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and a few months later Bill Self and Kansas basketball captured the fifth national championship in school history. Snook had moved to New York not long before, and he wasn't the only one eager to connect with alumni in the area whose excitement for Kansas sports had hit a boiling point.
"It was really easy to kinda feel like you were still at KU [in fall 2007] because for every game, everybody would come out and be there," Snook said.
Anymore, keeping the KU identity a part of his life takes a little more work. His personal challenge with keeping involved includes a 45-minute trip to Cornerstone from his apartment.
Snook is a fourth-generation Jayhawk, originally from Dallas. The decision to go to KU wasn't a difficult one for him, and he continues to keep KU a part of life in New York City.
"You've got to make the decision that you want to keep the KU connection in your life," Snook said. "I have a lot of friends who live here in New York who went to KU and I don't see them very often because we're all at different places in our lives."
The alumni chapter has a little trouble getting good crowds for Kansas football games, Snook said, although basketball crowds are ever-steady. The Kansas faithful in NYC haven't given up on football, though. Kansas football watch parties were part of the deal with Cornerstone Tavern.
son, and Mulholland's in Brooklyn serves as another watch party location for the chapter.
Johnson and Snook both live in Manhattan, so it's easy to keep coming to Cornerstone Tavern. The Kansas alumni community in New York City is split for that rea-
"People would mostly come for the nachos and the bloody marys and KU football would happen to be on," Johnson, who also spent the Jayhawks' Orange Bowl run as a New York resident, said. "It's still fun."
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Missy Minear/KANSAN Freshman guard Josh Jackson shoots over a Duke defender in the second half. Kansas defeated Duke 77-75 in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15.
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he had to watch five minutes from the bench and only scored four points, Mason came alive in the second half. He finished with 21 points, five assists, and three boards. He's averaging 25.5 points per game through two games against two top ranked teams in the nation.
Afterward, media sat in the press room and asked about how Mason and Graham work together, and what they
"He's a stud," Self said. "He didn't get any rhythm in the first half, but the second half he played at least a little bit smarter offensively and drove it downhill much better."
add to the team together. When asked about his composure, Mason laughed and said Graham could have made the same shot he did. But through two games, Mason has unabashedly been leader of this Kansas basketball team
and he has two of the biggest shots of his career to prove it.
What Self says are possibly some of the best intangibles in the nation revealed themselves again on Tuesday night when that shot went through and all eyes turned to the guard who initially committed to Towson as the No. 25 point guard in his class.
"I think NBA is missing the boat on him," Self said. "He doesn't fit the eye test with length and standing height and that kind of stuff. But he's got some things you can't teach."
Freshman guard Josh Jackson and sophomore forward Carlton Bragg Jr. fight for a ball on the ground against Duke.
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Freshman center Udoka Azubuike celebrates after a dunk against Duke on Nov. 15 in the Champions Classic
Senior guard Frank Mason III lays the ball in against Duke on Nov. 15.
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Junior guard Devonte' Graham flips the ball to a teammate against Duke on No.15.
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1. 已知 $a, b, c$ 为实数，且 $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$。求证：$a + b = c$。
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