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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY MARCH 2, 2009
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"There was a really good team behind the bench. It was fun. It was great to have those guys back because they love this place. They never played for us. They all played for Coach Williams and his staff. It was a good day for us and it sets up a great week. Now we've got to go play the best road game we've played all year."
-Kansas coach Bill Self
FACT OF THE DAY
Cole Aldrich notched his 17th double-double of the season with 19 points and 14 rebounds against No. 11 Missouri. Alrich is averaging 19 points and 12.8 rebounds over Kansas' last five games and 15.1 points and 10.8 rebounds for the season.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time a Big 12 team had as bad a shooting first half as Missouri did in Sunday's game?
A: The Tigers' 20.5 percent shooting in the first half was the lowest for a conference opponent since Colorado shot 17.9 percent in the first half on Jan. 25, 2004. Missouri made only eight field goals in the first 20 minutes in a 90-65 defeat.
-KU Athletics
@KANSAN.COM
The Jay Report: It wasn't the
game
everyone
expect-
ed, but it
was still
a statement win for Kansas. What does that mean? Check out The Jay Report to find out.
The Give and Go: Bonnie
Ball is suddenly rolling through the Big 12 and the guys are enjoying the ride. Tune into the Give and Go to catch the fever
Courtside: Jayson Jenks breaks down the keys to
Kansas'
three-
game
winning
COURTSIDE
BLOG
streak. He also crunches the numbers on the Jayhawks' postseason hopes.
Swimming: Check Kansas.com for audio interviews with Kansas swimmers from the Big 12 Championships in Columbia.
SJU graduate real NBA trendsetter
COMMENTARY
Fashion trends in the NBA are difficult to understand.
The League has gone from barely-thee shorts (Think: Everyone pre-1990 and John Stockton) to full-length leggings (Think: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade in 2005-06) and then briefly back again (Think: The Lakers' worst throwback night ever*).
*Los Angeles' short shorts in 2007 were such a disaster that Kobe and Co. changed at halftime, but still lost 110-91 to the Celtics.
Commissioner David Stern, then just a Sergeant in the Fashion Police, ended one epidemic in
2006 when he said the League would amend its dress code to ban the leggings that had no hoo
Wade
beyond all reason, become popular with basketball's elite.
On Friday, Lieutenant Stern — the leggings earned him a promotion — ruled that Wade's most recent fashion mistake was also
against the dress code.
After taking an elbow to the face on Feb. 8, Wade required stitches on his left cheek. So, the Chicago native strapped a Band-Aid over the injury.
Wade then decided to wear stylistic types of Band-Aids—including ones with his name, WADE, and
FLASH —
thusturning an adhesive into a fashion trend.
At Tuesday n i g h t ' s game, the Heat mascot, Lil' Wayne and half the crowd were sporting Wade-Aids (or Band-Wade, whichever you prefer).
Lil Wavne
The League has a policy against wearing logos of self-promotion, which means Wade can still wear a
Band-Aid for medical purposes. It just can't be creative.
The point here is not to debate whether the Band-Aid look is cool or if it's fair for the NBA to limit self-promotion (Answers: No and Yes).
The real point is that everyone agrees Wade only re-energized the fad, but no one has named the true originator. The look dates back to 2000, but it didn't come from St. Louis' Nelly.
For one week of AAU basketball practice in the winter of 2000, I wore a Band-Aid under my left eye. I didn't invent the look, but I did steal it from the original.
is Erick
Barkley
Barkey. Barkey played at St. John's University from 1998-2000, and he was
the first person I ever saw sport a Band-Aid on his cheek. Barkley wore his as part of a semi-protest against the NCAA for briefly suspending him, and then most of his teammates donned the look in
Barklev
support of him.*
*My excuse was that I bumped my cheek while going for the alarm clock, and my Bern Band of choice was Batman glow-in-the-dark.
The Red Storm earned a No. 2 seed that year and kept the look through the NCAA Tournament, which was three months before Nelly bounced on the scene with Country Grammar.
After brief NBA flings with Portland and San Antonio, Barkley now plays professionally in Poland. He scores 12.6 points per game for Polpharma, which is second in its league at 15-7.
Barkley's time in the NBA was brief, but at least his fashion blunder is still around.
