TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
"This is a chance for me to tell all my fans 'Thank you very much for voting for me,'but he deserves it,he deserves it,"
Vince Carter on giving his starting spot in the NBA All-Star game to Michael Jordan
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Inside Sports
SPORTS COMMENTARY
Ryan Copeland
rcopeland@kansan.com
One month and Madness commences
Well, we're only one month away from March. And you know what that means. Ol' Saint Patty's Day? Spring break? That's all wrong. It's March Madness, Baby!
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2003
The term March Madness explains how multiple games happen every few days and the way a number 15-seed team can knock off a number two-seeded team and not even blink.
Who will get the invite and who will get snubbed? The committee may have a bit more trouble deciding who's in and who's out this year than it has in years past.
In about five weeks, the NCAA men's basketball committee will select and seed the 65 teams who will make up this year's bracket.
in the roller coaster ride that has been this year's college basketball season, 20 different teams have been ranked in the Top 10.
With all of the ups and downs this season, it's going to be harder than ever for the committee to determine which teams to select. Nearly every team in the Top 10 has two games that could result in losses.
It's not out of the question to foresee the 18-1 Louisville Cardinals as the No. 1 ranked team when the regular season ends. Rick Pitino's Cardinals have won 17 games in a row but still have to play Conference USA rival Marquette twice. The Cincinnati Bearcats will also pose a conference threat to Louisville.
Obviously Arizona, Texas and our beloved Jayhawks will make the tournament. Things aren't so certain for teams like Colorado and Minnesota. It really doesn't matter what teams are around one month from now. If the NCAA tournament is anything like the regular season, next month will be a March to remember.
Copeland is a St. Louis senior in journalism
POLI
kansan.com Which coach would you most like to see
replaced at the end of his or her
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Football coach, Mark Manginio
Women's basketball coach, Marian Washington
Men's basketball coach, Roy Williams
Track coach, Stanley Redwind
Track coach, Stanley Newcomb
Softball coach, Tracy Bunge
Baseball coach, Ritch Price
Longhorns snap streak, defeat Sooners 67-61
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — Brandon Mouton scored 14 points and Royal Ivey hit the key 3-pointer as No. 6 Texas defeated No. 5 Oklahoma 67-61 Monday night, snapping an eight-game losing streak against the Sooners.
The Longhorns (16-4, 7-2 Big 12) hadn't beaten their border rivals since Jan. 15, 2000. The skid included three straight defeats in the Big 12 tournament and an overtime loss in Austin last season.
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Hollis Price scored 23 points for Oklahoma (16-4,7-2),which dropped out of a tie for first place in the conference with Oklahoma State and Kansas.
A crowd of 15,783 came to the Frank Erwin Center _ easily the most raucous crowd in Texas coach Rick Barnes' five years in Austin _ eager to see Texas end the losing streak. When the final buzzer sounded, hundreds of students rushed the floor to mob the Texas players and sing "The Eves of Texas" with the pep band.
Texas, which led most of the game, was ahead 55-54 when Ivey nailed his second 3-pointer to give the Longhorns a four-point lead with 2:11 left to play.
The Sooners, used to getting the best of Texas, got to 60-59 on Price's fifth 3-pointer before Texas' Jason Klotz
dropped in a turnaround jumper. Texas made 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.
Ivey finished with 14 points. James Thomas got his 10th double-double of the season with 11 points and 16 rebounds.
Kevin Bookout scored 12 points and Quannas White had 10 for the Sooners, who outshot Texas 42 percent to 39 percent but were also outrebounded 42-34.
The Sooners, who commit the fewest turnovers in the Big 12, had 14, and Texas turned them into 15 points.
Texas started quickly, hitting 12 of its first 21 shots and taking a 28-14 lead. The Sooners rallied behind Price, who hit consecutive 3-pointers, and closed the gap to 31-28 with 1:44 left in the half.
Texas stretched the lead to 36-28 and had a chance to seize momentum before Brian Boddicker, the team's best 3-point shooter, missed. Price then hit his fourth 3-pointer on the other end with 1.8 seconds left to make it 36-31 at halftime.
Oklahoma briefly held the lead in the second half when Ebi Ere's 3-pointer made it 45-45 with 14:06 to play. A layup by Thomas and a jumper by Ivey put Texas back on top, and the Longhorns didn't trail again.
Arizona reclaims No.1 spot; Alabama falls from rankings
The Associated Press
Arizona moved atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll yesterday for the third time this season, while former No.1 Alabama dropped out of the Top 25.
In a season in which there has not been a clear-cut No.1, the Wildcats (18-2) moved up one place to retake the top spot they held in the preseason poll.
Louisville (18-1) moved up three spots to second. The Cardinals have the nation's longest winning streak at 17 games. Kentucky (18-3) also moved up three spots to third.
Florida (19-3), which moved into the No. 1 spot last week for the first time in school history, dropped to fourth following a 70-55 loss to Kentucky.
Alabama (13-7) has lost five of its last six games and dropped out from No. 22. The Crimson Tide, ranked No. 1 for the first time in school history six weeks ago, became the first team to fall from the rankings after being No. 1 since Indiana and Duke both did it in 1979-80, back when there was a Top 20.
APTOP25
Arizona received 37 first-place votes and 1,753 points from the national media panel after victories over Washington and Washington State.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
Fourth-ranked Florida (19-3) received two first-place votes after rebounding from the loss to Kentucky with a victory over Alabama.
