"It's a schizophrenic melange of pointy mutton chops, bushy chin whiskers and a samurai-style top-knot." Patrick Hruhy. Washington Times sportswriter on Scot Pollard's hair style.
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SPORTS COMMENTARY
Brad Zollars
bzollars@kanan.com
Kansas can't take K-State for granted
Kansas hasn't lost to Kansas State since 1994 and has won each of the last three meetings by more than 25 points. A few more losses at the hands of the Jayhawks and the Wildcats might be getting recruiting calls from the Washington Generals.
Death, taxes and beating Kansas State: three things Kansas basketball fans can always count on. The Jayhawks take on the Wildcats tomorrow night at Allen Fieldhouse and will look to extend their winning streak against their in-state rival to a staggering 23 straight games.
So we can take a victory to the bank, right? Well, maybe not.
K-State is hot and has won nine of its last 11 games. The Wildcats have held their last four opponents to under 39 percent. Other than Oklahoma, Kansas State has the best defense in the Big 12 Conference and will set out to frustrate the Jayhawks by attempting to slow the pace of the game. But K-State has offensive weapons, too. They have four scorers averaging more than 10 points per game and have the size down low to be physical with the Jayhawks and match them on the boards.
The Jayhawks take on the Wildcats tomorrow night at Allen Fieldhouse and will look to extend their winning streak against their instate rival to a staggering 23 straight games.
Last week no one, including myself thought very much of these Wildcats. Their seven-game winning streak included victories over powerhouses Monmouth, Texas Pan American, Arkansas Pine Bluff and David Lipscomb. David Lipscomb? I'm still not sure whether K-State beat an actual team or just one guy, but the point remains that the Wildcats' non-conference schedule was less than impressive.
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K-State did gain some respect last week after the 24-point whipping they put on Texas Tech in its conference home opener.
K-State guards Gilson Dejesus and Tim Ellis led the way and could pose problems for Kansas on Saturday night. The Jayhawks have been prone to good three-point shooting at times this year, and the Wildcats could expose this weakness in their bid for an upset.
DeJesus and Ellis both shoot 52 percent from behind the arc, which ranks them No.19 and No.21 in the nation respectively, and Kansas State shoots a blistering 42 percent as a team. Either way, Kansas better be ready, or Jayhawk fans will have one less thing they can count on.
Zollars is a Chicago senior in communications.
Refreshed swimmers to compete
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Intense winter training has left the Kansas swimming and diving team both refreshed and tanned.
Kansas recently took a trip to Acapulco, Mexico, as part of its annual winter training camp. The team competed in a dual against No. 17 Notre Dame on Jan. 6, losing the event 129-69. Kansas took
first place in two events: sophomore Amy Gruber in the 50 freestyle and the 200 medley relay
The Jayhawks will resume their season in a dual tomorrow at noon against Nebraska and Louisville in Lincoln, Neb.
Nebraska is 1-6 in dual meets this season. Louisville is 1-5.
"We had a good period of real focused work," coach Clark Campbell said. "The trip was used to get them energized. We got some dual meets to better ourselves for the Big 12 Championships."
Last season, Kansas defeated Nebraska 185-94 at Robinson Natatorium.
"We can't underestimate Nebraska and Louisville because everything changes from year to year," senior Gwen Haley said. "Last year's win gives confidence, but we're also putting our best lineup forward."
Edited by Ryan Wood
Selig looks to liven All-Star game
The Associated Press
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Baseball owners appear to agree with commissioner Bud Selig's proposal to have the league that wins the All-Star game get home-field advantage in the World Series.
"The game has lost importance. It's turned into an exhibition." Montreal Expos president Tony Tavares said Wednesday. "Last year was embarrassing and difficult."
Seig came up with the plan following last year's All-Star game, which ended in a 7-7, 11-inning tie when both leagues ran out of players. Owners were to vote on it yesterday.
"It will put back a little of the sizzle." San Francisco executive vice president Larry Baer said.
In recent years, as the differences between the American and National leagues lessened because of increased player mobility and interleague play, many players have treated the All-Star game as a show rather than a game.
Since the start of the World Series in 1903, home field has alternated between the leagues.
The change is strongly backed by Fox, which holds baseball's national television rights. It also needs approval of the players' association.
