A THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY KANSAS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 GAME DAY 3B KU TIPOFF AT A GLANCE Ladies and gentlemen, here are your new Kansas Jayhawks. You certainly will have a tough time recognizing them. Sherron Collins is the only player returning from last year's national championship team. Collins averaged more than nine minutes per game. Tonight's exhibition game will serve as more of an introduction than anything else. Taylor has all the tools and PLAYER TO WATCH Tyshawn Taylor natural abilities to be an immediate star for Kansas this season. He showed it all throughout the summer in scrimmages and in Canada Taylor where he averaged 14 points per game. But how will Taylor respond to playing his first game in Allen Fieldhouse against competition other than his teammates? And oh yeah, Taylor is wearing No. 15 this season. AND IN THE BEGINNING... QUESTION MARKS Starting lineup may be a bit surprising KANSAS VS. WASHBURN 7 p.m., ALLEN FIELDHOUSE, Jayhawk TV How much will junior college transfer Tyrone Appleton be able to play? Appleton, a junior guard, returned to practice from a hip-flexor injury less than a week ago. He said he would play limited minutes in the game but did not set a specific limit. The Jayhawks could use an extra veteran like Appleton on the court. He also needs to play well in the exhibition games and start of the regular season if he wants to secure a rotation spot. HEARYE. HEARYE "I hope we're a better game team than we are a practice team right now because I haven't been really pleased in practice — not because they're not trying, but we're careless. I think that's primarily youth." — Kansas coach Bill Self "I've been practicing halfway-decent. I'm kind of nervous, but think I'm ready." Freshman guard Tyshawn Taylor Kansas Starters Sherron Collins, 5-foot-11 junior guard Forget about the weight issues and knee surgery recovery from a few months ago -- this is Collins' team. He has a chance to put together a spectacular year individually. Collins Tyrel Reed, 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Reed played a big role during the Jayhawks' trip to Canada. He made a couple key shots in the one-point victory against Carleton. He also recorded a team-high five steals in the three games. Reed Morningstar, who red-shirted last year, has a great opportunity to prove he deserves significant minutes this season in the two exhibition games. Although Morningstar is in his third year at Kansas, he's only played 31 minutes. Brady Morningstar, 6-foot-3 sophomore guard Morningstar Kleinmann is in his fifth season at Kansas so he knows the system better than anyone on the roster. Kleinmann, however, just isn't as talented as most players who play for Kansas senior forward Matt Kleinmann, 6-foot-10 Kleinmann Self has raved about Aldrich ad nauseam for the last three months. That has to count for something. Aldrich will be invaluable defensively, but he needs to show he's ready to be a top contributor on the offensive end. Cole Aldrich, 6-foot-11 sophomore center Aldrich Starters teahan has inherent value to Kansas because of his three-point shooting ability. He made 12 of his 20 attempts last season. But Teahan needs to prove he's not a liability on the defensive end. Sixth man sophomore guard Conner Teahan, 6-foot-5 Teahan Mario Scott, 6-foot-1 junior guard - Case Keefer Scott was fourth in the MIAA in assists last year at 3.7 per game and scored in double figures eight times, averaging 6.8 points on the season. He steps in as the team's starting point guard after starting 19 of 21 games to start the season last year before finishing the season in a reserve roll. Byers Williams James Williams, 6-foot-5 senior guard Kimble Paul Byers, 6-foot-5 senior forward Byers started all 29 games last season averaging 8.2 points and 5.4 rebounds. He shot 52 percent from the field and made 26 of 74 three pointers. Surprisingly, Byers attempted only 12 free throws all season despite playing more than 24 minutes per game. Williams transferred from St. Bonaventure University before last season and averaged 8.2 points in more than 20 minutes per game.Williams started 14 of the team's 29 games last season and made 30 of 98 three-point attempts. Sherron Collins Darnell Kimble, 6-foot-8 