2C BASKETBALL PREVIEW editor's note
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
KANSAN SPORTS EDITOR
TROBINETT@KANSAN.COM
It's one week away from basketball season. Surprised? Wondering how time flew by so quickly? So were we.
Amidst a perfect season from the football team, one week ago we realized that we hadn't planned ahead for one of the cornerstones of the fall semester at the Kansas; the basketball preview special section. This left us four days, with a Monday-night deadline, to scramble for content and put together this comprehensive preview of the 2007-2008 season of Kansas Basketball.
Well, here it is, an entire section about the basketball teams — if you even want to read it that is. For the first time, well, maybe ever, basketball season could dwell in football's shadow until the Big 12 Conference comes calling in January and the Bowl season is recent history. When are there ever empty seats at Late Night in the Phog? In 2003, hundreds were denied entry, but this year you could have skipped the skits, walked in when the scrimmages started and still gotten a decent seat.
Despite this lack of interest, we've got columns, Q and A's, predictions, Big 12 team previews, Jayhawks in the NBA, a basketball-band article and tips for camping out — in case you've been so caught up in KU football that you forgot the rules.
Is Kansas in danger of changing its face from a basketball school to a football school? Eh, probably not. Bill Self knows this isn't a competition.
"Everybody asks me." Self said, "I know they ask Mark (Mangino) this all the time, 'you're competing with basketball there' or this or that. I loved his response: 'I don't think they're on our schedule this year.'"
So even though there's a scheduling conflict, I'm sure you can fit a little bit of basketball into your life, especially for a team expected to compete for a national championship. And even though a home date against Nebraska may be dancing in your head, once the first whistle blows to tip-off against Pittsburgh State, you'll be reminded why basketball was the first love of Kansas Athletics.
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Publisher
Editor-in-Chief
Managing Editors
Advertising Director
Sports Editor
Special Sections Editor
Design Chiefs
The University Daily Kansar
Erick R. Schmidt
Darla Slipke
Eric Jorgensen
Jackie Schaffer
Travis Robinett
Francesca Chambers
Drew Bergman
Brenna Hawley
Dianne Smith
Anna Faltermeier
Copy Chief Dianne Smith
Photo Editor Anna Faltermeier
Senior Photographer Sarah Leonard
Advertising Layout Megan Gonzales
The Daily O'Colly Carson Cunningham
The Daily Toreador Adam Coleman
The Maneater Mike Bushnell
Oklahoma Daily Corey Demoss
Baylor Lariat Will Parchman
Photo on the cover by Anna Faltermeier
et cetera
The University Daily Kelson is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. Basketball Preview is a Special Section. The first copy is paid for through the student activity fee.
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tableofcontents
3C men's schedule women's schedule
4C commentary: Erick R.
Schmidt
commentary: Bryan Wheeler
5C commentary: Case Keefer
6C women's basketball commentary: Taylor Bern
7C commentary: Danny Nordstrom basketball media day notebook
8C Russel Robinson Q & A Jeremy Case Q & A
9C Sasha Kaun Q & A
10C Oklahoma season preview Baylor season preview 11C Texas Tech season preview
Oklahoma State season preview Texas season preview
12C Missouri season preview Kansas State season preview
13C Texas A&M season preview Colorado season preview Nebraska season preview Iowa State season preview
14C commentary: Rustin Dodd
15C basketball band camping
16C former Jayhawks in the NBA
WE LOVE OUR KANSAN.
Good Luck Hawks!
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