TUESDAY MARCH 15,2005
SPORTS
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historic Lewisburg, Pa. Your campus is on a hill in Lawrence, Kan. We are a private school; you are public. Your mascot is the Jayhawk, a mythical bird with historic implications we understand. We'd like to point out that our mascot is a real animal. Bison actually exist. On top of that, our student body is smarter. Our average SAT score is 1299. What do you think of that, Kansas?
We hear that the University of Kansas has trouble keeping its students from flunking out. Our retention rate is 96 percent
and 89 percent of our students go on to graduate. Ninety-four percent of those students find jobs in the first six months after graduation. Can you boast those statistics, Kansas? Didn't think so.
You think you're so special with your All-American candidate and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year Wayne Simien, one of the nation's most efficient point guards in Aaron Miles, and one of the country's best slashers in Keith Langford. Will he even play? We have a three-point threat in junior Kevin Bettencourt, Bucknell's all-time leader in that category. Our own version of Langford is junior Charles Lee, who can also knock down
We're a hot team right now, and you don't even want a part of the wrath we'll impose on you Friday night in Oklahoma City.
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Do you think you're better than us because you play in a
Center to see you play. We've heard that thousands will attend — probably more than our Sojka Pavilion and its 4,000-seat capacity can hold. That won't bother us.
"major conference" that sent six teams to the NCAA Tournament and our Patriot League only sent one? Give us a break.
We've won four games in a row, while you're reeling — losers of five of your last eight. We're a hot team right now, and you don't even want a part of the wrath we'll impose on you Friday night in Oklahoma City.
Unlucky for you this game can't be played in historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse, named in honor of the "Father of Basketball Coaching," the place where you've won more than 85 percent of your games the last 50 years.
The Bucknell University men's basketball team
We know that your "loyal" fans will travel to the Ford
Unless our coach gets burned out and walks out on us like he did earlier this season, we'll give you a game. Don't think about the second round or a possible Elite Eight showdown with North Carolina, because if you do, we'll send you home.
Watch your back, because if you don't, you'll get stampeded. Sincerely.
- Weinstein in an Overland Park senior in English.
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where he scored 58 points in two games. Additionally, McNaughton is averaging a little more than four rebounds a game, while Simien averages almost 10.
In the backcourt, the Bison are led by Bettencourt, a three-point specialist, who leads the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game. He ranks fifth all-time in Bucknell history with 137 three-point shots.
The Jayhawks began their NCAA tournament preparations yesterday. They practiced for the first time since their loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday. Coaches began the scouting report on Bucknell last night immediately after the
selection show. Self said the coaching staff had taped every game since Feb. 1, so they already had film to watch on Friday's opponent.
"We have one tape and we will make arrangements to get stuff on our two possible opponents," he said.
Self said the team would prepare for Bucknell until Wednesday and then begin preparing for possible matchups with Northern Iowa or Wisconsin.
Basketball Notebook:
* Keith Langford
Senior guard Keith Langford said he did two individual workouts on Saturday: one before he came to Kansas City, Mo., for the Jayhawks' game against the Oklahoma State
Cowboys and one after he returned to Lawrence.
Langford said he would have tried to play Sunday had the Jayhawks advanced to the Big 12 Conference championship.
"As far as my ankle goes, I am fine." Langford said. "But healthwise I am, like, one to two days away from being 100 percent."
♦ Freshmen seeing minutes
Langford was out all last week with an injured left ankle and came down with a severe case of stomach flu last Wednesday. He had to be admitted to the hospital for dehydration.
Freshmen Alex Galindo and C.J. Giles saw more minutes during the past weekend than they have in a while. Giles had played three total minutes in the Jayhawks' last four games,
but he saw 11 minutes of action on Saturday. Galindo was one of the five Jayhawks on the court in the game's crucial minutes and he took the potential game-tying shot.
Junior Christian Moody's health has been part of the reason freshmen have seen recent playing time, coach Bill Self said. Moody has not been completely healthy since he suffered a staph infection in his right knee after Texas Tech defeated Kansas on Feb.14.
"You can see he's not playing or exploding the way that he was before," Self said.
* Extra day's rest.
Self said that because the Jayhawks did not play in the Big 12 Tournament championship game on Sunday, and will not play an NCAA tournament game
until Friday, the extra rest could allow his team to be as healthy as it has been since mid-season.
"We may need to wear reflector shirts to make sure oncoming cars see us," he laughed.
◆ Travel schedule
The Jayhawks will travel to Oklahoma City tomorrow. Self said the team would most likely take a bus, rather than a charter flight, similar to when it traveled to Norman to play Oklahoma.
"We just need to get whole," Self said. "This will be about as whole as we've been if we can get through the week."
Kansas will play in the final Friday night game, scheduled to tip off about 8:50 p.m. It will be aired in Lawrence on cable channels 5 and 13.
Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
Royals cut players, send 7 to minors
SURPRISE, Ariz. — Right-hander Byron Embry, who allowed one hit to the nine batters he faced in spring training, was among 10 players cut yesterday from the Kansas City Royals team.
BASEBALL
Embry was reassigned to Royals' minor league camp.
Right-handed pitchers Steve Stemle and Roberto Giron were also cut.
—The Associated Press
The Royals sent pitches Brian Bass, Leo Nunez and Devon Lowery and second baseman Donnie Murphy to Double-A Wichita, and sent first baseman Justin Huber and catcher Paul Phillips to Triple-A Omaha.
NCAA BASKETBALL
Owls coach returns to lead team in NIT
PHILADELPHIA — John Chaney will return to coach Temple in the NIT.
Chaney was suspended for the final five games of the season after ordering rough play from one of his players, who broke the arm of St. Joseph's senior John Bryant.
Temple extended Chaney's initial one-game self-suspension to three games after the extent of Bryant's injury was discovered. Chaney then banned himself from the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
—The Associated Press
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