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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2005
Nebraska on top of Big 12
BY MATT WILSON
BY MATT WILSON
AND ALISSA BAUER
sports@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRIVERS
Editor's note: University Daily, Kansan baseball writers Matt Wilson and Alissa Bauer will provide updates on the Big 12 Conference baseball season every Wednesday throughout the semester.
Texas
26-5 overall, 4-4 Big 12 (ranked No. 1
Baseball America, No. 4 in the Big
12)
March 29: Won 2-1 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
April 1-3: Went 2-1 in a three-game series against Kansas State (8-0, 5-4, 3-5)
Highlight players:
Senior shortstop Seth Johnston went 3-3 in game two against Kansas State and leads the team with a .388 batting average and 25 RBI.
- Sophomore left fielder Carson Kainer snapped a career-high eight-game hitting streak on Sunday. Kainer is hitting .338 with 19 RBI.
Next up:
This weekend the Longhorns travel to Nebraska for a three-game series.
Baylor
19-11 overall, 6-3 Big 12 (ranked No.
15 Baseball America, No. 3 Big 12)
March 29: Won 10-3 against Texas Southern
April 1-3: Won the series against Oklahoma last weekend, two games to one (5-3, 2-5, 6-2).
Highlight players:
Senior infielder Josh Ford has reached base in 25 consecutive games.
Junior infielder Kyle
Reynolds went 2-3 with a home run in the last game against Oklahoma State.
Junior right-handed pitcher Ryan LaMotta made his eighth appearance without allowing a run.
Next up:
Baylor will take on Kansas State this weekend in a three-game series at home.
Texas Tech
19-10 overall, 3-5 Big 12 (No. 8 Big 12)
March 29: Won 5-4
April 1-3: Lost the series to Missouri 1-2. The Tigers threw a combined no-hitter against the Red Raiders in a 25-0 loss.
Highlight players:
- Junior outfielder Brent Thomas hit the first home run of his career, going 3-4 in the game three victory against Missouri.
Next up:
The Red Raiders will face Angelo State tonight.
Nebraska
25-3 overall, 5-1 Big 12 (ranked No. 20 Baseball America, No. 1 Big 12)
Since their loss to the Jayhawks, the Huskers have gone on a six-game winning streak.
march 29: Win against
Craigson April 1-3: Took all three games from Oklahoma State last weekend.
Highlight players:
Senior outfielder Jesse Boyer drove in four runs in the series finale against Oklahoma State.
- Junior left-handed pitchers Brian Duensing and Zach Kroenke threw back-to-back complete games against Oklahoma State.
Next up:
The Huskers take on the lowa Hawkeyes at home tonight.
Texas A&M
22-10 overall, 4-5 Big 12 (ranked No.
16 Baseball America, No. 7 Big 12)
March 29: Won. against Lamar (7-6)
April 1-3: Went 2-1 against the Javahaws last weekend.
Highlight players:
Junior first baseman Coby Mavroulis hit his fourth home run of the season and stole home in game two against Kansas.
Junior shortstop Cliff Pennington went 3-4 in game two of the series and knocked in three during the series.
Next up: The Longhorns head to Colombia, Mo., to play the Tigers this weekend.
23-5 overall, 5-1 Big 12 (ranked No.
23 Baseball America, tied No. 1 in
Big 12)
Missouri
March 30: Won against St. Louis,
16-8
April 1-3: Went 2-3 against Texas Tech.
Highlight players:
♦ Pitchers Max Scherzer and Michael Cole combined to pitch a no-hitter en route to a 25-0 win against Texas Tech Friday. Scherzer was named Big 12 pitcher of the week.
Next up: Missouri will play Southeast Missouri State today.
Kansas State
15-12 overall, 2-7 Big 12 (ranked No.
10 Big 12)
March 29: Defeated Wichita State, 6-5
April 1-3: Went 1-3 at Texas.
Junior shortstop Eric Eymann led the Wildcats with a two-hit, four-RBI day on Sunday.
Highlight players:
Pitcher Adam Cowart pitched 8 1/3 innings and earned his sixth victory of the season on Sunday.
Next up: The Wildcats will play the Baylor Bears this weekend.
Oklahoma
17-11 overall, 3-3 Big 12 (tied for No. 4 Big 12)
March 29: Defeated Dallas
Brantley, 7-5
April 1-3: Went 1-2 against Baylor in Waco, Texas.
Highlight players:
- Freshman pitcher Brad Burns threw five no-hit innings before leaving Saturday's game with a shoulder injury.
♦ Junior shortstop Freddy Rodriguez knocked in two runs in Saturday's victory.
Next up: The Sooners will take on the Jayhawks this weekend in Norman, Okla.
Oklahoma State
21-11 overall, 4-5 Big 12 (No. 6 in Big 12)
March 29-30: Swept two-game series against Arkansas-Little Rock
April 1-3: Lost three games to Nebraska.
Dry docked
Highlight players:
Freshman outfielder Corey Brown and junior first baseman Adam Carr each hit grand slam home runs in last Wednesday's 21-5 thrashing of Arkansas-Little Rock.
Next up: The Cowboys will face the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a three-game series this weekend.
Frin Droste/KANSAN
Charlie Whitfield, Jefferson City, Mo., junior, and Ryan Huff, Shawnee freshman, pass time atop a boat on Stauffer-Flint lawn yesterday. The boat was there to entice students to join the KU Waterski and Wakeboard Club. The club is holding an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow at Johnny's Tavern.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Some put aside ill will for Roy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BY STEVE BRISENDINE
There's still a picture of Roy Williams on the wall at the Downtown Barber Shop. It's just that it now hangs in the bathroom.
The painting moved the day Williams left Kansas, the program he swore would be his home forever, for his alma mater at North Carolina.
But owner Mike Amyx, and more than a few other die-hard Williams bashers, conceded a grudging admiration yesterday for ol' Roy, who finally won his first national title Monday night. It's just that — well, dadgummit, Jayhawk fans thought Williams would bring that title home to this storied college hoops town.
"People think we hate Roy, Amyx said. "But we're jealous he's with another team. We kind of wish he was back."
Williams spent 15 seasons at Kansas, leading the Jayhawks to 418 victories and two national title games. He turned down the Tar Heels when they came calling in 2000, promising to be a
"Jayhawk forever."
Three years later, he was gone.
His success with the Tar Heels reopened old wounds for fans who felt Williams insulted Kansas by making a move to North Carolina, especially since it came just days after the Jayhawks had played for a national title.
Williams' popularity made his departure hard to take, said Rose Hermann, who manages the university's Office of Olympic Sports.
Stuck in the middle is Bill Self, the Jayhawks' coach who left Illinois to take over for Williams.
"It wasn't about basketball. It was about losing a really good human being," Hermann said. "And I think that's how we all felt about it, if we'd be really honest."
But the talk of Williams' success didn't bother him, Self said. Nor, he said, was he sorry that he hadn't stayed at Illinois.
"If I weren't happy here, I might say I had mixed emotions about the game," he said. "But I'm very happy here."
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