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BLAKE SCHUSTER/KANSAN
Kansas coach Bill Self talks to ESPN's Baskin Rose during a segment at College GameDay on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse. Rose is one of three analysts on the College GameDay show. He is also a contributor to Grantland.com.
ESPN basketball analyst talks basketball and business
RYAN MCCARTHY rmccarthy@kansan.com
WHAT'S IT BEEN LIKE BEING ON GAMEDAY FOR YOU THIS YEAR?
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF IALEN ROSE.
ESPN basketball analyst lalen Rose took some time after the College Gameday taping on Saturday to talk with the Kansan about his many endeavors with the worldwide leader in sports.
"It's an exciting experience.
Being an alumnus of the University of Michigan, I still follow the game as much as the pros, so I was never removed. It's a great opportunity to work with lay, Digger and Rece to be in the gym. To hear the gym shoes squeak and get closer to the action and get to interact with the players. It is a terrific opportunity"
Monday through Friday is Numbers Never Lie, 2 p.m. eastern. On Numbers Never Lie I'm on there with Hugh Douglas and Michael Smith and then on NBA Countdown on with my childhood idol Magic Johnson, Michael Wilbon and Bill Simmons and that's been terrific.
It's a lot of hard work, a lot of time energy and passion. You got to be committed to it, but it's what I asked for. I'm fortunate in our society to work in my major, mass communications.
I do a podcast with Grantland,
com, which has been terrific. I'm also going to be an insider writer for ESPN.com as well once every couple of weeks. It's what I want to
do, I'm passionate about it and it's a lot of fun to stay current.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART
ABOUT WORKING FOR
GRANTLAND?
"My favorite part about the Grantland pieces is that I can wear a T-shirt and some shorts or whatever I want to wear and I can say whatever I want to say. Without any B-roll, without any filer, it's like Twitter in a 140 characters every time I say something.
TALK ABOUT THE PREPARATION
THAT YOU PUT IN FOR YOUR
WEEKLY COMMITMENTS.
"I look at it like this: In the NBA there are 30 teams. In the NCAA there's over 30 conferences so you really have to be on top of what's current and what's not and players and coaches and conferences. Who's leaving, who's staying. But the good thing is it's not like I talk basketball one day and then rocket science the other."
"I watched a lot of film. I've watched the last five games both of these teams have played. I'm really familiar about all the players and what they're going to do in close game situations. I'm looking for Kansas to do their trademark dribble handoff. It's just what I love to do and I'm excited about it."
DO YOU WATCH A LOT OF FILM TO PREPARE FOR GAMES?
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WHAT HAVE YOU THOUGHT
ABOUT BEN MCLEMORE FROM
WHAT YOU'VE SEEN?
"A very special talent, but the
key for that is even though we live in a one-and-done era, you look at the top teams in the country, there's only one that leads the team in scoring: Ben McLemore. I think he's going to be a terrific pro prospect, but all players have things to work on. I'm pretty sure the coaching staff wants to see him get down a little more on the defensive end. Take leadership and accountability on that end. This team still has what it takes to make a tournament run."
WHAT'S YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF MCLEMORE AS A PERSON AND A PLAYER?
"He's not only a productive college player. I think he really has what it takes to succeed at the next level. It's all about work ethic and improving and he has something a lot of young players don't have and that's a mid-range game. A lot of players shoot the three or finish over the top at the rim and to have a mid range game is a valued trait."
WHAT'S IT LIKE HAVING MICHIGAN BACK IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT?
"It means a lot when we win our first 20 and the last team to go undefeated. Not so much when you've lost three of our last four, but I'm really excited that Michigan basketball is back. I'm proud we have the best backcourt in the country with Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway Jr. Once we get Glen Robinson III involved and Mitch Mcgary involved, if that happens they'll be just fine."
Edited by Brian Sisk
Sluggish play lands Kansas in a disappointing finish
CHRIS HYBL
chybl@kansan.com
The Kansas women's golf team hadn't played in a golf tournament since the last week of October. In the jayhawks' 2013 debut at the Florida State University Match-Up Tournament in Tallahassee this weekend, it showed.
Kansas finished 10th in a 12-team field, only able to beat out UNC Greensboro and UNC Wilmington. The Jayhawks had only two finishers in the top half of the field, junior Meghan Potee and freshman Yupapun Kawipakorn. Poiteen completed T-18 with a three round average of 75. Kawipakorn finished strong the last two days of the tournament with a 74 and closing day 72, but neither of the efforts
"Meghan [Potee] had a great tournament finishing in the top 20; it was the best I have seen her hit the ball in a long time," Kansas coach Erin O'Neil-Miller said. "Mook [Kawpinakorn] bounced back after a tough first round and played solid her last two days."
Kansas finished the tournament at a +57 total, 44 strokes behind tournament winner University of Georgia.
were enough to lead Kansas to a respectable finish.
"It was a great event to be able to compete against some of the top teams in the country," O'Neil Miller said. "You could definitely tell we had not played in a tournament in quite some time. We missed quite a few shots, especially in the putting game."
The Jayhawks concluded the first day in 10th place and finished in the same place after tying for ninth with the University of Michigan at the close of the second day.
The layhawks did improve their team score each round, but that wasn't enough to satisfy O'Neil Miller.
"Looking at the results, we could have definitely finished higher than we did," Miller said. "We did improve each round, but we have the ability to play better. We regroup and get ready for the next tournament."
They have a week to regroup before they heads to Weston, Fla. to participate in the Sir Pizza Terrapin Challenge Feb. 25 and 26.
TENNIS
Edited by Allison Hammond
Jayhawks win in a challenging road trip
TYLER CONOVER
tconover@kansan.com
Traveling to South Carolina on business, the Kansas tennis team did some good work over the weekend. The Jayhawks flew east to take on No. 67 College of Charleston and Charleston Southern. The team departed with a 2-1 record and returned home at 3-2.
Kansas got back to its winning ways early Friday against Charleston Southern. The Jayhawks won all three of the doubles matches against the Buccaneers.
Going into the weekend, Kansas was not sure if its No. 1 singles player, Haley Fournier, would be able to play. However, when the time came, she was willing and able. Her only loss on the weekend came in singles play against College of Charleston's Christin Newman (7-5, 6-2). Fournier and freshman Anastasija Trubica were 2-0 in doubles play.
Even though Kansas only managed one win on its trip, coach Amy Hall-Holt is optimistic about her team. She doesn't like losing, but is pleased with how hard her team is fighting to be in a winning position down the stretch of matches.
tunately for Kansas, the Cougars feasted on the Jayhawks taking four of the six matches.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
The two singles victories were notched by Paulina Los and Trubica. Saturday was the fourth match this season in which Los didn't lose. She has won her both her singles and doubles matches in every outing save, at the time No. 23 Tulsa.
Singles play was a major bright spot on Friday as the Jayhawks won five of the six matches. The sole loss came from freshman Maria Jose Cardona in a close match to Marketa Placha (6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6). A tough loss for Cardona, but her and Dylan Windom have worked together nicely in doubles. The duo is 3-1 with one match unfinished, due to insufficient points against College of Charleston 4-5, so far this spring.
Saturday marked an opportunity for the Jayhawks as they played No. 67 College of Charleston. The Jayhawks had not beaten an Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) ranked team in dual play competition since 2011, and after suffering a 4-3 loss at the hands of the Cougars the drought continues. Kansas won two of the three doubles matches, but then a sticky wicket pinned Kansas into singles play against the Cougars and, unfor-