THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 2007
SPORTS 5B
MEN'S BASKETBALL WRAP-UP
Colle Aldrich. freshman forward. scrambles for the loose ball during the second half of last night's game in Allen Fieldhouse. Aldrich finished the night with three steals, four points and five rebounds.
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Darrell Arthur, sophomore forward, blocks Florida Atlantic shot. Arthur finished the game with 12 points and two rebounds.
basketball notes
OTHER BIG MEN
Darrell Arthur only grabbed two rebounds in 17 minutes Wednesday night, although he shot 6-for-9 from the field. Freshman Cole Aldrich, who only played one minute against Arizona, scored four points and finished with five rebounds. He got two points and one of those rebounds on a nice put-back during Kansas's 13-0 run in the first half.
JEREMY CASE
Case turned in his best performance of the season while playing a season-high 15 minutes. He scored seven points, notched a career-high six assists
and didn't turn the ball over once.
THE BIG GAME IS ON SUNDAY
Self said he couldn't read too much into Wednesday night's game but was pleased with team's overall effort. Kansas leaves Friday to travel to Los Angeles for a road game at Southern California, which defeated Southern Illinois last week. The Jayhawks beat the Trojans by 10 at home last season.
"They are good," Self said. "Anybody that beats Southern Illinois by 25 on a neutral floor and scores 70 is good."
Former Jayhawk returns to court as coach of FAU
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--Mark Dent
Former Jayhawk basketball player and Florida Atlantic coach Rex Walters yells from the sidelines at his Alma Mater. Walters played under Roy Williams where he led the Jayhawks to two Big Fight titles and was named Bief Airt Athlete of the Year in 1993.
BY RUSTIN DODDrdodd@kansan.com
Although his team lagged behind for most of the game, which ended in a 38-point loss, Walters never stopped coaching. Even after the final horn, Walters was out on the floor trying to get one final point across to his team.
Rex Walters' face was a little bit older, his attire was more Armani than Adidas, and his seat was on the visitor's bench. But Kansas fans had no problem recognizing the former Jayhawk great roaming the Florida Atlantic sidelines on Wednesday. The Allen Fieldhouse crowd honored Walters, the first-year head coach of Florida Atlantic whose fiery playing style has translated into his coaching, with a standing ovation during pre-game introductions.
For the first time since 1993, Rex Walter was part of a Kansas basketball game at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas added a clip of Walters playing as a jayhawk to its pre-game highlight video.
"He's just going to never quit, he's going to keep pushing, keep pushing, keep pushing." Florida Atlantic guard Carderro Nwoji said.
"That introduction was very special, it did touch my heart." Walters said. "I've always said all along the people are what make Kansas basketball and this state so special. It means an awful lot to me, and then unfortunately we had to play a basketball game."
when asked about the warm reception for Walters.
"I got goosebumps," Self said
The difference was this time Walters, who played two seasons at Kansas during 1991-92 and 92-93 and led the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993, wasn't in uniform. But don't think his allegiances to Kansas havent stayed strong. Walters met his wife at Kansas and lived in Lawrence for four years after college.
"Someday I'll probably make my home here," Walter said while remarking about hating the cold weather. "In the summer and the spring, I'll probably back because this place is so special."
And after Kansas' victory, Walters, who was named Big Eight athlete of the year in 1993, had nothing but praise for Kansas' line up.
"We were playing against at least seven players that are going to be professional basketball players," Walters said as he proceeded to list off a player-by-player scouting report.
"I love Russell Robinson," Walters said. "I love his toughness. I love Mario Chalmers, I love the way he plays."
Walters has been around good basketball teams since his career began at Kansas. He began his coaching after playing in the NBA for seven years, and he said he thought his Kansas team in 1991-92 was the best team in the country. That team lost to University of Texas in El Paso in the second round of the NCAA tournament. The next season Walters led Kansas to the Final Four, but the jayhawks fell to North Carolina
in the National Semi-Final. Walters hopes this year's Kansas team can do what his teams were unable to do: win an NCAA title.
"I remember when we went to the Final Four," Walters said. "(Former Kansas assistant) Matt Doherty asked Michael Jordan, 'what does it
take to get to a Final Four and win a championship?' And it's amazing that the thing that stood out to me was Michael Jordan said, 'You go to get a little lucky too.' And I hope Kansas gets a little lucky.
Edited by Rachel Bock
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Sasha Kaun, senior center, drives in a basketball during Wednesday's game against Florida Atlantic. Kaun finished the game leading the Hawks in defensive rebounds with seven on the night.
Kansas 87. Florida Atlantic 49
Florida Atlantic 1-6
| | TOT-FG | 3-PT | REBOUNDS | | | | | | | | | |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| ## Player Name | FG-FGA | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | OF | DE | TOT | PF | TP | A | TO | BLK | S | MIN |
| 0 SIMMONS, Derrick | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 21 PARMER, Jeff | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 32 MONROE, Carlos | 1-8 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 NWOJI, Carderro | 3-10 | 3-6 | 5-6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 23 HUGHLEY, Sanchez | 5-8 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
| 15 RODRIGUEZ, Enrique | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 PERKINS, Xavier | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 4 ALARCON, Sean | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 40 ROYSTER, Brett TEAM | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Totals | 16-51 | 5-11 | 12-21 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 17 | 49 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 200 |
Kansas 6-0
| | TOT-FG | 3-PT | REBOUNDS | | | | | | | | | |
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| ## Player Name | FG-FGA | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | OF | DE | TOT | PF | TP | A | TO | BLK | S | MIN |
| 00 Arthur, Darrell | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| 32 Jackson, Darnell | 4-5 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| 03 Robinson, Russell | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 05 Stewart, Rodrick | 1-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| 15 Chalmers, Mario | 4-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 02 Teahan, Conner | 3-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 Case, Jeremy | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 Bechard, Brennan | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 22Buford, Chase | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 Kaun, Sasha | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 25 Rush, Brandon | 6-14 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 40 Witherspoon, Brad | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 Aldrich, Cole | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 54 Kleinmann, Matt TEAM | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 33-58 | 11-26 | 10-17 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 19 | 87 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 200 |
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