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shots and froze on the defensive end in the second half. His two points made him the only starter to finish with less than 20 points.
Williams said Nash needed to overcome the one main problem that hindered his hidden ability.
"Bryant Nash is the one who just needs to relax," Williams said. "A lot of times that is difficult for a kid in front of 16,000 people."
Miles
when the offense struggled to get organized. He hung in the air and hit a handful of acrobatic shots in the lane, tying his career high of 10 field goals. But Langford said, much like his coach, it was Miles' shooting ability that made the difference last night.
"I liked his aggressiveness. Kirk wasn't playing and we needed another perimeter scorer, and Aaron is very capable of doing that."
"I've seen Aaron make the shots that he made hundreds of times in practice." Langford said.
Hinrich sat out the first game of his career last night, allowing more playing time for the Jayhawk bench. Williams was not pleased with the eight-point contribution from his reserve players, but he said he hoped the added minutes would help their confidence.
"I talked to him a lot and told him I wish he'd get his butt back out there, because I didn't need him over there with me," Williams said. "Long-term, if it helps Bryant Nash, Jeff Hawkins, Michael Lee and those guys, it's going to help our team."
Nash, who started for the first time of his college career, appeared tentative offensively. He passed up a number of open
Williams said Hinrich could not return quick enough.
Edited by Andy Samuelson
Associated Press chooses top Big 12 football players
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nailing jelly to a tree? Trout fishing by hand?
It's easy to imagine a bunch of wide receivers from the Big 12 sitting around the campfire trying to describe just how tough it was to play this season against Kansas State's Terence Newman.
With blinding speed, the Big 12's 60- and 100-meter sprint champion pretty much shut down Southern Cal's Kareem Kelly and Texas' Roy Williams.
Justin Gage, the Big 12's all-time receptions leader who towers over the 5-foot-11 cornerback, didn't have a single catch until the last play of the third quarter in the Tigers' 38-0 loss to the Wildcats.
He didn't have another until the Tigers finally got Newman to bite on a flea-flicker during the game, which wrapped up the Wildcats' 10-2 regular season.
There's probably not a receiver in the conference who would argue with the media panel that made Newman the overwhelming choice for Associated Press defensive player of the year.
"Somebody always talks about his speed and that's certainly a facet of it, though I tend to play that down a bit," said Kansas State coach Bill Snyder. "Terence couldn't do some of the things he does without the ability to run well. But what has really made him the quality, quality defensive secondary player he is has been
the development and understanding of how to play the position, the fundamentals of the position."
The same panel also made Texas Tech senior quarterback Kliff Kingsbury the runaway winner for Big 12 offensive player of the year.
The league's newcomers of the year were Missouri redshirt freshman quarterback Brad Smith and Oklahoma junior linebacker Lance Mitchell.
Newman had five interceptions and 14 passes broken up. He also scored three touchdowns on returns, ranking fourth nationally with a 16.3-yard average on his 22 punt returns.
His 32.4-yard average on 10 kickoff returns would rank first in the nation if he had the 1.2 returns per game needed to qualify.
Against Louisiana-Monroe on Sept. 7, he had one of the most remarkable sequences of plays of the season.
First, making a rare appearance on offense, he easily outran his defender for a 51-yard touchdown catch. Then he took a punt and sped 40 yards for another touchdown.
A few minutes later, he intercepted a pass on the 17 yard line and headed for the end zone, about to pull off the rare feat of scoring on offense, defense and special teams in a span of a few minutes. But he dropped the ball.
Kingsbury was the nation's leading passer — 447 of-669 (67 percent) for 4,642 yards and 42 touchdowns.
This Week in Kansas Athletics
TOMORROW
Women's basketball: Holiday Inn Jayhawk Classic in Allen Fieldhouse
Western Illinois vs. Western Michigan, 5:05 p.m.
Kansas vs. Texas Southern, 7:05 p.m.
SATURDAY
Women's basketball; Holiday Inn Jayhawk Classic
Championship Game 4:05 p.m.
Consolation Game 2:05 n.m
Men's Basketball at Oregon, 2:30 p.m. Broadcast on CBS.
Swimming vs. Texas A&M, noon in Robinson Natatorium
Bench
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performances in practice, but he continued to struggle in games. Nash didn't take a shot until the second half and finished the game with only two points although he did grab eight rebounds.
Williams said he would have no problem with Nash's stats if Nash would develop his defensive game.
The reserves need more repetitions before they are ready to contribute, but they will continue to get opportunities, Williams said.
"They are going to have to play more, and they are going to have to play successfully when they do," he said, "if we want to be the kind of team we say we want to be."
— Edited by Andy Samuelson
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