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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2002
Basketball
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raw talent. Lee also had a solid off-season and hoped to come off the bench and become a physical guard who could shoot the ball.
A big question mark for Kansas is Graves. With much preseason hype, Williams did not seem optimistic about Graves' contribution to the team before practices started.
"He's officially not a member of our team yet," Williams said at Media Day. "He hasn't passed either of the running tests. There's probably been too much said about him. I'll just leave it at that."
With those strong comments from the head coach and a preseason weight of 275 pounds, I am not looking for Graves to be a crucial part to the team.
Niang, Moody and Vinson are all freshmen with performances vet to be determined.
My beer is now finished and I have come to an answer to my original question.
This year's Kansas squad has an amazing starting five that can play with any team in the country. In order for this team to march deep into the NCAA tournament, bench players must provide solid performances in the season to come.
Ballow is a Littleton, Colo., junior in journalism.
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he is doing what he does best. He's putting up 10 points and seven rebounds per game in the preseason, and with the mass quantity of big guys on the Mavs roster, that's all he really has to do.
Scot Pollard Sacramento Kings
Scot had an impressive opening week to the preseason, posting his usual adequate numbers off the bench
with eight points and six rebounds per game. This past week, in two contests, he averaged three
averaged three points and nine rebounds per game, which is all the Kings need from Pollard's limited time playing behind Chris Webber.
Greg Ostertag — Utah Jazz
Greg had a rough return to the floor in Utah's first two games after he donated a kidney this offseason, with both of his backups
Amaechi and Jarron Collins, out playing him. Greg wasn't
helped in his bid for his starting position, not playing in all three of the Jazz's games this past week.
Gilbert Brown — Green Bay Packers
NFL
Against Washington on Sunday in a 50-9 Packers win, Brown showed his true worth as a defensive tackle. The stat sheet only
shows Brown as having three tackles but on multi ple running plays Brown
plugged the hole through the middle. He allowed Green Bay's defensive ends and outside linebackers to keep Stephen Davis from breaking any long runs.
Dana Stubblefield — San Francisco 49ers
Stubblefield was in on four tackles for San Francisco, which
suffered a tough 35-27 loss to New Orleans. Stubblefield and the rest of the San
Francisco defensive line let Deuce McAllister run rampant as he gained 139 yards on 21 carries and caught a touchdown pass.
Gerald McBurrows
Atlanta Falcons
As a starting safety for Atlanta.
continued his solid play, helping the Falcon defense
record its first shutout of the season in a 30-0 win over the Carolina Panthers. Gerald recorded three tackles Sunday, bringing his season total to 21.
Kwame Lasi
siter *Arizona*
Cardinals
Kwame has had an outstanding tenure
as an Arizona Cardinal, and is off to another great start with 25 tackles, one forced fumble and an interception this season. In Arizona's 9-6 overtime win over Dallas on Sunday, Kwame recorded four tackles.
Andrew Davison — New York Jets
What a story. Andrew graduated from Kansas last year and went undrafted in April's NFL
signed as a free agent with the Jets, then ripped the Kansas program for not endorsing
nim as much as they should have and said he was breaking off any and all ties with the University (he later apologized for his comments). After an outstanding preseason, he made the jets and saw his first action Sunday, recording his first NFL tackle against Minnesota.
Did Not Play
Moran Norrs — Houston Texas
Issac Byrd - Carolina Panthers
PGA
Don Davis — St. Louis Rams
Matt Gogel
Matt Gogel missed the cut in this weekend's Disney Golf Classic in
Orlando. Gogel shot a 75 (3-over-par) in the tournament's first round, but a 67 (-5) in the second
round was not enough to carry him over into the weekend's final two rounds.
A READER'S REQUEST.
Tony Blevins, Kansas cornerback, 1994-1997
Tony was not selected in the 1998 NFL draft but signed a free agent contract with Indianapolis. Blevins played four seasons between Indianapolis and San Francisco, starting two games in his four year career, both with the Colts. In 1999 and 2000, Tony combined for 77 tackles and two interceptions. Despite his improving performances, Blevens was cut by the Colts in training camp in 2001, and has yet to resurface in the NFL.
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