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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FINALFOUR
FRIDAY,APRIL4,2003
Sophomores complement seniors in post-season play
By Kevin Flaherty
kflaherty@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence is abuzz with talk about Kansas' two seniors, Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison. But the Jayhawks probably wouldn't be two victories away from the national championship without the play of their two starting super sophomores.
Former Jawhawk Lewis Harrison said Keith Langford's nickname was "ESPN" for the way he gets up for big games. So far in this tournament, the moniker hites. The lithe lefty has sliced his way through defenses on countless plays, often contorting his body into mid-air pretzels to get a shot off in the lane.
Collison said Langford was a great player.
"The thing about Keith is that he can get to the basket against anybody," Collison said. "He plays really well in the big games and steps up when we need him to."
Langford averaged 16.8 points and five rebounds per game in Kansas' first four NCAA Tournament games. Langford is the trumpet in Kansas' offense; almost all of his plays are noticeably spectacular to anyone watching the game.
If Langford is the trumpet, fellow sophomore Aaron Miles is the flute. Increbly maligned for his failures, most of his successes come in relative obscurity. Intensely competitive. Miles plays lock-down on-the-ball defense
"The thing about Keith is that he can get to the basket against anybody. He plays really well in the big games and steps up when we need him to."
Nick Collison Kansas senior
Aaron Miles and Keith Langford embrace after a Kansas victory. The sophomores have stepped up to become dominant members of the team.Both are expected to be important players in the Final Four.
while distributing the ball to Kansas' scorers. There is nobody better at running the break and feeding the post than Miles. While not much of a shooter or scorer, Miles averaged 8.3 points, 6.5 assists and more than two steals per tournament game while not often turning over the ball.
Langford said Miles played well in the tournament.
Kansan file photo
"He's so valuable to the team and gets everyone involved," Langford said. "He plays great defense on the other team's point guard, and we wouldn't be here without him."
an advantage from last year's.
"Last year we got there and some of us were satisfied with
Miles is also somewhat of an emotional leader — whenever a teammate is in trouble, Miles comes to the rescue. It happened first against Jackson Vroman of Iowa State and again when Miles and Arizona's Channing Frye came to words last Saturday. Miles had the last laugh as the Jayhawks advanced to tomorrow's Final Four game against Marquette.
that," Miles said. "This year we want to reach our goal, and that is to win a national championship."
Miles said this year's team had
If the sophomores complement the seniors and play well, Kansas could be partying into the
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