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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
quote of the day
"I was excited, but to be honest, I really thought we would get in so it wasn't like I was really surprised. You never really know for sure though so I was just happy to see our name up there."
Coach Mark Francis on his reaction to Kansas making the NCAA Tournament
fact of the dav
Kansas is 3-3 in three previous NCAA Tournament appearances. The Jayhawks made the Sweet Sixteen in 2003, but lost to No.2 UCLA 1-0. That team was led by sophomore forward Caroline Smith, who scored 19 goals that season to go with three assists.
Kansas Athletics
trivia of the day
Q: What former Kansas soccer player scored the last NCAA tournament goal in 2004?
A: Jessica Smith, who scored against Nebraska in Kansas 2-1 second-round loss in 2004, graduated from Kansas in 2005.
Kansas Athletics
ku sports this week
Today
Volleyball: Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
(Norman, Okla.)
Thursdav
Thursday No Events Scheduled
Women's basketball: Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. (Lawrence)
Boyish Lincecum overlooked, shines in MLB
Saturday
Friday
Football: Texas, 11:30 a.m.
(Lawrence)
Swimming & diving: Nebraska-
Omaha, 2 p.m. (Omaha, Neb.)
Volleyball: Nebraska, 7 p.m.
(Lawrence)
Cross Country: Midwest
Regional Championships, TBA
(Stillwater, Okla.)
Tim Lincecum doesn't really look like he belongs stacked up against most major league pitchers.
At 5-foot-11, 170 pounds, Lincecum isn't a physical specimen. The 24-year-old face looks more boy-like than ballplayer. But stick him on a pitching mound and Lincecum becomes a whirling dervish, dealing some of the nastiest stuff in all of baseball.
So when I read Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award yesterday afternoon, I immediately wondered whether Kansas City passed on drafting him. It's a bad habit, and the results are almost always painful.
Sure enough, the Royals held the first overall pick in 2006... and drafted Scott Boras-client and Northern League-holdout Luke Hochevar over Linceum and
American League Rookie of the Year Evan Longea among others
Back in June 2006, Lincecum was the fifth right-handed pitcher taken and the 10th overall pick, garnering a $2.025 million signing bonus. The Royals, on the other hand, gave Hochevar a signing bonus of $3.5 million that included signing him to a major league contract.
Think the Royals might recon sider their decision if they had another opportunity?
This season Lincecum struck
out 265 batters, pitched 227 innings and went 18-5 for a San Francisco Giants team that was 18 games under .500. Hochevar, on the other hand, had a 5.51 earned-run average and lost 12 games while opponents batted .280 against him.
Not exactly a flattering comparison.
SMITH WOWS
MNF AUDIENCES
Emmitt Smith might just be the greatest running back of all time. He is definitely the most prolific.
But stick Smith in front of a camera, as ESPN has done with its Monday Night Football coverage, and he produces some of the most unintentionally hilarious sentences and facial expressions on live television.
Don't get me wrong. Smith
knows his stuff. You don't win the Super Bowl championship, the NFL's Most Valuable Player and the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player in the same season if you didn't. But honestly, can't ESPN give him a little more time to polish his craft before throwing him in front of an audiences?
Try googling "Emmitt Smith: Wordsmith" to see Jimmy Kimmel Live's highlight reel of Smithisms from 2007, his first year with ESPN.
After turning the ball over 19.4 times per game last season, Kansas women's basketball had a long way to go when it came to valuing possession.
BONNIE BALL
AT A GLANCE
In two exhibition games this season, the Jayhawks have
It's going to be interesting to see whether Kansas can continue to protect the ball once the regular season begins and more athletic defenders make their way to Allen Fieldhouse.
trimmed that number to 13.5, giving themselves six more possessions to work with per game.The small sample size skews things a little bit, but maybe coach Bonnie Henrickson has finally gotten the message across.
Edited by Brieun Scott
KICK THE KANSAN: WEEK TEN
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Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
1. No. 3 Texas at Kansas
2. No. 10 Georgia at Auburn
3. No. 16 North Carolina at Maryland
4. Arizona at Oregon
5. No. 17 Brigham Young at Air Force
6. Vanderbilt at Kentucky
7. Texas A&M at Baylor
8. Minnesota at Wisconsin
9. Northwestern at Michigan
10. No. 24 Wake Forest at North Carolina State
Name:
Year in school:
Hometown:
1) Only KU students are eligible.
2) Give your name, e-mail, year in school and hometown.
3) Beat the Kansan's prognosticator and get your name in the paper.
4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staff.
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Submit your picks either to KickTheKansan@kansan.com or to the Kansan business office, located at the West side of Stauffer Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library.
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