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Volume 124 Issue 115
kansan.com
Monday, March 12, 2012
BRACKET BREAKDOWN
SEEDED SECOND
JEFF JACOBSEN/KANSAS ATHLETICS
Kansas players Thomas Robinson, Tyshawn Taylor, Jamari Tralor and Travis Leeford clap after the Jayhawks were announced as a No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament. Kansas opens play in Omaha, Neb. on Friday against Detroit.
MIDWEST REGION
MAX ROTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
It's not what the Jayhawks were hoping for, but they'll take it.
"Should be a No.1 seed," senior guard Tyshawn Taylor said. "But we're cool with that No.2 seed."
The Jayhawks (27-6, 16-2) enter the 68-team NCAA Tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Midwest region. Their first matchup is in Omaha, Neb, on Friday night at 8:57 against No. 15 seed Detroit (22-13, 11-7) of the Horizon League. If they defeat Detroit, they will face the winner of No. 7 Saint Mary's and No. 10 Purdue.
No matter the seed for Kansas, it takes six victories to win a national championship.
"It never plays out the way that you had envisioned it," Self said.
Coach Bill Self said that while his team hoped for a No. 1 seed, it won't harp on what could have been. Year after the year, the supposedly mighty always fall, so seeds are irrelevant.
The Jayhawks have been a No. 1 seed the past two seasons, but they
lost to No. 9 seed Northern Iowa in 2010 and No. 11 seed Virginia Commonwealth last year.
With all the prestige and national attention of a No.1 seed, so too comes the pressure of expectations.
"We kind of felt like we had to win it," Taylor said of those two teams. "I think we feel the same way this year, but I don't feel like it's on us as much."
The Jayhawks weren't surprised to hear that the selection committee chose them as a No. 2 seed behind No.1 seeds Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina and Michigan State. Self briefed his team before the seeds were announced.
"I told them we blew that by not performing in Kansas City", Self said.
"When we do really guard and
In Friday night's Big 12 tournament semifinal at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas fell 81-72 to the Baylor Bears. Despite defeating the Bears twice by an average of 16 points earlier this season, the Jayhawks said they were tired. They played without the vigor that usually carries them to victories.
rebound, which I think are two key elements of toughness," Self said, "our team takes a whole different dimension."
Kansas' first opponent, the Detroit Titans, started the season 9-11, but finished 13-2 en route to a Horizon League tournament championship. The Titans feature five double-digit scorers and are led by Ray McCallum Jr., the son of coach Ray McCallum Sr.
McCallum Jr., who was recruited by Self before he joined his father's team, averages 15.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game.
"Ray is good enough to play for anybody, anywhere." Self said. "Certainly whoever guards him, Elijah or Tyshawn, will have a big challenge ahead of him."
The brackets are set. The teams are ready. And no matter the seeds, it's on. It's time for March Madness.
"If we prepare like we want to win and we're kind of like an underdog," Taylor said, "I think it's going to be hard to beat us."
Edited by Pat Strathman
BRACKET BASH Check out the Kansan's bracket challenge on pages 4A and 5A.
CAMPUS
A call to students: name the rock wall
The Rec runs a contest to find a name for the rock wall
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
The Ambler Student Recreation Center is taking the name game to new heights, inviting students to come up with a name for the rec's 42-foot-tall rock climbing wall. Individuals or groups of students can submit a minute-long video detailing what they think the rock wall should be named until Thursday, March 29. Submissions will be judged for their creativity, relevance and appropriateness. The top three videos will be posted on the rec's Facebook page, where people can vote for their favorite from April 2-13.
The winning individual or group will receive prizes, including gift cards from Pizza Shuttle, McAlister's, Fuzzy's Taco Shop and Liberty Hall. "You don't have to be in the journalism school or a film student and have a real camera," Devinee Fitzgerald, a senior from Wichita and the rec's marketing program manager, said. "We've
seen other contests where people shoot video on their cell phones and it turns out really good, so it's not something that you have to be a professional at."
