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has played well in practices. Williams said, but it remains to be seen how he will perform in games.
Kansas is also hot for Andre Iguodala, a 6-1 shooting guard from Lanphier High in Springfield, Ill. Iguodala signed with Arkansas last fall, but was released from his letter of intent when Razorbacks coach Nolan Richardson was fired last month.
Iguodala is considering Kansas, Arizona and Boston College, and Rivals.com, a recruiting Web site, reported that Kansas trailed the other two schools. But wherever Iguodala goes, he might have to sit out a season for breaking his letter of intent.
Kansas has signed two players for next season — forwards Jeff Graves and Moulaye Niang. Graves, a 6-9 transfer from Iowa Western Community College, is from a similar mold as Jayhawk freshman Wayne Simien. Both can bang inside and have a soft shooting touch. There is speculation that Niang might red-shirt his freshman year. The El Cajon, Calif., native by way of Senegal is a slender 6-9 player who might benefit from a year's work in the weight room.
Regardless of what happens, Williams said he thought his program was back on track after three sub-par — by Kansas standards — seasons.
"We went 23-10, 24-10 two years in a row," he said. "For us that was bad. A lot of other people will take it. We felt we were not as good as we wanted to be. Last year we made significant strides. This year we put our program back at the top level of college basketball. There are a lot of teams up there. We feel we're up there, too."
Conference leaders
When Gooden hit a three-pointer with 20 seconds remaining in Saturday's game, he secured his place as the Big 12's leading scorer, but it was by the slimnest of margins. The Big 12 Player of the year averaged 19.83 points per game and edged Missouri's junior swingman Kareem Rush, who finished with a 19.77
points-per-game average.
The Richmond, Calif., native also led the Big 12 in rebounding with 11.4 per game. His closest competitor was Colorado's Stephane Pelle with 10.8 pg. Junior forward Nick Collison led the Big 12 with 83 blocks this season.
Langford OK
A teak in the Georgia Dome's roof caused freshman swingman Keith Langford to slip and fall and sprain his left wrist late in Saturday's game against Maryland. There was no permanent damage to Langford's wrist, Kansas' team doctor said, and he will be fine.
Coming home
The players and team managers returned to Lawrence yesterday, but Williams, his coaching staff and Kansas' traveling sports information staff will return today. The team tried to leave Atlanta on Sunday, but there were no available commercial flights. The basketball pep rally is still scheduled for 4 p.m. today at Memorial Stadium.
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Kansas coach Roy Williams is planning for next season by trying to sign a player to replace senior Jeff Boschee and add depth to the guard position.
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NCAA
match Kansas in 1988 for the most losses by a champion started to fade.
a chainpowered Kyle Hornsby led Indiana with 14 points and Dane Fife added 11. Jeffries, the Big Ten's player of the year, finished with eight points on 4-for-11 shooting. The Hoosiers finished 20-for-58 from the field, 34.5 percent, the first time in the tournament they shot below 50 percent.
The Terrapins, who won 19 of their last 20 games, again were big on the boards, finishing with a 42-31 rebound advantage. Maryland was among the country's highest scoring teams at 85 points per game, but its third-least total of the season was good enough to make it the 33rd school to win the national championship and the second straight from the Atlantic Coast Conference following Duke last season.
The loss was the first for Indiana in six national championship game appearances. The last three titles — 1976, 1981 and 1987
The last win under Knight, who was fired two years ago for violating a zero-tolerance policy. Mike Davis, one of his assistants, was selected to succeed him and in just his second season he almost won it all.
Dixon didn't miss a shot in the first half, going 4-for-4 from the field and 2-for-2 from the free throw line. His last shot came with 10:02 left and the baseline jumper gave the Terrapins a 21-11 lead.
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