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DUKE 68, KANSAS 61
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
FINAL FOUR
The Jawhaws stand with their runner up trophy for the EA Sports Maui Invitational at the Lahaina Civic Center Wednesday night. KU was defeated by Duke 68-61.
Taylor's turnover helps Duke edge Kansas
I MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
"Nine out of 10 times, when you fake the ball screen, the defender will go with him," coach Bill Self said.
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Trailing 63-61 with one minute on the clock, senior guard Tyshawn Taylor dashed into a wall that never should have existed.
Junior forward Thomas Robinson approached Taylor at the center of the arc, faked a screen and sidestepped out of the way.
The wall, junior forward Ryan Kelly, must have been the one out of 10. He never budged, clogging the corner and the fate of the Jayhawks. With nowhere to go, Taylor
dribbled the ball off his leg and out of bounds; his 11th turnover. On the next possession, unlikely hero Tyler Thornton heaved and sunk a rainbow 3-pointer. No. 6 Duke needed nothing more, defeating No. 14 Kansas 68-61 in the Maui Invitational championship game at the Lahaina Civic Center.
"I don't even know if he saw the rim when he shot it," Self said of Thornton's three. "But it was a heck of shot."
Kelly won the tournament's MVP award, an honor that would have been Robinson's had the jayhawks pulled the upset. And they almost did. They outshot Duke 43 percent to 39. They outrebounded Duke 32 to 27. They led Duke 35-31 going into halftime. There were 12 ties and 16 lead changes.
They just didn't have enough in the decisive final minute.
"It came down to one possession," Self said. "That's the way most great games do."
Robinson, named to the all-tournament team, finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds. He's notched a double-double in all five games this season. Yet no matter the fine statistics, he converted just six of 15 shots, or 40 percent. That rate was ominous, especially for a player who resides by the rim and averaged 56 percent shooting going into the game.
However the Jayhawks clenched the Blue Devils with their defense too. They held freshman phenom Austin Rivers to just 10 points. Junior guard Seth Curry missed six of his eight shots. Even Kelly missed
11 of his 17 shots. But the Blue Devils hit 11 3-pointers, edging their opponent from deep as they always do. The Jayhawks hit just two from behind the arc.
"Give Duke credit," Self said. "They made threes in the last two or three minutes that were remarkable."
Kansas didn't finish the tournament on top, but not all was lost in the title game's collapse.
"I'm still a young player, but I do believe that game will go down as one of the top games of tournament," Robinson said. "It's too bad we got the short end of the stick, but I feel that my team got better."
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Soap said he expected the trend to pick up again in the fall when the football season kicks off. Soap said October would be a good month
o revamp the trend because it's also Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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indraising will end in June 12,when an additional 88 million will hopefully raised for a total of $1.2 lion.
alumni around a central cause," of The University of Kansas said Rosita Elizalde-McCoy, Hospital, said the funds would senior vice president for com-benefit expansion efforts for the
marketing for KU Endowment. "It presents a cohesive case in front of our donors."
Elizalde McCoy pointed to studies showing contributions from donors
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.
ROSITA ELIZALDE-MCCOY Senior vice president for communications and marketing for KU Endowment
of April 2012, they have raised $612 million.
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little praised the initiative and said it would push the University as well as the entire state in the right direction.
"The success of this campaign for Kansas' flagship university will benefit people in every corner of our state and region," Gray-Little said.
"The hospital serves patients from every county in Kansas, so supporting our needs impacts Kansans everywhere," Page said.
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KU Medical Center.
$400 million for students (scholarships, fellowships and opportunities outside the classroom)
$325 million for programs (academic, research, clinical and community engagement initiatives)
$300 million for faculty (professorships, recruitment of exemplary faculty and staff)
$175 million for facilities (construction and renovation of facilities for learning and patient care).
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CROSSWORD 4A
CRYPTOQUIPS 4A
OPINION 5A
SPORTS 1B
SUDOKU 4A
These numbers total to the $1.2 billion goal.
Fundraising began in July 2008.
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