Edited by Realle Roth
Abolishing Mizzou
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Kansas Tahawkw fans hold aloft a reproduction of John Curr's painting "Tragic Prelude," the famed discovery of Kansas abolitionist John Brown, as Missouri's starting line is announced before Sundayawk's game. While the original painted feature Brown holding a bible in his left hand, the reproduction was altered to show Brown holding an NCAA championship trophy.
MLB
Royals' relief pitcher might go elsewhere
SURPRISE. Ariz. — Jamey Wright is competing for one — possibly two — vacancies in the Kansas City bullpen, but he doesn't plan to go back to pitching for the Royals's Class AAA Omaha farm club.
Wright, who is scheduled to pitch in relief Monday, said he has a clause in his contract that if he is not put on the big league roster by April 1, he can become a free agent.
Wright is in camp as a nonroster player on a minor league contract, although he has pitched in the majors since 1996. If he doesn't
“it's pretty much right at the end of spring training,” Wright said. “If”
break camp with the Royals, he could go elsewhere.
I do my job, I'll let all of that stuff take care of itself.
Wright pitched for Kansas City in 2003, making four September starts, going 1-2 with a 4.26 ERA. He returned to the Royals in spring training in 2004 and spent most of the season with Omaha and was selected to the Triple-A All-Star game.
He thought he was going to be promoted in early May. Instead, the Royals brought up unknown Eduardo Villiac from Class AA Wichita. Villiac was knocked out early at Yankee Stadium and was
Wright thought he would get the call after Villacis was demoted, but the call never came.
sent back to the minors, never to appear in a big league game again.
Wright made his first Royals spring training appearance Thursday
Associated Press
TODAY No events
TUESDAY
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Baseball North Dakota, 3 p.m.
Lawrence
WEDNESDAY
ESDAY
Baseball
North Dakota, 3 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's basketball
Baylor, 7 p.m.
Lawrence
Men's basketball Texas Tech, 8:30 p.m. Lubbock, Texas
THURSDAY No events
FRIDAY
Tennis BYU, 1 p.m. Lawrence
Softball NDSU, 3 p.m. awrence
Baseball
Northwestern, 3 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's golf
Rio Verde Invite
Rio Verde, Ariz.
Track & Field
Arkansas Last Chance
Fayetteville, Ark.
ACCIDENT
ACCIDENT Bus carrying MU basketball team in minor accident
OVERLAND PARK - A charter bus carrying the Missouri basketball team was involved in an accident Saturday, but no team members were hurt.
The Kansas Highway patrol says the team was returning to an Overland Park hotel after practicing in Lawrence when the accident occurred on Kansas Highway 10.
The patrol says the driver of a vehicle lost control and hit another vehicle. The second car then hit Missouri's bus, which carried 31 people. The driver of the second car was hospitalized.
Dave Reiter, a spokesman for Missouri's men's team, says the team was delayed about an hour. He said the people on the bus gave the driver a standing ovation for his actions during the wreck.
BIG12
Texas A&M defeats K-State after leading whole game
MANHATTAN — Sydney Carter scored 17 points to lead No.12 Texas A&M to a 71-45 win over No.20 Kansas State Sunday.
Takia Starks added 15 points for the Aggies (22-5). Ashley Sweat and Marlies Gipson led the Wildcats (21-6) with 12 points each.
Texas A&M took control early, holding Kansas State scoreless for more than nine minutes during a 17-0 run midway through the opening period.
KU HALL CENTER SCHOLAR AWARD 2009-2010
Kansas State went on a 12-4 run to get within single digits with 14:32 left, but Texas A&M stopped the comeback and held a double-digit lead for the rest of the game.
The Hall Center for the Humanities is looking for undergraduates with strong academic credentials who have demonstrated significant engagement within the university community. Hall Center Scholars interact with the well-known authors, scholars and public intellectuals who speak in our Humanities Lecture Series. The $500 award is sponsored by the Friends of the Hall Center. The deadline for applications is March 23, 2009.
Visit our website at www.hallcenter.ku.edu/grants/support for application guidelines.
Questions may be directed to Associate Director Kristine Latta at 864-7823 or klaatta@ku.edu.
Associated Press
The deadline for applications is March 23, 2009.
KU HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
www.hallcenter.ku.edu
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