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Arizona (37) 18-2 1,753 2
2. Louisville (27) 18-1 1,706 5
3. Kentucky (5) 18-3 1,664 6
4. Florida (2) 19-3 1,533 1
5. Oklahoma 19-3 1,507 7
6. Texas 15-4 1,377 3
7. Pittsburgh 15-4 1,330 4
8. Duke 16-3 1,287 9
9. Kansas 17-5 1,220 12
10. Notre Dame 19-4 1,213 10
11. Marquette 17-3 999 15
12. Creighton 21-2 997 13
13. Oklahoma State 18-3 873 11
14. Illinois 16-4 848 16
15. Wake Forest 16-3 707 14
16. Maryland 14-6 701 8
17. Syracuse 16-3 651 19
18. Xavier 17-4 620 20
19. Mississippi State 15-5 430 23
20. Georgia 13-6 314 17
21. Missouri 14-5 283 21
22. California 16-4 256 NR
23. Connecticut 14-5 236 18
24. Stanford 17-6 148 25
25. St. Joseph's 17-3 138 NR
Others receiving votes: Purdue 132, Butter 67,
Utah 65, Dayton 74, Manhattan 30, Auburn 28,
Fresno State 28, Gonzaga 21, Alabama 20, Southern
Illinois 17, Wisconsin 13, Cincinnati 13, Michigan
State 11, Tennessee 9, BYU 8, Kent State 6,
Indiana 4, Colorado 2, Arizona State 2, Virginia 2,
Holy Cross 1
FOOTBALL
Kansas football coach Mark Mangino announced yesterday that Earnest Collins would be joining the staff as defensive backs coach.
Mangino announces
new secondary coach
"Ernest is an enthusiastic teacher of fundamentals," Mangino said. "He will develop our quarterback position, which is crucial to our scheme."
Collins previously held the same position for three seasons at Northern Colorado and before, at Northwest Missouri State.
He helped Northwest Missouri State win back-to-back national championships in 1998 and 1999.
Mangino also said that Clint Bowen would move from running backs coach to safeties and Pat Henderson will replace Bowen as running backs coach. Henderson was the secondary coach in 2002, his first season with Jayhawks.
Staff reports
MEN'S BASKETBALL Kirk Hinrich garners player of the week honors
Big 12 officials announced on Monday that Kansas senior guard Kirk Hinrich was selected as the Big 12 Player of the Week.
The Sioux City, Iowa senior led the Jayhawks with 26.0 points per game for the week with 72.4 percent shooting from the field and 54.5 percent from beyond the arc. He also averaged 4.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.5 steals for the week.
Hinrich tallied team-highs of 24 points and eight assists against Missouri last Monday, shooting 10-of-15 from the field, then came back on Saturday to record a game-high 28 points — one short of his career-high — on 11-of-16 shooting from the field to go with five rebounds and five assists against Kansas State.
He led Kansas in scoring 16 times this year and boasted 10 games with 20 plus points.
Kansas players won the honor of Player of the Week four times this season. Senior forward Nick Collison and Hinrich each won the award twice.
MEN'S TRACK
Staff reports
Men's track and field finishes second after all
As reported yesterday in the The University Daily Kansan, there was a scoring discrepancy in the men's results for the Illini Classic track and field meet.
The Kansas men's team finished second with 130 points behind Illinois' 136 points. Southern Illinois finished third with 128 points and Iowa State finished fourth with 61 points.
The original score had Kansas in third place behind Southern Illinois. That score neglected the scores of the final men's event, the 3,000-meter run.
Kansas freshman Benson Chesang won the 3,000-meter run to secure second place for the Jayhawks.
Kansas Athletics Calendar
TODAY
Men's basketball at Baylor, Waco, Texas, 8 p.m.
Chris Wintering
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
Men's golf at the Taylor Made/Big Island Invitational, Waikoloa Resort, Waikoloa, Hawaii
FRIDAY
Men's golf at the Taylor Made/Big Island Invitational, Waikoloa Resort, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Softball vs. Sand Diego State, San Diego,
Calif., 7:30 p.m.
Softball vs. Sacramento State, San Diego,
Calf., noon
Men's golf at the Taylor Made/Big Island Invitational, Waikoloa Resort, Waikoloa, Hawaii
Baseball at Louisiana State, Baton Rouge
La.. 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Women's basketball vs. Missouri, Allen Fieldhouse, to.m
Track at the John McDonnell Invitational,
Fountainville, Ark.
Men's golf at the Taylor Made/Big Island Invitational, Weakly Resort, Weakly Hawaii
Softball vs. Fresco State, San Diego, Calif.,
noon
Tennis vs. Texas, Topeka, Wood Valley Racquet Club, 1 p.m.
Baseball at Louisiana State, Baton Rouge,
La. 2 o.m.
Softball vs. University of California-Santa Barbara, San Diego, Calif., 2:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Baseball at Louisiana State, Baton Rouge,
1.1 m
Men's basketball vs. Iowa State, Allen
Fieldhouse, noon
Softball vs. Cal State Northridge, San Diego, Calf., 11 a.m.
Tennis vs. Utah, Topeka, Wood Valley Racquet Club, 1.p.m.
Track at the Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark.
We were just talking about those nasty-ass throwback uniforms that K-State wore. They call them throwback, but they should call them throw-away, because they're tacky as all hell.
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I think it's funny that K-State's so bad at basketball their fans wear the football ierses to the games.
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I went to the KU-K-State game on Saturday, and I just want to say that K-State fans are not very tolerant of hippies.
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