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THE UNIVERSITY HAIRY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008
quote of the day
"I didn't get to see a lot of it. I was on my back."
— Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing on Dezmon Briscoe's highlight reel catch against Texas
fact of the day
Kansas sophomore wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe, who has 1,091 receiving yards this season, is 54 yards from breaking Kansas' record single-season receiving yards. Former Kansas wide receiver Bob Johnson, who recorded 1,144 receiving yards in 1983, currently has the record.
trivia of the day
Q: Who has the Kansas football program's career record for receiving yards?
A: Wille Vaughn, who played at Kansas from 1985-88, racked up 2,266 receiving yards at Kansas.
KU sports schedule
Today-Friday No events
Saturday
Saturday
Volleyball: Texas, 6:30 p.m.
(Austin, Texas)
Sunday
Sunday Women's basketball: St. Louis, 4 p.m. (St. Louis)
Monday
Men's basketball: Washington,
9 p.m. (Kansas City, Mo.)
Cross Country: NCAA Championships, TBA (Tre Haute, Ind.)
Chorus of miniature fans cheers Kansas to victory
The high-pitched screams seemed to ratchet up a notch as the 35-second clock ran down on Iowa's struggling offense.
Thousands of miniature college students raised their arms behind the baskets and raised cain every time a Hawkeye stepped to the free-throw line.
No, this wasn't your ordinary Kansas women's basketball game. This one went to the kids.
"We always say they have a great basketball IQ in Lawrence," coach Bonnie Henrickson said after busloads of grade-school children helped electrify Allen Fieldhouse Tuesday morning on ESPN.
"Elementary school kids have a great basketball IQ too," Henrickson said. "They really knew when we needed help. It might have been the sugar kicking
in at the right time, though."
The scene on national television was so surreal that announcers compared the atmosphere to a Jonas Brothers concert.
It was so loud junior guard Danielle McCray said she couldn't hear herself think.
Kansas probably won't see another atmosphere like yesterday's much this season, but beating the defending Big 10 co-champions will put some spring in its early-season step.
Henrickson said it was the best performance she had seen from
the Jayhawks since she arrived in Lawrence more than four years ago.
BIG-TIME TALENT HEADS TO BAYLOR
Oklahoma center Courtney Paris is the most dominant player in college basketball.
Period.
But as the sun sets on Paris' incredible career at Oklahoma in 2009, Brittney Griner's career at Baylor will begin to take shape.
Outside of women's basketball circles, Griner is fairly unknown. But it won't stay that way long once the No. 1 recruit in the nation arrives in Waco, Texas, next fall from down the road in Houston.
At 6-foot-8 she stands out, but it's what she can do with that size that makes coaches drool.
Griner can dunk easily in traf.
Check her out in action by searching for her on YouTube.
fic, and she blocked 25 shots in a season-opening victory.
DUSTIN PEDROIA:
AMERICAN LEAGUE MVP
Red Sox second baseman
Dustin Petrona deserves to be American League Most Valuable Player.
Any player who leads the league in hits, runs and doubles certainly
Pedroia
should be on the shortlist
But the rest of that list is a little underwhelming.
pretty weak.
What happened to guys like Josh Hamilton? Hamilton must have blown all his power on the show he put on in Yankee Stadium at the All-Star Game in July.
Jayhawk runner misses line for championship appearance
Edited by Mary Sorrick
CROSS COUNTRY
BY JASON BAKER jbaker@kansan.com
The NCAA Cross Country Selection Committee announced Monday its selections for the NCAA Championships on Nov. 24 in Terre
Midwest, Regionals, in Stillwater,
Okla. Running well in that race
Last weekend,
Bonds placed
16th with a time
of 2:19 at the
Bonds
could have earned her an at-large berth for nationals.
"Regionalis was really great," she said. "I wanted to place a little higher, and I wanted to have a chance at going to Nationals. I was close, but it was still out of reach."
If a team places in the top two overall at its regional meet, it automatically qualifies for nationals.
No runners from the men's team
Both the men's and women's teams didn't because they finished eighth and seventh.
Because her whole team didn't qualify, Bonds needed to finish in the top four at this meet to qualify for the championships. She missed the cut by 20 seconds.
made the cut either.
Throughout the season, Bonds was the first jayhawk to finish
was the first Ja in every meet. She won the Bob Timmons Invitational and the Missouri Cross Country Challenge early in the year.
Bonds said the highlight of her year came during the Big 12 Conference
the award was one of her goals since starting college, but she didn't think it was going to happen. Bonds
"I had some rough races, but I pulled it together by Big 12s and Regionals. It was kind of a rough start."
Championships on Nov. 1, when she earned All-Big 12 honors after finishing 12th. She said earning
LAUREN BONDS Junior runner
became the second woman in KU cross country history to achieve the honor.
Despite the honor,
Bonds said she still had room to improve.
She said she rated her performance this season 7.5
"I had some rough races, but I pulled it together by Big 12s and
Regionals," she said. "It was kind of a rough start. It was OK, but it wasn't great or ideal."
Bonds said she was proud that she was still able to help her team with her ability.
"I'm more of a middle-distance runner, so to be able to run cross country at all and to help my team out is really nice for me."
With her season finished, Bonds isn't focusing on next year yet.
— Edited by Brenna Hawley
Balancing act
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo controls the ball during a training session of the national soccer team in Brasília, Brazil, Tuesday. Portugal will face Brazil in a friendly soccer match on Wednesday in Brasília.
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1. No. 2 Texas Tech at No. 5 Oklahoma (pick score)
10. Washington at Washington State
2. No. 15 Michigan State at No. 8 Penn Stat
2. No. 15 Michigan State at No. 8 Penn Stat
3. No. 17 Brigham Young at No. 7 Utah
3. No. 17 Brigham Young at No. 7 Utah
4. No. 23 Pittsburgh at No. 23 Cincinnati
1. No 2 Texas tech at No. 5 Oklahoma (pick sc)
2. No 15 Michigan State at No. 8, QR
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4. No. 21 Pittsburgh at No. 22 Cincinnati
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