"We've been discussing it with players," union head Donald Fehr said. "We know they're interested in it, and we'll get back to them."
Some veteran players are against it, including New York Mets pitcher Tom Glavine, the National League player representative.
"It's not something I'm in favor of," he told The New York Times. "I would find it hard to believe that most players would want the outcome of the All-Star game to determine home-field advantage for the World Series."
As the two-day meeting began Wednesday, the committee on the future of the Montreal Expos met. Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos said he remained opposed to a move to the
Washington, D.C., area.
Downtown Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia are among the areas that have groups ready to bid for the Expos, who were bought last year by the other 29 major league teams.
Groups from Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Portland, Ore., remain the favorites to land the Expos, who would be the first team to move since the expansion Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers after the 1971 season.
People in other areas have expressed interest, such as Mexico City and San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the Expos will play 22 home games this season in an effort to increase revenue. While those areas may be allowed to meet with the committee, baseball views them as more likely for a future franchise than for the Expos in 2004.
Tavares said the bidders from the Washington, D.C., area and Portland appeared to be ahead of the other areas because they had stadium plans.
NFL officiating steals spotlight in games
The Associated Press
officials, this year's debate is even louder.
"There's no automatic cure for the officiating," Baltimore owner Art Modell said. "They're human and the players are human, too. They all do the best they can."
PHILADELPHIA — The men wearing stripes are getting all the attention on NFL fields these days, thanks to a series of blunders and questioned calls at the most important time of the season.
Officiating disputes are a weekly rite during the NFL season and intensify during the playoffs. But because commissioner Paul Tagliabue publicly criticized
In an unusual admission, the league said officials blew a pass-interference call at the end of the Jan. 5 playoff game between the New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers. The Giants would have had one more play to try win the game if the call had been made.
Tagliabue said it was the worst "failing" in his 13 years on the job.
Others believe the officiating is just fine.
"I'm personally not disappointed or concerned," Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher said. "I think right now it's probably as good as it's been."
Fisher was on the sideline last weekend when his team kicked the overtime field goal to beat Pittsburgh 36-53, leaving Steelers coach Bill Cowher furious. He charged after referee Ron Blum to protest a penalty that gave the Titans a second shot at the game-winner.
Everyone from fans to talk-show hosts to owners have proposed officiating changes.
But any changes to officiating would be decided at the owners' meetings in March.
"I think we've got to take a hard look at it," said Oakland defensive end Trace Armstrong, president of the players' union.
tations for the game.
These aren't the Wildcats you would have seen even last year, Jim Woolridge injected a new attitude into the Kansas State program over the past couple of seasons and now the talent level in Manhattan is catching up. A perfect example of the new toughness of Kansas State is the win over Texas Tech in Bramlage. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they have to travel to Allen Fieldhouse where the Jayhawks are
Which team will win the Big 12
KJHK's coverage of tomorrow night's game begin's at 7 p.m. at 90.7 FM.
playing at a level matched only by a few other teams in the country. Look for the Jayhawks to run another Big 12 foe out of the gym, with Jeff Graves recording another double double. Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison should do OK, too.
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Kansas Athletics Calendar
TOMORROW
Women's Basketball vs. Colorado,
1:05 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Swimming and Diving at Nebraska, 12 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Men's Basketball at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma,
7:05 p.m.
BASKETBALL
In anticipation of tomorrow night's basketball game Inside Sports brings you jokes from the book I Hate Kansas State, 303 Reasons Why You Should, Too by Paul Finebaum.
Anytime you see a Wildcat in a 3-piece suit he's usually the defendant.
K-State's basketball program usually peaks in July.
K-State graduates come to call their KU counterparts by a different name after graduation — boss.
- The fire at K-State's library was a real tragedy because some of the books had yet to be colored.
The median IQ of Manhattan doubles every time the basketball team leaves for a road game.
A seven-course meal in Manhattan is a six pack and a possum.
KSU actually stands for Kansas Stomped Us.
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I think Niang should do like the Africans in The Air Up There and do the Jimmy Dolan shake-and-bake.
Hi, I'm drunk and hanging out with my friends because it's the day before school starts. I just wanted to say that KU just beat Wyoming and Mizzou sucks and Oklahoma sucks and woohoo 20031
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