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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It was good to have him get rewarded like that. It's pretty special."
Jamari Traylor
FACT OF THE DAY
Chris Huey averaged 7.6 points per game for Bishop Ward High School
- MaxPreps
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Who gave Chris Huey the nickname "Scarecrow?"
A: Assistant coach Kurtis Townsend.
THE MORNING BREW
Chris Huey gets once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
-USA Today
If you're not a diehard Kansas basketball fan, you were probably confused when a new player wearing the number 23 was warming up. Chris Huey, a manager and member of the scout team, got the chance to suit up Saturday. Huey, "Scarecrow" to his teammates and coaches, entered the game in the layhawks' 81-72 win against TCU.
TCU hung around all game, making it difficult for coach Bill Self to put Huey in. However, Kansas was able to build an 11-point lead, which was enough for Self to send Huey into the game with 35 seconds remaining, prompting a standing ovation from the Allen Fieldhouse crowd. He wasn't able to score, but he dove for a loose ball and had a good look at the basket.
Huey, a 6-foot-7 senior from Kansas City, Kan., certainly paid his dues before suiting up for the Jayhawks. He
works as a student manager for the basketball program, is a member of the scout team and works as an intern in the basketball office.
According to the Kansas City Star, Self said Huey joined the scout team because the Jayhawks have just four walk-ons, none taller than 6 feet 4 inches. Self said he would prefer his scholarship bigs focus on Kansas' plays, not scout team duties.
The plan for Huey to play was in place a few weeks ago, according to Rustin Dodd, who tweeted the following: "The KU coaches kept the secret from Chris Huey by telling him he needed to get NCAA eligible to work as an intern in the basketball
office. The KU coaches also told Huey he needed a physical to be on the scout team." Huey found out he was suiting up when Self presented him with a jersey after the team's practice.
Now, four years removed from
Like most college basketball managers, Huey has a basketball background. He played high school basketball for the varsity team. Huey told the Kansas City Star he suffered a collapsed lung three times, which ended his basketball career after his freshman year of college while playing for Saint Mary in Leavenworth.
basketball, Huey was given an opportunity most of Jayhawk nation would kill for. And it was as good as advertised.
"It was honestly the best thing that's ever happened to me," Huey told the Topeka Capital-Journal.
However, the opportunity Huey earned as a member of the scout team would be his one and only, according to Self.
"I decided since he was a senior it would be a pretty cool deal," Self told the Lawrence Journal-World. "This is his one shot. I let the players know yesterday (Friday) what was going on. They were excited for him. I know it meant a lot to him growing up in K.C. and meant a lot to his family."
Softball drops first loss in Aquafina Invitational
— Edited by Kayla Schartz
DEREK SKILLETT
@derek_skillett
The Jayhawks experienced a loss for the first time this season in the Aquafina Invitational last weekend, when they fell to defending national champion No. 1 Florida by a score of 7-1 Saturday. Kansas did rebound that day to defeat Mercer and then Illinois State on Sunday to achieve a very impressive 14-1 record on the season.
JAYHAWKS SWEEP ILLINOIS STATE
While Florida proved to be too much for Kansas on Saturday, Illinois State fell to Kansas once Friday, 4-2, and again Sunday, 10-2. After a rough Saturday when the jayhawks could manufacture very little
offense, the Jayhawks scored 10 runs on Illinois State to get a comfortable blowout win to end the Aquafina Invitational on Sunday.
"I can't say enough about Lily (Behrmann)'s performance... I thought she looked phenomenal today."
MEGAN SMITH Softball coach
and Mercer.
The Jayhawks managed to record an impressive 14 hits in their one game Sunday. That's a sharp contrast to Saturday's games, where the Jayhawks managed to record only 10 total hits between the two games against Florida
The top of Kansas' batting order, which includes junior Briana Evans and sophomore Lily Behrmann, set the table for many of the Jayhawks' runs. Evans and Behrmann combined to record seven of Kansas' 14 hits.
"If the top of the order is on, like they were today, we're going to score a lot of runs," said coach Megan Smith. "I can't say enough about Lily's performance. She did a great job hitting it hard, laying down a bunt, mixing things up. I thought she looked phenomenal today."
Behrmann led the Jayhawks with four hits. Evans led the team in scoring with three runs and junior Chaley Brickey led the team with fourRBIs against Illinois State on Sunday.
Senior pitcher Alicia Pille started for the second consecutive game. She responded by striking out four batters and only allowing three hits while earning her eighth win of the year.
"Our energy was lacking [Saturday] and I told the girls that it's a grind," Smith said in a press release. You get to the last day of a weekend and we've played 15 games
— it's tough, it's hard work. I reminded them to remember why they play the game, remember why they love the game. They love to wear Kansas across their chest and I reminded them to go out and have fun."
JAYHAWKS FALL TO NO. 1
FLORIDA GATORS
After getting off to a program-best 12-0 start, the
Jayhawks could not hold off a powerful Florida Gators team. However, losing to the No. 1 team in the country didn't snowball into a losing streak, as the Jayhawks won out the weekend and now stand at an impressive 14-1 start.
The Jayhawks had a typically strong beginning to the weekend, hanging 10 runs on Liberty and then fending off Illinois State on Friday.
However, this weekend was a good learning experience for the jayhawks. They learned they could rebound from a tough loss and know how much effort it takes to compete with one of the best teams in the country. Sometimes a loss can be the best thing for a team.
— Edited by Samantha Darling
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