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HEALTH
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FINAL FOUR
KANSAS 89, HOWARD 34
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Kansas defeats Howard by wide margin
KORY CARPENTER
kcarpenter@kansan.com
By the time Howard had reached double-digit points on Dec. 29 in Allen Fieldhouse, Kansas held a comfortable 42-12 lead. A 15-2 Jayhawk run to open the game assured fans that the outcome would really never be in doubt, and the Bison entered the locker room at the half with just 13 points and a 29-point deficit.
The halftime break didn't slow down the Kansas intensity, and the Jayhawks continued to build on the large lead throughout the second half, eventually winning 89-34.
"In the past we haven't really done a good job of that, not only in the first half but continuing over in the second half," senior guard Conner Teahan said of not letting off the gas when holding a big lead. "But today we were able to do that."
Teahan credited the big leads to a few things, namely a heightened energy level from players and more focus on playing hard regardless of how lopsided the score may be.
"No matter what the score is, you do the same thing every possession because you don't know what possession is going to turn the game," Teahan said. "And when you play against stiffer competition you have to be sharp on every possession."
With Big 12 play beginning on Jan. 4. Kansas will most certainly play against stiffer competition in the near future. The Bison
entered Allen Fieldhouse with just three wins over Division I teams. The level of play leads coach Bill Self to examine the 55-point win a little differently.
"I'll evaluate it but I'm not going to put a lot of stock in it," Self said. "I thought from an energy standpoint we played faster with more energy and we looked more athletic, which was good. Other than that, I won't spend a lot of time on it."
Because of the apparent effort to play competitively for the entire 40 minutes of the game, the 29-point halftime lead was extended almost immediately by the Jayhawks, who grabbed a 40-point advantage with just under 12 minutes to play. It gave senior walk-on Jordan Juenemann a chance to see 10-minutes
of action and he finished with five points.
"it's great to get some time out on the court, especially with all the reps we have in practice." Juenemann said of himself and the rest of the bench, which played a total of 94 minutes in the rout.
"I feel like the bench showed a lot more than we have been showing, and I think it's because we came out aggressive," forward reserve Kevin Young said. "We stayed after them and we had a lot of energy."
then they Conner Teahan and Tyshawn Taylor led all Kansas scorers with 13 points a piece while Thomas Robinson led the team with seven rebounds. The Jaywhaws return Saturday to take on North Dakota at 3:00 p.m.
KANSAS 84. NORTH DAKOTA 58
DECEMBER 31.2011
Robinson has career night in lopsided victory
kcarpenter@kansan.com
I KORY CARPENTER
His 30 points led Kansas to an easy 84-58 victory over North Dakota, giving the Jayhawks a 10-3 record to finish out the non-conference schedule.
With New Year's celebrations just hours away and a sluggish first half in which both teams scored just seven total points in the first five minutes, junior forward Thomas Robinson had no problem making his presence known inside Allen Fieldhouse from start to finish Saturday afternoon.
"Tapes and DVD's do that young man no justice with the size of his body and strength," North Dakota head coach Brian Jones said after the game.
Robinson recorded his 9th double-double of the season before entering the locker room at halftime and finished the opening half with 12 points and 10 rebounds. His work wasn't done until getting subbed out by coach Bill Self late in the game with 34 minutes of action, walking off the court to a standing ovation with 30 points and 21 rebounds, both career highs.
"It definitely was a great accomplishment," Robinson said of his career day.
Robinson finished alley-oops that left the rim and backboard shaking after he was already back on defense, and was an obvious mismatch in the paint for North Dakota, who fall to 5-8 on the season. According to senior guard
Tyshawn Taylor, the alley-oops to Robinson just seem too easy at times.
"T-rob is a big target," Taylor said. "Just throw it up there and he is going to get it."
The improvement seen in Robinson this season reminds Taylor of a couple of former Kansas forwards, Marcus and Markieff Morris. Taylor said the off-season attitudes shown by the Morris twins before their junior seasons mirrored the work he saw from Robinson last summer, and the effects are shown nearly every time the layhawks take the court.
Head coach Bill Self called Robinson's game "totally unselfish" after he finished with four assists and was able to find open teammates on the perimeter when met with a double-team by North Dakota defenders.
Robinson's usual barrage of highlight reel dunks weren't the only thing fans saw from him, however. He connected on his first career three pointer from the top of the key in the second half, bringing the sell-out crowd to its feet once again. When asked about the shot, he just laughed.
Probably talking about the assists more so than the 3-pointer, Self summed up Robinson's game rather simply.
"To me," Self said. "He looked like a complete basketball player today."
Junior forward Thomas Robinson gets the alley-oop from junior guard Travis Releford and dunks the ball during the game against North Dakota State in Allen Fieldhouse where the Jayhawks won 84-58.
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senior vice president for communications and marketing for KU Endowment. "It presents a cohesive case in front of our donors."
Eliza de McCoy pointed to studies showing contributions from donors
of The University of Kansas Hospital, said the funds would benefit expansion efforts for the
The press release said that students are already benefiting from the donations. According to the release, 246 new scholarships have been created along with 14 new professorships, which retain
increase by 20 to 30 percent during campaigns. While acknowledging that the plan is ambitious, she said that achieving the goal is possible, given that more than half the funds have already been raised.
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of April 2012, they have raised $612 million.
"The success of this campaign for Kansas' flagship university will benefit people in every corner of our state and region," Gray-Little said.
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Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little praised the initiative and said it would push the University as well as the entire state in the right direction.
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OPINION 6A
$325 million for programs (academic, research, clinical and community engagement initiatives)
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$300 million for faculty (professorships, recruitment of exemplary faculty and staff)
$400 million for students (scholarships, fellowships and opportunities outside the classroom)
$175 million for facilities (construction and renovation of facilities for learning and patient care).
These numbers total to the $1.2 billion goal.
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