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Domestic Draft Beers: $3.00 All Bottled Beer: $2.00 Jumbo Rocks Margaritas: $3.99 Lime Mug 0' Ritas: 99¢ 12 oz. Domestic Draft Beers including Boulevard Wheat: 99¢ r2 Price House Margaritas Carlos Gold Margaritas $4.99 Jumbo Margaritas & Long Island Iced Tea: $4.99 its television. Coffee & Spirits THE BOURGEOIS PIG Lawrence Kansas window closes. That sounds good, but what stops a Texas or Oklahoma from leaving in four years, sacrificing two years of television money in exchange for a fat, new deal in, say, the Pac-12 or SEC, and taking a potential spot from a Missouri or Kansas later on? Nothing at all. So please don't pretend Missouri is looking to hightail it out just as everything is getting settled, because at best it's a six-year window of stability and at worst it gives Texas and Oklahoma a few more years to figure out what they want to do. A six-year deal spells stability like MC Hammer spells financial guru. Missouri not pursuing its options at this point would be irresponsible. Of course, if Missouri ends up leaving for greener pastures it puts Kansas in a tough spot in this realignment game. Emotional tirades from Kansas fans toward its neighbors to the east are understandable, but if the last 16 months taught us anything, it's that it's every school for itself. Edited by Jonathan Shorman his shot for any scenario: fadeaway, free throw, upright jump shot and leaner, left and right. Three-pointers, mid-rangers and layups, he is leaving no shot behind. "Ty is playing the best basketball from a point guard that I've seen." Freshman guard Merv Lindsay said. Lindsay said Taylor's shot has proper lift, meaning that his shot takes a trajectory that maximizes the chance of the ball dropping into the hoop. A line-drive shot is usually more difficult to convert and a rainbow shot can be just as flawed. Taylor works several hours each day to find a happy medium and become consistent and dependable from the perimeter. "The real good shooters train themselves to shoot the same way every time," Taylor said. "Even when they've got a TYSHAWN TAYLOR Senior guard shooting. "You never know when you're going to get it," Taylor said of attempting a shot off the dribble. However Taylor is the starting point guard in a primarily half-court offense and will likely have the ball in his hands more than any other Jawhawk. So when coach Bill Self wants to get Taylor's shot going, he will likely have junior guard a finger after fighting with the football team is now a role model and motivator for the younger players. The Morris twins had that role last year and now it belongs to Taylor. "Tyshawn's been a great leader, has a much better attitude and it's shown on the court," senior guard Conner Teahan said. Leading a team and knocking down jump shots in the offseason is different than doing the same in the heart of the conference schedule. But his teammates are confident that this will be a different year for Taylor, the scapegoat point guard of the past. "When you have somebody that you can rely on and that people have respect for," Teahan said, "it makes it that much easier." KANSAN FILE PHOTO Edited by Ben Chipman --- Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor is fouled in the final minute of last season's game against Illinois. Taylor is focusing on shooting in practice this year. 9 1 N