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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2012
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to them."
For a 15 minute span, Missouri hit 17 of 23 shots while Kansas' offense sputtered. Robinson and junior center Jeff Withey, who turned his ankle early in the game, both picked up two fouls in the first half. The silent fear of the Fieldhouse, from the Kansas bench to the student section, was tangible.
"Missouri players played with house money," Self said. "We came out there trying to protect as opposed to go take."
With Robinson and Withey on the bench, Self played junior forward Kevin Young for 28 minutes and senior guard Conner Teahan for 37.
"Who would have ever thought
Young, who finished with eight rebounds, five points and four blocks, energized a stagnant Fieldhouse with
that that would be what we needed to do to win?" Self said.
The entire Kansas basketball team rushes out onto the court in celebration of the victory just moments before over the Missouri Tigers, one of the longest running rivalries in history for Kansas.
turned it into points.
With his team down 19, Taylor hit a three-pointer, but was quickly answered with a three from senior guard Marcus Denmon. Taylor then found junior guard Elijah Johnson for two more threes in a 65-second span. Teahan hit two of his four threes after that to help carve into the Missouri lead.
dunks and hustle plays. However, it was senior guard Tyshawn Taylor who once again took nothing and
"I'm not the most emotional guy. But that was as good as it gets."
Down 75-72, Johnson skipped a bounce pass to Robinson, who finished a layup with a Dixon foul, knocking him to a sideways landing on the blue paint. Robinson hit the free throw, then sent the game to overtime with his block.
Taylor hit a quick three for the first points of the overtime period and drained two free throws with eight seconds left to win the game. All this comes after Taylor missed two free throws in the final minute of the 74-71 loss at Mizzou Arena
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on Feb. 4.
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"I feel good," Taylor said after the victory. "Words can't even describe how I feel."
but Johnson blanketed Dixon,
who ziped a pass to Denomon as
After Taylor's free throws, the Tigers had one more chance,
the clock expired. Denmon's shot bounced around the rim and fell in, but it was just too late.
"We had the game in our hands," English said. "We gave them a gift."
As the buzzer sounded, Self walked on the court, the furor of
the crowd swirling around him as he pumped his hands in the air.
It was over. The final edition of the Border Showdown with everything on the line.
"I'm not the most emotional guy," Self said. "But that was as good as it gets."
The comeback tied for the largest in Allen Fieldhouse history and gave fans of both sides a spectate to witness to witness before Missouri departs for the Southeastern Conference.
If it has to end, if these seemingly perfect foes must never again face
off in an important game, at least it ended like this.
"We're never going to be a part of something," Robinson said, "as big as this game was tonight."
— Edited by Max Lush
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB TOURNEY
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Laura Brown, a junior for Overland Park, hands a ball to a group of elementary school children during the first and second grade basketball tournament held by the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence and KU Sports Management Club.
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Andy Kriegh, a senior from Lawrence, guards a child who participated in the first and second grade basketball tournament held by the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence and KU Sports Management Club. The tournament was held in Robinson Saturday morning.
The majority of KU's 26 Rhodes Scholars were KU Fraternity Men and Sorority Women.
INTERNATIONAL
Taliban insurgent retaliation sparks concern among allies
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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber struck early Monday at the gates of Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, killing nine people in an attack insurgents said was revenge for U.S. troops burning Qurans.
The explosion comes after six days of deadly protests in Afghanistan over the disposal of Qurans and other Islamic texts in a burn pit last week at a U.S. military base north of the capital.
American officials have called the incident a mistake and issued a series of apologies. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has urged calm, saying that Afghans should not let the insurgents capitalize on their indignation to spark violence.
Monday's attack appeared to be a sign that the Taliban are seizing the opportunity to do just that.
The bomber drove up to the gates of the airport — which
serves both civilian and international military aircraft — shortly after dawn and detonated his explosives in a "very strong" blast, said Nangarhar provincial police spokesman Hazrad Mohammad.
Among the dead were six civilians, two airport guards and one soldier, Mohammad said. Another six people were wounded, he said.
An AP photographer saw at least four destroyed cars at the gates of the airport.
NATO forces spokesman Capt. Justin Brockhoff said that no international forces were killed in the early morning attack and that the installation was not breached by the blast.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a suicide car bomber had driven up to the airport gate and detonated his explosives as international forces were changing from night to morning guard duty.
"This attack is revenge against those soldiers who burned our Quran," Taliban spokesman
Zabiullah Mujahid said in an email.
More than 30 people have been killed in protests and related attacks since the incident came to light this past Tuesday, including four U.S. soldiers.
On Sunday, demonstrators hurled grenades at a small U.S. base in northern Afghanistan and the ensuing gun battle left two Afghans dead and seven NATO troops injured.
Still, the top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan said Sunday that the violence would not change Washington's course.
"Tensions are running very high here, and I think we need to let things calm down, return to a more normal atmosphere, and then get on with business," Ambassador Ryan Crocker told CNN.
The incident prompted NATO, Britain and France to recall hundreds of international advisers from all Afghan ministries in the capital.