THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
2005 BOB COUSY AWARD CANDIDATES
2004-05 Stats
Jose Juan Barea
J.D. Byers
Travis Diener*
Raymond Felton*
Tim Forbes
Tom Harrington
Chris Hernandez*
Julius Hodge
Jarrett Jack
Erik Jackson
Carl Krauser
Dave Logan
Aaron Miles
Rob Monroe
Josh Mueller*
Chris Paul*
Chris Thomas*
C.J. Watson
Deron Williams
School (NCAA Division) Ht. Yr PPG APG
Northeastern (I) 6' Jr 22.6 6.8
Lebanon Valley (III) 5'10 Sr. 25.5 4.4
Marquette (I) 6'1 Sr 20.9 6.6
North Carolina (I) 6'1 Jr 10.6 7.7
Bentley (II) 6' Jr 18.8 4.2
Baldwin Wallace (III) 5'11 Sr 8.8 3.4
Stanford (I) 6'2 Jr 13.7 3.9
North Carolina State (I) 6'7 Sr 18.8 4.7
Georgia Tech (I) 6'3 Jr 14.8 4.7
Macalester (III) 5'10 Sr 15.8 5.6
Pittsburgh (I) 6'2 Jr 15.8 5.4
Indianapolis (II) 6'1 Sr 26.8 5.6
Kansas (I) 6'1 Sr 9.2 7.1
Quinnipiac (I) 5'10 Sr 21.2 8.0
South Dakota (II) 5'11 Sr 18.5 4.5
Wake Forest (I) 6' So 14.3 6.4
Notre Dame (I) 6'1 Sr 15.5 6.7
Tennessee (I) 6'2 Jr 12.1 5.3
Illinois (I) 6'3 Jr 13.8 6.9
Source: College Sports Information Directors of America
*A finalist in 2004
MILES: Senior has good shot at assists record
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score as much as those other point guards. He doesn't have to. Miles has never even been close to the first scoring option for the Jayhawks. In his three plus years at Kansas, he has never been better than the fourth of fifth scoring option. Playing alongside All-American's Drew Gooden and Nick Collison, and Kirk Hinrich as well, doesn't afford a point guard many opportunities to be selfish. The Jayhawks have never needed his offense.
What he has done is become a better passer, a better rebounder, a more tenacious defender, and he never shies away from the big moment — such as the shot in Columbia two years ago, against Missouri, which tied the game and sent the match to overtime. These qualities alone make him
an elite point guard. Miles will not drop 20 points on a given night, but you can always count on him to set his teammates up, take care of the ball, defend without regard and play as hard as he can.
On top of that, Miles has a chance to become the fifth player in NCAA history to reach 1000 career assists. Including the regular season, if the Hawks were to make it into the finals of the Big 12 tournament and NCAA tournament, KU would play 21 more games. Miles would have to average 7.52 assists per game to reach 1000. He'll probably fall a little short finishing in the neighborhood of 975 career assists. Kansas doesn't shoot well enough or score enough for Miles to rack up the assists.
If you want Miles to score more, he needs to take more shots. This season Miles is averaging a miniscule 5.9 field goal attempts per game. Compare that with Diener (13.4), Thomas (12.8), Paul (9.6), Jack (9.2), and Felton (7.8). If Miles took as many shots per game as them, his offensive numbers would be similar, if not better. You have to take into consideration that most of the point guards on the Cousy Award list are number one scoring options for their teams, especially Thomas, Diener, and Jack.
Kansas' biggest weakness this season has been it's inability to score in bunches and to score consistently. If Miles wants a chance for the Cousy Award, 1,000 assists, or to hold a big trophy at the end of the season, he may have to do something he's never had to do before. Score.
Weinstein is an Overland Park senior in English.
Brady wins recognition
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As Tom Brady prepares for his third Super Bowl and Ben Roethlisberger heads home, Roethlisberger's playoff struggles only accentuate how remarkable Brady's 8-0 postseason record is.
Brady threw two touchdown passes in the Patriots' 41-27 victory against Pittsburgh in Sunday's AFC championship game.
Brady took over in 2001 for the injured Drew Bledsoe in the second regular-season game after throwing just three passes as a rookie. Four months later, he was the Super Bowl MVP.
"I've had so many good people around me to help me. It's a team effort, not my effort," he said.
New England is a 7-point favorite over Philadelphia as New England seeks to win its third Super Bowl in four seasons on Feb. 6 in Jacksonville.
But Brady is a remarkable athlete himself. To find out just how remarkable, one need only look as far as Roethlisberger's playoff troubles.
Sunday's win broke the record set a decade ago by Troy Aikman for playoff victories by a quarterback at the start of a career.
He had the best rookie season ever by a quarterback, with 14 straight wins, eight more than the next best. But he hit the wall in the AFC championship game.
BUFFALOES: Rebounding key for victory
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two-point victory.
The difference in these previous two contests was a more potent offensive attack coming out of the locker room.
Scoring production has been an issue for the second half Jayhawks, but against both the Aggies and the Tigers, they have achieved above-average scoring production. The Jayhawks offense averages 28 points per game after the break, but has put up more than 55, on average, in the last two outings.
cution was solid," Henrickson said. "We got kind of soft, but turned it on to finish the second half."
Although the Jayhawks fought back against the Aggies, the game was lost on rebounding. The Jayhawks surrendered 18 offensive boards to the Aggies while grabbbing only nine.
"I thought our offensive exe-
"We knew after the Texas A&M game that if we didn't box people out and get rebounds, we wouldn't win a game in this conference," Henrickson said.
spark for Kansas against Missouri was an impressive showing on the boards against a taller Missouri team. Junior forward Crystal Kemp led the way by grabbing 14 rebounds, seven of which were offensive.
The second chances created easy scores that helped Kansas secure its first conference victory in a highly contested game.
Keying the late offensive
With a victory over Colorado, Kansas would take sole possession of ninth place in the conference.
— Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
RUNNING: Beating busy schedules to get fit
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running is the alternative.
Recreational running allows students, such as Jayme Aschemeyer, Aurora, Colo., senior, a chance to stay fit while not compromising an already-busy schedule.
"I work 20 hours a week, go to class full time, and I still find time to do it. Everybody has time," Aschemeyer, Marathon Trainers president, said.
ment." Aschemever said.
"We exchange tips, and it's also a great kind of encourage-
Marathon Trainers is a campus club for experienced and novice runners. It is based on reaching goals set by each runner.
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Setting goals establishes a better routine, whether for running or exercising in general. Whether it's reaching a specific weight, training for a race, or merely wanting to look better for spring break, setting a target gives a person more motivation to accomplish it, Aschemeyer said.
"Having a goal is the best idea," she said. "If it's a 5K race, or even a one-mile race, it could be losing weight, depending on the person."
John Bingham, a writer for Runner's World magazine, said the top reason people started running was to lose weight, but keeping the resolution was much more difficult than cre-
Don "Red Dog" Gardner, founder of "Red Dog's Dog Days," a summer community workout program, believes in self-motivation.
"It's easy to find excuses to get out of it," Gardner said. "You got to push yourself and be disciplined."
Running does not force students to embrace solidarity, however. Gardner said he thought social running added another motivational factor to training.
"When you run with your friends, you all work together," he said. "One inspires the other, and you all feel better."
TODAY
Men's Basketball at Baylor, 6:30 p.m., Waco, Texas
Women's Basketball at Colorado, 8:00 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
— Edited by Megan Claus