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Senior Sunday at 1 p.m. against Baylor
Missy Geha, Midfielder
Overland Park, Kan.
Key Stat: 66 starts in 68 career games
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"When coach was saying everyone needed to be on the same mindset, he used a
boat and oars. And if people fall out they are going to fall in with monsters. If you lose your oars it's like losing your focus and you won't go anywhere. It was this crazy, long, drawn out story that had to do with everyone being on the same page."
Geha
Kristin Graves, Midfielder Stillwell, Kan. Key Stat: 2,871 minutes played
Best non-soccer moment at Kansas?
"When we were in Brazil we got to go white water rafting. It was one of the coolest things that I've ever done in my life. And Miss fell out of her boat and
slammed against the rocks, which was not funny at the time but it's kind of funny now. The
monsters
Graves
didn't get her. There were no monsters in that water."
Sara Rogers, Midfielder/
Forward
Leawood, Kan.
Key Stat: Four career goals
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"His pregame speeches
"His pregame speeches ...
some are really good but some
are pretty funny. I don't think
he remembers, but he told us one our freshmen year and he told it again last year"
Rogers
Stephanie
Baugh, Goalkeeper Kansas City, Kan. Key Stat: One goal allowed in 166 minutes this season
What is your best associate head coach Kelly Miller moment?
"It's just priceless watching Kelly and Julie (junior goal-keeper Julie Hanley) together. They are just always fighting. Kelly has a way of pushing Julie's buttons. It's just terrific. Julie likes to push his buttons
too, and she always tires to do something to shock him when he's not paying attention or being really obnoxious.
Littleton, Colo.
Key Stat: 54 starts in 58 career games
Jenny Murtaugh, Defender Littleton, Colo.
Most memorable soccer moment at Kansas?
Baugh
"Our win against Duke my sophomore year was pretty big. [Junior forward Shannon
Murtaugh
Maccabe scored with 26 seconds remaining to give Kansas a 4-3 victory] It was crazy. It was pretty sweet."
Jessica Bush, Midfielder
Jessica Bush, Midhelder Blue Springs, Mo.
Key Stat: 14 career goals, 21 assists
What is your best Mark Francis moment?
"Probably his pregame speech at Mizzou. He told a joke about a Mizzou guy and a Kansas guy who got in a car accident. After the accident they decide to toast to it and the Kansas guy gives the Missouri guy a drink. The Missouri guy drinks
up then says 'Are you going to drink yours?' and the Kansas guy says 'No. I'm going to wait until the cops get
here.' It's a
Bush
funny thing I remember about coach."
SWIMMING & DIVING (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
don't want to show everything."
The atmosphere at the Big 12 Relays is much different from a championship meet featuring the same teams at the end of the season.
"Big 12 Relays is a three-ring circus," swimming head coach Clark Campbell said. "A lot of opportunities for racing, which is good, but it's not something that is pressure filled like the Big 12 Championships in February."
Today's meet will give the teams a chance to maintain their conference rivalries with low-key races, but still on a competitive stage.
"There's the Texas-Texas A&M thing, Mizzou and Kansas have their rivalry, and Iowa State-Nebraska have their rivalry, but it's a very friendly rivalry," Campbell said.
Campbell said the Relays were a great way to start the season and build support for each other in the conference because the ultimate goal is to get as many athletes they can from the Big 12 into the NCAA Championships.
"The idea of support and the conference behind each individual really sets our conference apart from other ones in the country," Campbell said.
In addition to hosting the Big 12 Relays, the KU swimming and diving team will be hosting a group of recruits. The meet will give the recruits an opportunity to see a big meet held at Robinson Natorium, an opportunity that's rare.
"Our pool is different in that it's a little bit older, but it's a great venue for a college dual meet or the Big 12 Relays," Campbell said. "It's fun for swimmers and recruits to see a big meet outside of a Taj Mahal-type facility where they swim nationals."
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team either graduated or declared for the NBA Draft — the exception being Oklahoma sophomore Blake Griffin.
But some of the conference coaches said Kansas' championship was helping them reload. Colorado coach Jeff Bzdelki said a conference team winning a National Championship made recruits more likely to come to a Big 12 school. Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford took it a step further.
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"We've probably talked as much about Kansas as ourselves a lot of
time in our recruiting," Ford said. "But no question, it helps the whole league."
K a n s a s coach Self said he was happy that other coaches thought it helped their
Appleton hadn't practiced because of a hip flexor injury. Junior guard Mario Little, nursing a stress fracture in his leg, has continued to participate in only parts of practice.
Oklahoma State senior point guard Byron Eaton weighed 246 pounds when he showed up for summer workouts in Stillwater.
WATCH OUT FOR EATON
Now, he is down to 210 pounds — his ideal weight. Eaton led Oklahoma State to a five-game winning streak near the end of
"It lets the rest of us know we can get it done," Turgeon said. "It will give us credibility, too."
But Turgeon wasn't rooting for the jayhawks just because he graduated from Kansas.
"Our goal isn't to make the NCAA Tournament, but it's to have the opportunity to get back there and win some games."
Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon never doubted the Big 12's strength. The second-year coach said he was impressed with the conference before he became a part of it last year.
"From my vantage point, it's ridiculous that the Big 12 had to validate the play of our league in men's basketball," Self said.
programs and the league as a whole.
He pointed out that the conference produced a lot of Final Four teams recently — before last season, five Big 12 teams had made the Final Four in the past five years. It was also the only conference with two teams — Kansas and Texas — in the Elite Eight last season.
But that doesn't mean he agreed. Self doesn't think the Big 12 had anything to prove.
INJURY UPDATES
Both of Kansas' junior college transfers are battling injuries. Self said junior guard Tyrone
SCOTT DREW
Baylor basketball coach
last season.
In the victory against Kansas during that streak, Eaton scored a career-high 26 points.
"He kicked us pretty good when we played at Okla o homa State last
year," Self said
ANDERSON EXPECTS A BREAKOUT YEAR
Missouricoach Mike Anderson's first two years in Columbia haven't gone exactly according to plan.
The Tigers have posted losing Big 12 Conference records both years and have not made the postseason. But Anderson said his team this year was better equipped than the first two to run his style of full-court pressure defense.
"I'm really excited about the team," Anderson said. "When I get excited, that means good things are on the horizon."
AN EVENTFUL DAY FOR DREW
Baylor coach Scott Drew loves Big 12 Media Day.
He said it had landed on a special day two years in a row for him.
"Last year, my wife gave birth to a baby boy named Peyton," Drew said. "And this year, it's my birthday."
Drew, who turned 38 years old Thursday, was cheery about more than his birthday. He said he had enjoyed coaching a team that returned four starters because it heightened expectations.
"Our goal isn't to make the NCAA Tournament," Drew said, "but it's to have an opportunity to get back there and win some games."
Edited by Adam Mowder
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Today's Homecoming Events Friday, Oct.24
- Crimson and Blue Spirit Day, Wescoe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- Sign the good luck banner; Wescoe, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
- KU's American Gladiator, photos and autograph signing and free cake Wescoe noon - p.m.
- signing and free cake, Wescoe, noon-1 p.m.
- Ambler Rec Center dedication, 3 p.m
- AURH/ASHC Hall Homecoming dance, Ellsworth, 9 p.m.
- Tomorrow, Saturday, Oct.25
- Pancake Breakfast, Stauffer-Flint Lawn, $5, 8:30–10:30 a.m.
- Parade, Jayhawk Boulevard, 9 a.m.
- Tailgate at the Adams Alumni Center, 8 a.m.
- KU vs. Texas Tech, kickoff, 11 a.m.
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