Fitzgerald said the contest is also a way to attract the attention of students who might not be interested in traditional workout equipment. It also promotes the
activities available through the rec's Outdoor Pursuits program, which operates wall." We were just looking for a way to make the rec center more personal, more fun, more engaging." Fitzgerald said. "We don't want that reputation that we're just another bureaucratic KU office."
Members of the University's rock climbing club haven't decided yet if they will enter a name for the contest, but they know the importance of having the wall on
campus.
"We are definitely extremely fortunate to have something like that in Kansas, where there's no mountainous landscape and no
DEVINEE FITZGERALD
REC MARKETING PROGRAM MANAGER
"We don't want that reputation that we're just another bureaucratic KU office."
rock climbing following really," Ryan Surface, a senior from Prairie Village and president of the club. said.
encourages students to continue submitting entries up to the deadline. Until then, Thom Browne, a junior from Topeka and rec-goer, has a few creative name ideas he would like to see considered.
The rec has received two entries so far, but
More information on the contest is available on the rec's Facebook page.
"Dwayne 'The Rock' Wall Johnson," Browne said. "Also, Javrock."
TYLER BIERWIRTH/KANSAN
— Edited by Christine Curtin
Ryan Holcomb, a sophomore from Bonner Springs and a KU Rock Climbing club member, climbs an "all-natural" route on the rock wall at the Ambler Student Recreation Center on Sunday afternoon.
ACADEMICS
KU fall semester honor roll anounced
The University announced in a press release that the students are from the Lawrence campus and the school of allied health and nursing in Kansas City, Kan.
The University released the names of about 4,500 undergraduate students last Wednesday who made the honor roll for the fall 2011 semester.
"The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of allied health; architecture, design and planning; business; education; engineering; journalism; music; nursing; pharmacy; and social welfare," the release said.
Students on the list are from 93 of the 105 counties in Kansas, 40 states other than Kansas, the District of Columbia and 31 other countries.
The number is up from approximately 4,400 students who made the honor roll in spring 2011.
Students from all schools must meet a certain number of credit hours each semester before qualifying for the honor roll, but exact requirements vary throughout the departments.
The full list is available online at http://www.newsku.edu/2012/march/7/honorrollfaf11.shtml.
— Rachel Salyer
STUDENT POLITICS
Passive tabling rights allowed for coalitions
Students can expect to see coalitions setting up tables as today marks the first day passive tabling is allowed.
Passive tabling means that candidates running for student body president, vice president and senator seats can only set up tables and talk with a student or distribute campaign materials only if they are approached by the student according to the Student Senate Election Code for the upcoming elections April 11 and 12.
Candidates or representatives can't conduct passive tabling inside university buildings except inside on-campus housing and the Kansas and Burge Unions.
Violating the rules about passive tabling is considered a minor offense and is punishable with a $25 fine, or a non-monetary penalty deemed appropriate by the Elections Commission, which is the body that oversees student elections.
Active table campaigning, in which candidates and representatives can approach students, will not start until April 9.
During this period, passive table campaigning can be done in the Art & Design, Marvin, Summerfield, Pearson, Learned, Eaton, Murphy, Stauffer-Flint, Green and Twente halls. If campagining in one of these buildings, only one table per coalition or independent candidate is allowed. Also, tabling can't be conducted in any area "where it would substantially obstruct walkways or disrupt classroom environments," according to the election code.
Active table campaigning, in which candidates and representatives can approach students, will not start until April 9.
Index
CLASSIFIEDS 2B
CROSSWORD 6A
CRYPTOQUIPS 6A
OPINION 7A
SPORTS 1A
SUDOKU 6A
M contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2012 The University Daily Kansan
Vikaas Shanker
Don't forget
Catch a free advance screening of "Jeff Who Lives at Home" tonight at 7 p.m. at the Kansas Union in Woodruff Auditorium.
Today's Weather
Partly cloudy in the morning then cleaning. Winds out of the SW at 10 mph.