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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EDITOR | GABRIELLE SCHOCK
ASSOCIATE EDITOR | SARAH CHAMP
DESIGNER | MAX AYAJIA
CONTACT | BAILEY ATKINSON, CHRISTINE
CURTIN, TAYLOR LEWIS
PLAY | DREW WILLE, JEFF KARR, MAX GREENWOOD
**MANUAL** | CHRIS NEAL, KATIE JAMES
**NOTICE** | AMANDA GAGE, NADIA IMAFIDON,
MATT GALLOWAY
HEALTH | BRE ROACH, CHRISTY NUTT, KYLE NUTT
CONTRIBUTORS | CHANCE CARMICHAEL, DYLAN DERRYBERRY, JAROD KILGORE, LANDON MCCDONALD ,MAGGIE YOUNG, SAVANNAH ABBOT
CREATIVE CONSULTANT | CAROL HOLSTEAD
Other possible replacements wouldn't be worth their share of the television contract. It's a sticky situation, to say the least. A situation that will probably doom the 16-year-old conference.
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Then again, the remaining schools could sing "Kumbaya" and tell us everything is fine in the heartland. That seemed to work really well last summer.
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There isn't a single BCS conference school that would join the Big 12 right now, so remove any ideas of poaching a team like Louisville. And if you think Arkansas would leave the SEC—as I've heard a few Kansas fans mention for geographic reasons
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Big 12 has been on the support for at least 12 months and there's not many legitimate options to replace Texas A&M, if and when it leaves.
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centration and reservation. But for KU golfer David Catt, a sophomore from Shawnee, the game takes on a
To many avid golfers, who require silence during putting and teeing off, the sport is one of con-
Catt
KU golf Coach Kit Grove can attest to this.
bit of a different spin.
"He's got a really unique sense of humor," Grove said. "He doesn't
always try to be funny but he is
way funnier than he thinks he is"
In addition to his sense of humor, Catt also brings key golf skills to the KU golf team.
Catt joined the team as a freshman last year but did not get into the lineup very often because of more experienced upperclassmen. However, Grove has high expectations for him after watching his performance at KU as well as in high school.
"As far as from a golf stand point he's a really good putter." Grove said. "His biggest strength is definitely his putting. He also has a really great attitude, which is very important to the game of golf."
He is from Kansas and I saw
him play a hand full of times in high school and I was actually quite happy to give him a spot on the team during his senior year of high school."
Catt played high school golf for Shawnee Mission Northwest being named to the All Metro golf team as a junior and senior. He also broke a 30-year-old school record by shooting a 5-under-par 66 as a junior.
Catt's intelligence was also a draw for the KU golf team. Catt was National Merit Scholar finalist. "He's a really, really smart kid," Grove said.
The key for Catt's success both on
SEE GOLF 16
Russian pro team
The man with the most assists in Kansas basketball history is off to Russia.
KUAthletics.com confirms that
Aaron Miles, former Jayhawk point guard, has signed with Krasnie Krilya, a professional team in Samara, the sixth most populated city in Russia.
Miles, who is already working out with his new team
In the 2006-07 season, Miles
Miles
in italy, spent last season in the NBA Developmental League with the Reno Bighorns, a team affiliated with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies and Sacramento Kings for the 2014-15 season.
Orthez of Pau, France, and won the French Cup. He then played for Cajasol Sevilla, of Spain, in the 2007-08 season; Panionios, of Greece, in the 2008-09 season; and Aris BC, also of Greece, in the
2009-10 season.
Miles will join former Jayhawks Sasf Kaun and Keith Langford in Russia. Kaun is a center with CSKA Moscow and Langford is a guard with Khimk Moscow.
In his junior season in 2003-04, Miles was
member of the Big 12 All-Defense team and third team All-Big 12. H was the first recipient of the Dann Manning Mr. Jayhawk award and a starter in every game except senior day of his freshman year.
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