senior forward Kimble is the team's highest returning Kimble is the team's highest returning scorer at 9.4 points per game. He had only 3.2 rebounds per game despite being the team's second tallest player. Kimble had 30 turnovers and only nine assists last season. Moriba DeCoteau, 6-foot-9 senior forward nth starter spot but he probably will be passed over for one of the lchabods' 10 newcomers. DeCoteau, the 205-pound forward hails from St. Georges, Grenada, and averaged 1.1 points in 17 games last season. DeCoteau is the most likely returning player to take the fifth place. DeCoteau Head coach Bob Chipman Chipman enters his 30th season Wash burn's coach and has a career coaching record of 646-251. In a game against a more talented Kansas team, Chipman may be the best chance Washburn has to keep it close. Several KU players have worked at Chipman's camp and he said he always enjoyed playing Kansas. WU TIPOFF AT A GLANCE B. J. Rains The Ichabods return three starters from last year's 18-11 squad, but they have 10 new-comers including four freshman, four junior college players and two transfers. Kansas is the first of three Division I opponents for Washburn, which will also play at Kansas State on Nov. 9 and at UNLV on Nov. 11. PLAYER TO WATCH Mario Scott per game last The junior guard averaged 6.8 points,3.7 assists and 1.2 steals season for the Ichabods, who were 12-7 while he was in the starting lineup. Scott, a Grand Rapids, Mich. native, will have the job of have the job of QUESTION MARKS Can Washburn hang like it did in 2004? Scott guarding KU point guard Sherron Collins — a tough task considering Collins is a former McDonald's All-American and Scott plays at Division I Washburn. Washburn led Kansas most of the first half in their preseason matchup in 2004 before Kansas won by only nine points, 79-70. With so many newcomers on both squads, it will be interesting to see if Washburn will keep the score close or get blown out by 30 as they did in a 99-69 beating by Kansas in 2006. HEARYE. HEARYE — who played awfully well last year. We added what we think is a great group of new guys. We're very excited about the potential of this team." "We have four guys back hopefully with James Williams — Washburn coach Bob Chipman PREDICTION 85-65 KANSAS NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE BIG 12 CONFERENCE ALLEN FIELDHOUSE WILL ROCK IF... Cole Aldrich swats multiple Ichabod shots into the stands or press row. Blocking shots has quickly become Aldrich's trademark after recording four in the Final Four game last season against North Carolina. He'll be one of the premier shot-blockers in the nation this season and should get off to a quick start. In the three Canadian exhibition games, he had nine vicious blocks that wowed the small crowds. The Allen Fieldhouse faithful would have loved it. PHOG ALLEN WILL ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE IF. . . Kansas commits 20 turnovers. The number might seem steep, but the Jayhawks are a young team and young teams turn the ball over. The Jayhawks only had 20 turnovers in a game twice last season. But when this year's Jayhawks went to Canada, they flirted with the figure in two of the three games and averaged 16 turnovers per game. Washburn will be comparable competition. Add in the nerves of the young Jayhawks playing in front of 16,300 fans and it's at least possible. BUFORD METER: High Will sophomore walk on Chase Buford get the opportunity to play tonight? The meter tells all. Date Opponent Time Nov. 4 WASHBURN (Exhibition) 7 p.m. Nov. 11 EMPORIA STATE (Exhibition) 7 p.m. Nov. 16 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE CLASSIC VS. UMKC 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE CLASSIC VS. FLORIDA GULF COAST 8 m.p. Nov. 24 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE CLASSIC VS. WASHINGTON 9 p.m. Nov. 25 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE CLASSIC VS. FLORIDA/SYRACUSE 6:45/9:15 p.m. Nov. 28 COPPIN STATE 7 p.m. Dec. 1 KENT STATE 8 p.m. Dec. 3 NEW MEXICO STATE 7 p.m. Dec. 6 JACKSON STATE 1 p.m. Dec. 13 MASSACHUSETTS (Sprint Center) 1 p.m. Dec. 20 TEMPLE 1:30 p.m. Dec. 23 at Arizona (Big 12/Pac-10 Harwood Series) 9:30 p.m. Dec. 30 ALBANY 8 p.m. Jan. 3 TENNESSEE 1 p.m. Jan. 6 SIENA 7 p.m. Jan. 10 at Michigan State 12 p.m.