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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2014
PAGE 11
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"the best teams I coached, I coached six guys, whether Massachusetts, Memphis or here."
- John Calipari, Kentucky men's basketball coach
FACT OF THE DAY
Every Kansas Final Four team since 2000 has used seven or fewer players in the regular rotation.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Big 12 (7): Perry Ellis, Wayne Selden Jr., Cliff Alexander, Kelly Oubre Jr., Myles Turner, Cameron Ridley, Le'Bryan Nash
A: Kentucky (9): David Booker, Trey
Lynes, Tyler Uls, Dakari Johnson, Karl
Towns, Marcus Lee, Andrew Harrison,
Aaron Harrison, Alex Poythress
Q: Who has more McDonald's All-Americans, Kentucky or the Big 12?
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THE MORNING BREW
A deep bench does not guarantee a deep run in March
The tip-off of college basketball season is less than a week away, and fans around the
nation are making their case for why their school will be cutting down the nets this coming spring.
One of the most recurring attributes in preseason team previews alongside, talent and experience, is depth. Analysts put a lot of weight on how deep a team's bench is when predicting who is going to succeed come March.
While it sounds good in theory, history shows that giving many players regular minutes isn't always the best option.
For the 2014-15 season, the Kentucky Wildcats are the favorites to raise the trophy because of the massive amount of talent coach John Calipari was able to acquire in the offseason to join those who returned from last year's national runner-up squad. In fact, the team has so many quality players that Calipari plans to use two five-man "platoons" throughout the season that are similar to line shifts seen in hockey.
By Kylan Whitmer
@KRWhitmer
This year's Kansas team is in a similar situation with 11 players who could see meaningful minutes on the court. It is a great luxury for coach Bill Self, however, he might want to take a look back at his best teams, as well.
On the other side of things, in the seasons with disappointing endings due to early tournament exits, Self had given eight or more players meaningful minutes during the
In the 2007-08 season, in which Self led the Jayhawks to the national championship, the team's regular rotation consisted of just seven players. Similarly in the 2011-12 season, the Jayhawks fell just short of another championship with seven players seeing meaningful minutes.
tournament.
Since the Jayhawks' last national championship, the teams that have won the tournament have also used fewer players in order to win.
The 2009 North Carolina Tar Heels won with seven players seeing meaningful minutes of playing time while the 2010 Duke Blue Devils and 2012 Kentucky Wildcats used just six players in the regular rotation.
However, this does not mean teams cannot succeed by using all the talent on their bench. This year, Connecticut won the tournament with eight players seeing more than 10 minutes of play. Louisville achieved the same outcome two years ago by using nine players in the regular rotation, and Connecticut again in 2011 using 10 players regularly.
There is a no-fail-proof strategy in
college basketball, and coaches have been able to develop good chemistry with their teams using more than seven players in their rotation in the past. Having 11 players
Having 11 players who could be in regular rotation is nothing to complain about, and if Self can make it work and hang another banner in Allen Fieldhouse, then hats off to him. However, he should consider what has worked in the past in order to make a deep run in the NCAA tournament this March.
This week in athletics
Edited by Ben Carroll
Monday No events
Tuesday
Men's Basketball
Emporia State
(Exhibition)
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Wednesday
Women's Volleyball Kansas State 7 p.m. Manhattan
Thursday No events
Friday
Men's Basketball UC Santa Barbara 7 p.m. Lawrence
Saturday
Cross Country NCAA Midwest Regional Noon Peoria, Ill.
Football
TCU
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Women's Basketball
South Dakota
2 p.m.
Lawrence
Swimming and diving wins close dual against Illinois
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AMIE JUST
It all came down to the last race of the afternoon. Illinois and Kansas were neck and neck until the bitter end.
The 200-yard freestyle relay was a must-win to emerge victorious in the overall meet, Saturday at Robinson Natatorium, and the final leg of the race ended up determining the winner.
Spectators thought Illinois finished first, but the timing system told a different story. Kansas sophomore Yulya
Kuchkarova out-touched Illinois senior Megan Marchuck by .03 of a second to finish out the day, clinching a win for the Jayhawks.
"When I first saw it, I thought, 'Oh they touched us out,' but when I looked up, we had won by .03 of a second," coach Clark Campbell said.
freshmen Hannah Driscoll and Madison Straight.
Kansas won the meet 154-146. Prior to the dual against Illinois, Kansas won its duals by an average of 134.2 points.
Helping Kansas secure the win were juniors Chelsie Miller and Haley Molden, and
"When I first saw it, I thought 'Oh they touched us out,' but when I looked up, we had won by .03 of a second."
CLARK CAMPBELL Swimming and diving coach
of 10:09.75, winning the event by four seconds. She recorded a 4:57.24 in the 500-yard freestyle, winning by one-and-a-half seconds. She coasted to victory in the 400-yard IM, defeating the rest of the competition by at least five seconds.
"I'm really happy," Miller said. "This week has been pretty tough; we increased our yardage. I've been a little tired, and I wasn't too sure how I was going to do. I'm really happy with it. I was freaking out a little bit, but it was fun."
Miller won all three of her individual events for the afternoon. She finished her 1,000-yard freestyle in a time
Molden was on the winning 200-yard freestyle relay and anchored the fourth place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. She also swam in the 100-yard freestyle, winning by half of a second. Molden also secured a win in the 200-yard freestyle by finishing in 1:50.94.
"This was a big meet for Hannah Driscoll," Campbell
Driscoll anchored the second place 200-yard medley relay, won the 50-yard freestyle, finished third in the 100-yard freestyle and started the 200-yard freestyle relay.
said.
Straight won the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in a time of 2:03.57. She also swam in the 400-yard IM and the 200-yard freestyle, placing third and fourth respectively.
The swimmers and divers have a competition break before they split up. Starting on Nov. 20, the divers head to Austin, Texas, for the University of Texas Diving Invitational. The swimmers host the Kansas Classic Nov. 21-23. It will be held in Topeka at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Edited by Emily Brown
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