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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS 101.FORT HAYS STATE 52
BASKETBALL REWIND
Kansas 54 | 47----101
Fort Hays 24 28----52
JAYHAWK STAT LEADERS
Points
Robinson 22
Rebounds
Robinson 12
Tharpe 7
GAME TO REMEMBER
Naadir Tharpe. freshman guard
Tharpe looked just fine in his debut against Pittsburg State, but he surrendered nine turnovers. He gave up only two on Tuesday against Fort Hays State, scored 19 points, dished seven assists and snagged five steals. Self said that he simply took better care of the ball, leading to easier scoring chances for his teammates. Senior guard Conner Teahan and junior forward Thomas Robinson were the biggest benefactors, first guy off the bench in the regular season.
Tharpe
GAME TO FORGET
Kevin Young, junior forward
Young was active around the hoop, grabbing nine rebounds and blocking a shot, but the rest of his game was pretty messy. He missed four of his five shot attempts, two of his three free throw attempts, committed four fouls in just 18 minutes played and seemed lost regularly on defense. With such shallow depth in the frontcourt, coach Bill Self will need Young to produce. If he doesn't, Young may lose playing time to sophomore forward Just Wesley.
Young
QUOTE OF THE GAME
"He's a cocky guy, and if you are 5-foot-11 at this level, you better be pretty cocky and tough."
Bill Self on Tharpe
Self
PRIME PLAYS
FIRST HALF
(SCORE AFTER PLAY)
16:11-11 Witfley finds a wide-open Conner Teach on the right wing, who connects on his second three pointer of the game. 16-14 Kansas
9:23- Naadir Tharpe grabs a steal from Fort Hays State's Jason Ball. He races down court, hesitates, then blows by a defender for the easy lay in. 33-14 Kansas
8:30- Travis Releford steals a pass from Kendrick Morse and proceeds down the left sideline. He then finds an open Conner Teahan who finishes with a reverse lay in 36-14 Kansas
1:45- Thomas Robinson grabs his own rebound and goes back up with a monstrous dunk, awakening the crowd and giving Kansas a 52-24 lead.
SECOND HALF
15:11- Thomas Robinson seals off his defender as the ball is reversed along the perimeter. He then receives a short pass from Conner Teahan and finishes with an easy dunk. 65-33 Kansas
11-30 After a missed three-point attempt from Fort Hays State, Naadir Tharpe drives to the basket from the left wing. He draws the foul and finishes with a fade away jump shot off the glass. 71-38 Kansas
9:57- Naadir Tharpe grabs a steal from Jason Ball and rushes down the right sideline before finding a streaking Justin Wesley for the easy dunk. 79-38 Kansas
B:17- Another steal by Naadir Tharpe, this time at mid-court from Karon McKenzie. Tharpe passes down court to a wide open Thomas Robinson who finishes with a windmill dunk. 83-41 Kansas
NOTES
- The 101-52 victory is the 39th consecutive exhibition win for Kansas, dating back to 1995
- Kansas improves to 8-0 all-time against Fort Hays State
- Bill Self is now 25-0 in exhibition games while at Kansas
- Kansas grabbed 14 steals, the most since collecting 18 against UMKC on Jan. 5 of last season.
KEY STATS
150 Dr. James Naismith was born 150 years ago from Sunday. If he was paying attention, Naismith's former team didn't disappoint.
5-5 Teahan hit all five of his shot attempts exactly one week after he led Kansas with 21 points against Pittsburg State. If Teahan continues his torrid pace, his playing time will only increase.
Robinson played 28 minutes in his first game back from a hyperextended knee. The injury seems like a thing of the past after his 22 point, 12 rebound outbust.
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Old teammates back in sync
KORY CARPENTER
Headlines and highlights from Kansas victories this season look to be fairly predictable. A Thomas Robinson double-double or wind-mill dunk — both of which fans saw Tuesday night in the 101-52 victory over Fort Hays State—look to be the norm. However, someone has to get Robinson the ball. That's where freshman point guard Naadir Tharpe comes in, who finished with 19 points, seven assists and five steals in the win. Tharpe and Robinson were high school teammates for one season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire and Tharpe's produc
live night was a friendly reminder of the duo's high school days.
This is the point guard I had in BA (Brewster Academy) right here," Robinson said, playfully rubbing Tharpe's head and smiling. "A shooter, passer, a true point guard. All around."
Tharpe's debut for Kansas was less than successful last week against Pittsburgh State. He finished with nine turnovers, and according to him and head coach Bill Self, an extra week of practice did wonders. Tharpe credited fellow guards Tyshawn Taylor and Elijah Johnson for pushing him harder in practice. Self credited Tharpe for not trying to make a spectacular play on every possession.
Tharpe still found room for a few of those special plays, including a drive halfway through the second half in which he drew a foul before draining a fade-away jump shot, bringing the Allen Fieldhouse crowd to a roar. Tharpe said a lot of tonight's success had to do with Thomas Robinson returning to the lineup after missing last week's game due to injury.
"It made it a lot easier because all of the focus was on him," Tharpe said. "And you can see we played much, much better than we
"I thought Naadir did a much better job tonight of just making the simple play," Self said. "And a bunch of simple plays added up turned out to be great."
did the first game."
Whether it was not trying too hard, as Self noted, ridding himself of those first game jitters or simply having his old teammate in the lineup, his stat sheet was turned on its head from his first game.
When Tharpe and Robinson weren't jokingly telling media members to look them up on YouTube for old highlights, Robinson spoke of the chemistry they created in high school and what might be in store this season.
"We were eye-to-eye at Brewster," Robinson said. "Hopefully that will transfer over here."
Edited by Stefanie Penn
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NICK SMITH/KANSAN
Freshman guard Naadir Tharpe keeps his eye on the ball during defensive play against Fort Hays State Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011. Tharpe finished the game with seven assists while scoring 19 points for the Jayhawks.
Students in the student section reading the paper as part of the pre-game tradition before the men's basketball team faced off against Fort Hays State University at Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2011.
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Coach Bill Self has a laugh with one of his players late in the second half Tuesday against Fort Hays State. The Jayhawks won the game 101-52.
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Robinson's knee held up and so did his team. Coming off a sluggish first half in its debut against Pittsburg State, Kansas dominated Fort Hays State from the start. Johnson said that Robinson has changed since these teams last met on Nov. 3, 2009.
"I appreciate the compliment but there's a lot more to be done," Robinson said.
section behind him and raised his arms for more volume.
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"You can't simulate that in practice" Johnson said.
"Tyshawn and Elijah, they really got after me," Tharpe said. "I felt like I was really hungry to play in this game because of practice."
Senior guard Conner Teahan, who led Kansas with 21 points against Pittsburg State, hit all five of his shot attempts and was uncontested for most of them.
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After surrendering nine turnovers in his debut, Tharpe was cautious with the ball and gave his teammates more open opportunities.
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