at the Conte Forum.
Mississippi has a better record, that's about all I know about this game.
The Rebels don't have any superstars because they don't need any. But they don't make costly mistakes and play fundamental basketball.
sports trivia of the day
Q: Which women's basketball coach was named national Coach of the Year by the Women's Basketball News Service in 2006?
A: Texas A&M coach Gary Blair. In 2006, Blair took the Aggies to their first NCAA Tournament in 10 years and set a school record with 11 conference victories despite a roster full of underclassmen.
Aggieathletics.com
sports fact of the dav
Before he came to Texas A&M, Gary Blair became the winningest coach in Arkansas school history in 10 years. He won 198 games as a Razorback and made a Final Four appearance in 1998.
Swing low
"We have problems, but the biggest problem is who the Big 12 is this year. It's solid from top to bottom. This isn't going to be our last loss."
sports quote of the day
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Aggieathletics.com
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— Blair, after falling to 1-4 in conference play after a loss to Nebraska.
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Weston White/KARMAN Ellit Beall, a 2006 Kansas graduate, serves the ball during a game of racquetball at the Student Recreation Fitness Center on Tuesday. Racquetball league signups begin today for men and women.
>> NFL
Brady's injury draws attention
BY HOWARD ULMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — For once, not even the paparazzi could find Tom Brady. Or his boot.
They staked out the locker of the Patriots quarterback for 45 minutes before the media access period ended on Thursday. Then they focused for the 15 minutes they were allowed into practice and found two quarterbacks, Matt Cassel and Matt Gutierrez.
That was quite a change from early in the week when Brady walked through a bunch of videographers and photographers near the New York home of his girlfriend, supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
On Monday, they took pictures of him wearing a protective boot on his right foot. Later in the day, he walked without the boot into a nightspot with Bundchen. Video on Tuesday also captured him without the boot as he headed for and entered a cab.
"I'm going to put on a boot and see if you all follow me around,"
New England halfback Heath Evans joked before practice.
"To me, the good part was the flowers. I wasn't in on the boot," he said.
Brady, the NFL MVP, reportedly has a minor ankle sprain that shouldn't keep him out of the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 against the New York Giants.
"I don't have any comment on it," Bellick said in a news conference before the Patriots held their first practice for the Super Bowl. "The injury report will be out next Wednesday and we're excited to give that to you. That form will be filled out completely and I can't wait to give that to everybody.
"I know you're anxious for it, so when it's due on Wednesday, we'll have it for you. Don't worry about that." While Patriots' fans were concerned about the boot on Brady's foot, defensive end Richard Seymour was more taken with the bouquet in Brady's hand.
Coach Bill Belichick and several players treated the boot saga with a mix of stonewalling and smiles.
athletics calendar
TODAY
Track, Jayhawk Invitational, All Day, Lawrence
TOMORROW
Swimming vs. Iowa, 11 a.m., Columbia, Mo.
Swimming vs. Iowa, 11 a.m., Columbia, Mo.
Men's Basketball vs. Nebraska, 12:45 p.m., Lawrence
Women's Basketball vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m., Lawrence
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