6B • THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
LATE NIGHT PREVIEW
TUESDAY,OCTOBER 8,2002
This week The University Daily Kansan will look back on each of the past three years of Late Night with Roy Williams, starting with the 1999-2000 season. Doors open at 6 p.m. for Late Night on Friday.
Freshman firsts
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansan sportswinter
Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich celebrate the beginning of basketball season with wacky costumes, dancing and silly songs every year. The Kansas seniors even manage to play a little basketball at the annual basketball extravaganza called Late Night with Roy Williams.
On Oct. 15, 1999, Kansas fans got their first look at Hinrich, Collison and Drew Gooden, now a Memphis Grizzlies rookie. They took the floor as the Jayhawks' version of the Backstreet Bows, according to Kansan archives.
Hinrich quickly became a fan favorite when he appeared in a sports jacket and tie to read a parody of David Letterman's Top 10 — a traditional Late-Night role passed on to Hinrich from former Kansas guard C.B. MeGrath. Still impersonating Letterman, Hinrich soon relinquished the floor to "musical guest" Three Tall guys and a Drummer. Members of the band — Collison and centers Jeff Carey and Eric Chenowith — gave fans a little taste of their musical talents when they covered Limp Bizkit's "Faith," with Collison as lead singer.
When it was time to display the talents that brought the freshmen to Kansas, it was Gooden who stole the show.
He and then-junior Kenny Gregory led Collison, Hinrich and the rest of the
blue team to a 54-31 victory over the red team. Gooden and Gregory both scored 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds
Gooden's performance earned the respect of the upperclassmen, including red team opponent and then-junior
Eric Chenowith.
"Drew's got a great knack for the game," Chenowith told reporters after the scrimmage. "He played pretty well to night."
-Edited by Adam Praek
Kansan File Photos
ABOVE: Kirk Hinrich performs a dance to a Backstreet Boys song during the 1999 Late Night with Roy Williams. Hinrich, now a senior, will participate in his last Late Night on Friday night. RIGHT: Nick Collison and Jeff Carey defend against Luke Axtell during the first scrimmage of the 1999-2000 basketball season at Late Night with Roy Williams.The '99 Late Night was the first time Jayhawk fans saw Collison, now a senior, in action.
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