Volume 124 Issue 34
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CATCH OF THE WEEK // ANNABEL CHRISTNER
Hobbies: Cooking dinner for my scholarship hall, coloring, singing and playing tennis.
Turn-ons: A quiet confidence that is not too over-the-top and someone who shares my Christian beliefs, as well as a guy with blue eyes and is tall.
Turn-offs: Arrogance and an apathetic attitude toward life.
Blows the most money on: Going out to a coffee shop or going to dinner. I recently went shopping in Kansas City and purchased a minimal item, but sprung for a $15 Olive Garden dinner.
How she would describe herself: Eccentric, especially if I'm having a dance party. I go crazy in the middle of the dance floor. But I can't dance. I just flail my arms around.
Why she's a catch: I'm a big people person and I love getting to know people, especially in a smaller setting. I have a strong desire to
be married one day and constantly try to make the most of life.
| TAYLOR LEWIS |
5 QUESTIONS // CJ SAPONG & BENJAMIN WILSON
> Two people. Five questions. See how they stack up. ___
CJ SAPONG
> Sporting KC forward #17.
My awkward references to Harry Potter. At the time it came out, I was 11 and that's the age wizards get their letter to Hogwarts. I swore they were going to ask me.
It would have to be a nice strawberry toaster strudel with two packs of ice. You know you should be waiting until the morning to eat it but you just want it then and there. But it's past midnight so its OK.
I would remake the Harry Potter series and put myself in it. I would be Harry. And I would probably make a lot of money so I'd earn back a million dollars.
What is your weirdest quirk?
What is your favorite midnight snack?
I like those really old school horns that old school cars have. (Makes horn noises).
I watch "Spongebob Squarepants" on the regular. It is so funny and brings me back to the good old days and when I was young and all was good.
If you had a billion dollars, what would you do with it?
BENJAMIN WILSON > Junior from Tulsa, Okla., studying mechanical engineering.
What is your favorite sound or noise?
I scare easily and make a weird face when something makes me jump
What TV show do you secretely love?
Sausage or supreme pizza. Lawrence has the 3 a.m. pizza places so I call one of those and go grab it.
Pay back my parents for all the blessings they've given me, hold my own private Red Hot Chili Peppers concert and buy Sporting KC and give CJ a better contract.
"The Ellen Show." She is pretty hilarious and when she dances, you dance. And "Extreme Home Makeover." It's a bit of a tearjerker.
That tube noise at the bank drive-thru. PHOOMP!
its television rights until the six-year 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.
off-wall screen, he is practicing 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.
Edited by Jonathan Shorman
"The real good shooters train themselves to shoot the same way every time," Taylor said. "Even when they've got a
rather than simply catching and
TYSHAWN TAYLOR
Senior guard
"You never know when you're going to get it," Taylor said of attempting a shot off the dribble.
shooting.
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
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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.
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