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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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BREAKDOWN BORDER SHOWDOWN
HANNAH WISE
hwise@kansan.com
Basketball was born to be played at the University of Kansas.
James Naismith created the game and was the first head coach at Kansas. His starting salary was $1,300 per year.
Naismith coached Kansas in the first KU-MU game in 1907. Kansas was defeated 34-31.
First coach: James Naismith
Current coach: Bill Self
Bill Self has defeated the Tigers 17 of the 21 times he has faced them in his career. In Self's seasons at KU, he has won one national title, seven straight Big 12 titles and five league tournament championships Since arriving in Lawrence, Self has a home record of 143-7.
KANSAS IS AHEAD
KANSAS
MISSOURI
171 TO 95 WINS WINS
NATIONAL TITLES 5 TO 0
FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES 13 TO 0
REGULAR SEASON CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
54 TO 15
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 TO 1
NBA PLAYERS 79TO15
RECORD IN ALLEN FIELDHOUSE 42 TO14
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
C. J. MATSON cjmatson@kansan.com
About this being the last Mizzou game?
ABBY COHN
St. Louis, Mo. junior
"If we don't win, I might cry. I cried when
we lost at Mizzou."
BRANDON SMITH Olathe junior "Missouri game is always the best game of the year."
ERIC BALLARD
Winchester freshman
"I love to talk trash to my friends who go
to Mizzu."
LAUREN REINHART
Kansas City, Mo. junior
"I hate Mizzou. I never wanted to go to
Mizzou, and I am from Missouri."
MARK WITHROW St. Joseph, Mo., graduate student "It's sad. It's been such a long tradition that I hate to see it go. It's definitely a bummer."
THE WAR IS OVER
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