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Kansas State, which is 11-14 overall and 5-9 in the Big 12, is coming off a tough road loss Saturday to Iowa State but has been playing better lately. The team is 4-4 in its last eight games and is seventh in the Big 12 standings.
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The Wildcats have made 48 percent of their shots from the field during the last seven games. Seniorguard Larry Reid has led the way, averaging 14.7 points per game.
Junior forward Nick Collison puts up his arms in an attempt to block a shot. Kansas will defend its No.1 ranking against Kansas State tonight at Allen Fieldhouse.
be efficient with his speech.
Williams said the Wildcats had become a more formidable foe because of Jim Wooldridge's
"I won't give too long of a speech, just the basics — coach, teammates and family," he said. "That's probably going to be the hardest part for me — talking about my family and my brother."
Between all of the senior day hoopla, of course, is the game, which, on paper, looks to be a blow out.
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"I think they have improved since the beginning of the season a great deal," Williams said. "They're buying into Jimmy's philosophy and style of play more. They've had a couple of heart-breaking losses."
strong coaching.
"One of the biggest things we've got to do is stay positive and continue to believe in ourselves," Wooldridge said. "This is the time of year when guys have to step up and perform. We have to understand that in a game like this there might be some added incentives by the opponent, but we can't do anything about that."
Kansas State is 0-7 on road in Big 12 play, and Wooldridge said playing against the Jayhawks away from home on senior day would be the team's most difficult task this season.
Contact Wasko at bwasko@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kristi Henderson.
BOSCHEE
Honorable Mention All-Big 12.
Since then, Boschee has become the most prolific three-point shooter in Kansas history and is in a tight battle with Missouri senior Clarence Gilbert — Boschee leads the Tiger 308 to 307 in three-point goals — to capture the Big 12's all-time mark.
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Now playing shooting guard instead of point guard, Boschee is in the midst of his best year ever. The senior has connected on 46 percent of his three-point attempts — 80 of 174 — and is averaging a career-high 13.8 points per game.
"I feel like I'm playing with a lot more confidence out on the floor," he said. "I feel like my confidence level is where it was toward the end of my freshman year when we were playing in the Big 12, but I think my talent level has gotten a lot better since I was a freshman."
There's no doubt Boschee has blossomed into one of the Big 12's best players, but it's his poise and quiet leadership that has really helped the Jayhawks (25-2 overall) to a No.1 ranking and perfect 14-0 conference record this season.
"Jeff's cool and calm," junior Kirk Hinrich said. "That's just his character. He does it by example."
Aside from the occasional fist pump and that tongue incident four years ago, Boschee rarely lets his emotion show, but he blew his top near the end of Kansas' game at Iowa State a month ago.
"I just kind of lost it," he said. "I was pissed off because we were weren't playing too hard and we looked kind of lethargic out there. I came in the huddle and started blowing up. I don't know where it came from."
Whatever he said worked. Kansas tied the game late and Boschehit hit a game-winning three-pointer with 36 seconds left.
The Jayhawks weren't the only ones who raised eyebrows over Boschee's vocal leadership that night.
"I was listening to him on the floor." Iowa State swinger
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Jeff Boschee's Career 3-point shooting
Year Made-attempts3-PT %PPG
1998-99 79-222 35.6 10.9
1999-00 81-195 35.6 10.0
2000-01 68-189 36.0 11.1
2001-02 80-174 46.0 13.8
Shane Power said. "It seemed to me like he was the heart and soul of their team. On any given day he can be the man that wins the game for them.
"He sure did tonight."
Despite his success as a sharpshooter, Boschee said he had received limited interest from the NBA. The questionnaire sent to him by the Chicago Bulls last summer is the extent of the attention the NBA had given him.
"Not many people knew about me in high school. I kind of came up on the scene at the Nike camp and played good there." Boschee said. "If I canget into one of the draft camps maybe it can happen."
He's not dwelling on what might transpire after the college basketball season. Right now Boschee wants to make the most of the time he has left competing as a Jayhawk and enjoy the locker room shenanigans of his teammates.
He says those moments—the ones nobody reports and writes about— are what he will miss most when his eligibility runs out. The long bus rides with teammates and coaches to away games; the trips to Maui, Alaska, New York and dozens of other places; and meeting more people than he ever imagined have all had an impact on him as a student-athlete at Kansas.
"He put it in Michael Lee's locker and it was sitting there farting." Eoschee said. "It was pretty funny."
Like the time Jeff Carey snuck a "fart machine" into a freshman's locker.
"There's nothing that I won't miss," he said. "I'm going to miss, everything about playing at KU."
Contact Pacey at dpacey@ kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning.
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