THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
THE MORNING BREW
Madison Square Garden making history since 1968
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What is the highest point total scored by a Knick at The Garden?
A. Carmelo Anthony, 62 points.
- ESPN.com
"The Mecca," "The Garden," "The World's Most Famous Arena" are just a few of the nicknames given to Madison Square Garden. The Garden is the home of the New York Knicks and is located in Manhattan, N.Y. The rich history of The Garden is what has led to its worldwide renown. It goes as far back as when Phil Jackson was a Knick and won two titles there, one that came against a Pat Riley-led Lakers team. But even more so in the modern era of basketball, The Garden has become the biggest stage for the world's best players to perform on.
Players the likes of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kyrie Irving all save their best performances for The Garden. There's something about the world's most famous arena. Since 1947, there have been 24 performances at The Garden where 50 or more points have been scored. These games have
oeen niglighted by Wilt Chamberlain's astounding six 50-point performances. On Nov. 16, 1962, Chamberlain scored 73 points at The Garden, which was the most in a game in NBA history until he scored 100 that same season.
On Saturday night, LeBron James posted a near triple-double in the Miami Heat's victory over the Knicks. LeBron scored 30 points and recorded eight rebounds and seven assists. James has posted two 50-point games in his
career at The Garden. He has had near triple-doubles in both of those games as well. On Feb. 2, 2009, Kobe Bryant put up 61 percent shooting from the field and shot 20-20 from the free throw line. The newest member of The Garden 50-point club is Stephen Curry. Curry put up 54 points and shot 11-13 beyond the arc.
The Garden has been home to many memorable playoff games as well. The most memorable series was between the Indiana Pacers and the New York Knicks in 1995. This series was highlighted by the feud between Pacers' guard Reggie Miller and diehard Knicks fan Spike Lee. With 18.7 seconds left in game one of the Eastern Conference finals, the Knicks lead the Pacers by six points. With 16.4 ticks left on the clock, Miller hit a three and
then got the steal on the ensuing in-bounds pass. Miller then hit another three to tie the game up at 105. After two Knicks collapsed at the other end of the court, Miller grabbed the rebound and got fouled. Before Miller toed the
tree throw line, he committed the most iconic act of taunting in sports history. Miller looked Spike Lee right in the eyes and put his hands over his neck to resemble the Knicks choking
The Garden is basketball's greatest stage. The greatest players of all time come to The Garden and have the greatest games of their careers. Whether it's the regular season, the NBA playoffs or college basketball, The Garden never fails to impress.
This week in athletics
Edited by Amber Kasselman
Tuesday
Men's Basketball
Baylor
6 p.m.
Waco, Texas
Wednesday
Women's Basketball Oklahoma State 7 p.m. Stillwater, Okla.
Thursday
No Events
Friday
Women's Tennis
Colorado
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Central Florida
5 p.m.
Orlando, Fl.
Saturday
Swimming and Diving Iowa State 10 a.m. Ames, Iowa
Men's Basketball
West Virginia
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
LIU Brooklyn
10 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
Track Armory Collegeiate Invitational All day New York, N.Y.
Sunday
Women's Basketball
Oklahoma
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball
Tennessee-Chattanooga
8 a.m.
Orlando, Fla.
SWIMMING AND DIVING
Tennis
Eastern Michigan
10 a.m.
Lawrence
Monday
Men's Basketball
Kansas State
8 p.m.
Manhattan
Kansas defeats Vanderbilt, falls to Arkansas
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AMIE JUST
Over the weekend the Jayhawks went 1-1 with their duals, winning against Vanderbilt 163-130 and falling to Arkansas 207-91, making the Kansas squad 7-4 in dual meets this season.
"We were better than last week, which is what we were going for," coach Clark Campbell said. "The competition level was high. The best thing is to keep pushing and keep training for the conference championships."
Senior Morgan Sharp put eight individual points on the board for Kansas, leading the team for point totals. Sharp swam a 1:52.04 in the 200-yard freestyle, placing second. She also finished second in the 100-yard freestyle, finishing with a personal best time of the season at 51.67.
Sophomore Bryce Hinde and freshman Pia Pavlic also took home silver this weekend. Hinde placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke, clocking in with a time of 2:23.51. Pavlic was beat by just .15 of a second in the 100-yard butterfly, where she finished with a time of 56.98.
"We had a good week of practice this past week and I thought we had a solid meet," Campbell said. "Swimming is tough because you can have a good week of practice and show up at the meet and not have good performances."
"Both Arkansas and Vanderbilt are strong teams and they
Arkansas swept the pool, winning all but two events. The other two events, the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard backstroke, were won by Vanderbilt swimmers.
both performed well," Campbell said. "It's good because you can use the competition to help you go faster. We need teams to push us so that we can get ready for the tough competition we will have at the Big 12 Championships."
Kansas has one more dual before the Big 12 Championships. The Jayhawks will be making their final regular season splash up in Ames, Iowa, against the Iowa State Cyclones this weekend on Feb. 7 and 8.
Edited by Callan Reilly
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