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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Kelly's a really good player and when he's playing with energy and playing well defensively, the offense comes easier."
Bill Self to the Lawrence Journal-World
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Fact. Kelly Oubre Jr.is shooting 6 percent from three on the road and 47 percent at home.
FACT OF THE DAY
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. How many times has Kelly Oubre Jr. failed to score in double figures at home during conference play?
A: Once versus Kansas State. He had eight points.
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THE MORNING BREW
Jayhawks need more from Kelly Oubre Jr. on the road
Kelly Oubre Jr. struggled to crack the rotation early on this season, however, since he earned coach Bill Self's trust at Georgetown on Dec. 10, he has improved. The freshman guard is now averaging 10.9 points per game.
After taking a closer look at his season, one thing stands out: Oubre has been brilliant at home but average away from Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks have yet to lose at home this season. Obviously the Allen Fieldhouse crowd is a big reason, but Oubre's play is another major factor. In his eight home appearances, he has averaged 15.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
In seven road games and one neutral site game, Oubre has averaged 5.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game. However, to be fair to Oubre, one of those games was at TCU where he played just
10 minutes because he had flu-like symptoms. He had zero points, one rebound, one assist, and zero steals during that game.
There is clearly a big drop off in Oubre's points on the road, but his steals are a concern as well. He had one road game with four steals, which helped offset four road games with zero steals. It is absolutely vital that Oubre be active on defense for the Jayhawks, because he is by far
the most disruptive wing defender the team has. He has more steals (24) than Wayne Selden (15) and Brannen Greene (five) this year.
The Jayhawks are 4-3 on the road this season, and Oubre is just one of many reasons for that. At Temple, Selden and Perry Ellis went a combined 3-of-18 from the field, and the team shot just 30 percent from inside the three-point line. In Ames, the Jayhawks surrendered 21 fast break points to Iowa State. On Saturday, the Jayhawks shot 33 percent from two, and 52 percent from the free throw line.
Kansas has four road games left: Texas Tech, West Virginia, Kansas State and Oklahoma. In order for the Jayhawks to capture at least a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, they likely need to win three of those games. In order for the Jayhawks to do that, they will need Oubre to play with the same energy and
enthusiasm that makes the home crowd roar, because when he plays with energy, he can be the lajayhawks' second most important player behind Frank Mason.
"He's a big kid, a real big kid." Selden said last week. "He's the life of our team. He always has crazy energy and he's never sitting down. The kid is crazy. He's always screaming, yelling at times when it's not necessary."
Oubre has had his moments on the road, but he has the ability to make the game easier for everybody else. If the Jayhawks can get the same guy who electrifies Allen Fieldhouse, it will make life on the road a whole lot easier.
Rare Joe Jackson autograph photo may bring $100,000
Edited by Miranda Davis
JOHN SEEWER Associated Press
Sharon Bowen thought her late husband was a bit crazy for buying a scrapbook filled with black and white photos of Cleveland ballplayers from the early 1900s — but not anymore. It turns out that book held what may be the only autographed photo of Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Holy Grail of baseball signatures.
Jackson, who was tossed out of baseball for throwing the 1919 World Series and remembered in the movie "Field of Dreams," was illiterate and rarely signed anything but paychecks and legal documents, making his autographs among the rarest in sports.
Chris Ivy, director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, holds a 1911 autographed photo of Cleveland ballplayer Joe Jackson.
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"Our job is to be the skeptic, especially if it is too good to be true."
JOE ORLANDO President of Professional Sports Authenticator
How many Jackson signatures are in existence isn't clear, but most experts agree that it's probably less than 100. But this is the first signed photo authenticated by autograph experts, according to Heritage Auctions, which is handling the sale of the century-old photograph this month.
It could fetch at least $100,000, according to the Dallas-based auction house.
"If I were a betting man, I'd
say the chances of another one surfacing would be highly unlikely," said Joe Orlando, president of Professional Sports Authenticator, which validated the signature and photo.
Bowen's husband, Bill, first saw the scrapbook about 10 years ago.
It was stored in a barn near Cleveland and belonged to a couple whose family was friends with Frank W. Smith, a photographer with The Plain Dealer newspaper. He shot the photo of Jackson along with those of Hall of Famers Christy Mathewson and Napoleon Lajoie during spring training in 1911.
The family offered to sell the scrapbook five years ago to Bowen's husband because they knew how much he treasured the 60 photos. The price tag: $15,000.
"I told him 'absolutely not," Bowen said. "Luckily for me, I lost that argument."
Her husband kept the book in a trunk, looking at it almost every day and showing it off to friends. A collector all his life, he appreciated its history and connection to his hometown. Not knowing the book's skyhigh value, they never locked it up or worried about keeping it out of sight. "It wasn't an investment," she said.
Bill died at age 67 last April, and the family decided someone else should enjoy the photos.
The signed photos of Jackson and other members of the Cleveland Naps, the team that later became the Indians, will be sold in New York City on Feb. 21. The photo of Jackson
taken the year he became
A baseball bearing Jackson's shaky signature brought $78,000 in 2011. Even a scrap of paper with his autograph sold for $23,100 nearly 25 years ago.
the only rookie to hit over .400 — had an online bid of $42,000 as of last week.
"The experts at Heritage Auctions were skeptical when the Bowen family contacted them." "We get calls and emails on a daily basis about stuff that turns out to be reproductions or they're not authentic," said Chris Ivy, the company's
director of sports auctions.
director of sports auctions. That changed quickly once they saw the images. They sent the photos to Professional Sports Authenticator whose sports memorabilia experts looked at them from all angles.
And they verified the autographs — not an easy task when it comes to Jackson's childlike signature. It's known that Jackson more or less signed his name by mimicking a pattern that his wife had made. She often signed his name, too.
"Our job is to be the skeptic, especially if it is too good to be true," said Orlando.
The experts at PSA looked at the pen pressure and the spacing of the Jackson signature while comparing it to other examples.
They first set out to determine that the photographs were originals and from the early 1900s, and they looked at the story behind the scrapbook and its origins.
"The stars aligned." Orlando said.
Mike Nola, official historian
for the Shoeless Joe Jackson Society and a board member of the Shoeless Joe Jackson Museum in Greenville, South Carolina, said he can't remember seeing another signed photo of Jackson.
There are well over four dozen legitimate Jackson signatures that he knows of, including several bats and at least a dozen baseballs, he said. "That's still pretty rare especially by today's standards when guys are signing everything," Nola said.
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