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KU 64,BU 71
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
BAYLOR 37 34----71
KANSAS 33 31----64
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Sherron Collins 16
Rebounds
14
Assists
Cole Aldrich
KANSAS (25-7)
Sherron Collins
6
<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>FG-FGA</th><th>3FG-3FGA</th><th>Rebs</th><th>A</th><th>Pts</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Marcus Morris</td><td>5-11</td><td>0-1</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Cole Aldrich</td><td>3-5</td><td>0-0</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Sherron Collins</td><td>6-20</td><td>4-12</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>Brady Morningstar</td><td>1-5</td><td>0-4</td><td>1</td><td>5</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Tyshawn Taylor</td><td>4-7</td><td>2-3</td><td>2</td><td>3</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Tyrel Reed</td><td>2-5</td><td>2-5</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Markieff Morris</td><td>1-4</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Mario Little</td><td>3-5</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>1</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Travis Releford</td><td>0-0</td><td>0-0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td></td><td></td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>25-62</td><td>8-25</td><td>41</td><td>15</td><td>64</td></tr></tbody></table>
BAYLOR (19-13)
<table border="1"><tr><td>Player</td><td colspan="2">FG-FGA</td><td>3FG-3FGA</td><td>Rebs</td><td>A</td><td>Pts</td></tr><tr><td>Kevin Rogers</td><td>6-12</td><td>0-0</td><td>5</td><td>2</td><td>14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Josh Lomers</td><td>1-3</td><td>0-0</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Curtis Jerrells</td><td>3-10</td><td>2-8</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>LaceDarius Dunn</td><td>9-16</td><td>6-11</td><td>6</td><td>0</td><td>24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tweety Carter</td><td>1-5</td><td>0-3</td><td>2</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Henry Dugat</td><td>2-5</td><td>0-1</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mamadou Diene</td><td>4-4</td><td>0-0</td><td>4</td><td>0</td><td>9</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Anthony Jones</td><td>1-5</td><td>0-2</td><td>3</td><td>0</td><td>3</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Team</td><td></td><td></td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>27-60</td><td>8-25</td><td>34</td><td>11</td><td>71</td><td></td></tr></table>
SCHEDULE
Date Opponent
Result/Time
Date Opponent Result
11/25 Syracuse (in Kansas City, Mo.) L, 89-81 (OT)
11/28 vs. Coppin State W, 85-53
12/1 vs. Kent State W, 87-60
12/3 vs. New Mexico State W, 100-79
12/6 vs. Jackson State W, 86-62
12/13 vs. Massachusetts (in Kansas City, Mo.) L, 61-60
12/20 vs. Temple W, 71-59
12/23 at Arizona L, 84-67
12/30 vs. Albany NY W, 79-43
1/03 vs. Tennessee W, 92-85
1/6 vs. Sierra W, 91-84
1/10 at Michigan State L, 75-62
1/13 vs. Kansas State W, 87-71
1/17 at Colorado W, 73-56
1/19 vs. Texas A&M W, 73-53
1/24 at Iowa State W, 82-67
1/28 at Nebraska W, 68-62
1/31 vs. Colorado W, 66-61
2/2 at Baylor W, 75-65
2/7 vs. Oklahoma State W, 78-67
2/9 at Missouri L, 62-60
2/14 at Kansas State W, 85-74
2/18 vs. Iowa State W, 72-55
2/21 vs. Nebraska W, 70-53
2/23 at Oklahoma W, 87-78
3/1 vs. Missouri W, 90-65
3/4 at Texas Tech L, 84-65
3/7 vs. Texas W, 83-73
3/12 vs. Baylor L, 71-64
Selection Sunday March 15
First Two Rounds
March 19, 21
Greensboro Coliseum
(Greensboro, N.C.)
Sprint Center
(Kansas City, Mo.)
Wachovia Center
(Philadelphia)
Rose Garden (Portland, Ore.)
March 20, 22
Taco Bell Arena
(Boise, Idaho.)
UD Arena
(Dayton, Ohio)
American Airlines Arena
(Miami)
HHH Metrodome
(Minneapolis)
MEN'S BASKET
Weston White/KANSAN
Junior guard Mario Little gets trapped along the baseline after picking up his dribble during the first half against Baylor. Baylor forced 11 Kansas turnovers Thursday on its way to forks Kansas out of the conference tournament.
Baylor's zone defense limits Aldrich's scoring
BY TAYLOR BERN tbern@kansan.com
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kansas coach Bill Self has said center Cole Aldrich does his most damage in the opening minutes of the second half.
The reason is that at halftime Self almost always has to remind his guards to feed Aldrich in the paint, and then they respond by immediately passing him the ball.
Thirty seconds into the second half on Thursday, Kansas was true to form as Aldrich cut the deficit to two with a short jumper from the side. However, those were his only points in the final 20 minutes.
The sophomore finished with a game-high 14 rebounds, but mistered only eight points on 3-of-5 shooting.
Baylor's LaceDarius Dunn, who led all scorers with 24 points, said Thursday's game was the best zone his team has played all season. Baylor coach Scott Drawe pointed to his defense as the key to keeping the team calm despite
"It's kind of tough to get the ball inside when they have so many big guys," Aldrich said. "The middle was wide open, but they kind of clumped up the sides."
Baylor's sagging 2-3 zone defense was a constant problem for Aldrich, who has only attempted fewer than five shots in one game this season. While Self normally blames the guards for not getting Aldrich enough touches, Thursday he placed equal blame on his guards, the zone and Aldrich himself.
"I think all were equally valued as far as not letting the ball go inside." Self said.
Kansas' ability to erase a 17-point deficit.
"You are always adjusting throughout the course of the game with personnel and what they are doing." Drew said. "The big thing throughout the game, the common thing, is our defense was tremendous."
Baylor's zone left a hole for a high post player around the free-throw line. Kansas' guards often passed to Aldrich or Marcus Morris in that hole, but most of the time those two kicked back out and the guards fired three-pointers.
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Kansas made 8-of-25 behind the three-point line. Self said he was upset his team didn't drive to the basket instead of settling for contested jumpers.
"What a zone does, it creates doubt," Self said. "We weren't aggressive. We didn't play up against it."
Sherron Collins agreed. Collins, who was 6-of-20 from the field and 4-of-12 beyond the arc, said the zone wouldn't have been a problem if Kansas didn't play passively.
The guards settled for jumpers instead of drives and the zone trapped big men Aldrich, Mario Little and Markieff Morris several times.
Of course, everything was more difficult for Aldrich. The center said he would try to find something positive from the loss.
That won't be easy considering Baylor's zone did exactly what it was designed to do. Stop Aldrich.
"This was a game in which he labored probably as much as he has at any point in time this year." Self said.
Edited by Susan Melgren
Baylor center Josh Lomers dunks the ball over Kansas forward Markieff Morris. Morris played 14 min
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Junior guard Sherron Collins drives for a layup. Collins led the Jayhawks with 16 pins, but only made six of the 20 shots he attempted.
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