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4B = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
MONDAY, OCT. 15, 2001
Late Night: Carey announces theme of the season is 'unity'
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team are Jeff Hawkins, Keith Langford, Aaron Miles, Wayne Simien and Michael Lee.
When Simien was introduced, the crowd was informed that his favorite movie was The Lady's Man.
The men's freshman players then removed their warm-ups to show off the old-school uniforms and short shorts they were wearing.
Coach Roy William gave the prank a good review.
"The funniest part of the night was the short shorts," Williams said.
Williams said Late Night primarily gave the fans a chance to
see the freshmen for the first time, but he said the poor sound system in Allen Fieldhouse made it difficult for fans to hear and enjoy the skirts.
"I was embarrassed and felt for the kids," Williams said.
After the short-shorts spoof, freshmen from both teams competed in a relay that the women won.
Instead of the usual imitation of a Top Ten List by David Letterman, this year the Top Ten was the top ten reasons fans, players and recruits should have pride in Kansas basketball.
Kansas basketball When Lewis Harrison announced that the No. 9 reason for pride was former players Wilt Chamberlain and Lynette Woodard, Woodard, who is now an assistant coach for the women's team, received a standing ovation from the crowd.
Senior Jeff Carey announced that the No. 1 reason was that Kansas realized basketball was just a game.
As a unity banner was dropped from the ceiling of the fieldhouse, Carey announced that unity would be the theme for this season's teams.
The crowd erupted in a chant of "U.S.A."
Next to take the stage with E-Double were the Jon Bon Jayhawks. Seniors Jeff Carey and Todd Kappelmann sang Bon Iovi's "Dead or Alive."
"It was fun. Whether I
sounded good, I don't know," Carey said. "Late Night's fun but reality hits tomorrow."
Williams said his players needed to stick to lip-syncing.
"I wish I could convince my players they can't sing," Williams said.
The women took the court again as seniors Selena Scott, KC Hilgenkamp, Nikki White, Katie Hannon and Kristin Geoffroy danced to the Destiny's Child song "Bootylicious."
The rest of the women's team joined them on the court to dance to "Where the Party At" by jugged Edge.
The women circled up and even Head Coach Marian Washington joined in the dancing.
After the women's celebration, Brett Ballard donned a gray wig and did an imitation of coach Williams.
After huddling for a final play to win a game, the Jayhawks executed Ballard's plan perfectly but then realized he was not Williams.
"No I'm not," Ballard said. "But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night."
"Hopefully he doesn't take it out on me tomorrow." Ballard said about Williams' reaction to the imitation.
The freshmen took the stage again as the Jackson Five.
They introduced their moms to the crowd and dedicated the song to them.
"We miss you and we love you," Aaron Miles said to the men's moms.
The rest of the men's team joined the freshmen on the court to dance to "Change the Game" by Jay-Z. Williams and the assistant coaches were also dragged onto the floor to dance with their队.
At midnight, the basketball team took to the court to warm up for the Crimson and Blue scrimmage.
Basketball season had offi cially begun.
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Women's team enjoys Late Night
By Eric Flaton Kansan sportswriter
Not to be outdone by Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams, women's basketball coach Marian Washington stepped out onto the court Friday night and shook her groove thing.
Washington stood up, walked out and danced in a circle of her own players.
Her team showcased its own
talents as both teams celebrated Late Night with Roy Williams, marking the start of their preseason practice schedules.
The team sang together and then danced to "Moulin Rouge."
"I think everybody had a great time, and I think it was a really good event," said senior KC Hilgenkamp.
"I think it builds a lot of team spirit," said Hilgenkamp. "It brings all of us together and we
are working together every single night to go out there."
Washington said she hoped the team's performance at Late Night would draw more fans out to women's basketball games this year.
"We'll we keep working on it and I think it is just a matter of getting constant exposure," she said.
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Sooner breaks touchdown record
By Jeff Denton
Kansan sportswrite
Oklahoma quarterback Jason White saw the match up he craved Saturday night at the Jayhawks at Memorial Stadium: 6-foot-4 tight end Trent Smith paired with 5-foot-10 cornerback Matt Jordan.
Smith dropped his first pass, but Oklahoma did not lose sight of using his size to exploit the Jayhawk secondary. After the first quarter drop, Smith put together one of the most impressive performances by a tight end in Oklahoma football history.
"Trent Smith was tremendous," said Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops. "He set a school record."
His longest catch was for a modest 12 yards. But it was never about how far down the field Smith was before he caught the football. It was more about where he caught it.
Four of his 11 catches came in the Kansas end zone.
"They just went to him," said the Jayhawks defensive coordinator Tom Hayes. "A lot of times we
had a smaller guy on him, and so they just said, "We have a guy who is 6-foot-4, and we're just going to throw it up and see if he could out-jump him." And he did."
To break the record of three touchdowns, Smith snared a bullet pass with 12:29 to go in the game. Smith was wide open as he cradled the ball into his chest in the back of the end zone.
Smith's record day was done, and by that time, so were the Jayhawks, 38-10.
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Football: Too many what ifs
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Atkinson combined for 17 tackles and junior Leo Etienne blanketed the field from sideline to sideline with 18 stops.
Atkinson thought that the defense played well enough to hang around with the defending National Champions, but that the unit fatigued in the second half.
"After a while we got pretty tired," Atkinson said. "But at that point, the score was out of reach. Our offense wasn't really producing a lot. It's a question mark right now, but it's not right to point the finger. It's not going to get us anywhere if we point the finger at the offense."
Allen said if his offense hadn't committed three costly turnovers in the first quarter, or if it had started out with better field position or was more productive running the option, then the outcome could have been different.
"We couldn't get out of our own end," Allen said. "That created the great field position for Oklahoma, and that's why you have to be complimentary to
our defense. It was just anemic offensively, but we are not the only ones to be in that position against Oklahoma. And we won't be the last."
Senior cornerback Andrew Davison excelled Saturday against No. 3 Oklahoma. The 5-foot-11 senior from Detroit had four pass deflections, four tackles and two interceptions.
The two interceptions brought his Kansas total to six for his career. Davison was proud of his play, but he said he would have sacrificed both of his interceptions for a Kansas victory.
"If we would have beat Oklahoma, we probably would have been the first highlight on ESPN," Davison said. "I would have given the interceptions up for a win. Nothing is important as a win."
The pounding of Oklahoma's defense held key members of Kansas' starting offense. Four starters had to leave Saturday's game because of injury.
Junior right guard Kyle Grady suffered a bruised MCL in his right knee. Wide receiver
and hero from the Texas Tech game, Termaine Fulton, senior, left in the second quarter with a shoulder contusion. Neither returned.
Duncan rolled an ankle in the third quarter and played sparingly before taking himself out. Kinsey suffered a injured toe before halftime, sat out to start the third quarter, but came back and played through the pain in the game's final 15 minutes.
Duncan and Kinsey's injuries appeared to be the least serious of the four.
"I remember Roy Williams tackling me and rolling my ankle," Duncan said. "But if it was a close game, I think that I would have tried to play."
■ Senior defensive tackle Ervin Holloman, who missed last week's 34-31 victory against Texas Tech to attend his mother's funeral, started Saturday against the Sooners.
The 6-foot-5, 292-pounder from Wichita had two tackles, one of which went for a loss.
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- Nurse practitioner prepares Watkins for possible bio-terrorism threats
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- Kansas holds first practice of new basketball season
- Kansan editors unanimously pick Oklahoma to beat KU
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