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Freshmen players could provide depth this season
C. J. Giles, freshman center, reaches to block a shot against Shawn Herrman, Emporia State junior forward. Giles blocked three shots during fifteen minutes in his Allen Fieldhouse debut. The Jayhawks defeated the Hornets 115-70 last night.
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Not many young men get to celebrate their 19th birthday with a college basketball debut at Allen Fieldhouse and more than 16,000 fans singing "Happy Birthday."
Freshman forward Darnell Jackson was an exception, though. And he used his birthday as a reason to provide a spark to his first home game yesterday as a Jayhawk.
Jackson said coach Bili Self pulled him aside at halftime and told him to have fun on the court in the second half.
"Coach gave me a little pep talk and said, 'Go out there and have fun. Today is your birthday,'" Jackson said. "The band played 'Happy Birthday' to me. That put a big smile on my face."
Jackson had other reasons to smile. First, the jitters of playing his first game in Allen Fieldhouse were gone. Second, he played 15 minutes, scored six points and pulled down eight rebounds.
Jackson and fellow freshman Sasha Kaun and C.J. Giles didn't look like All-Americans in their first exhibition game, but they did look like three players who will see some playing time this year. For a team that struggled to go deeper than its seventh man last season, the three freshmen could come in handy once the season progresses.
For now though, Self said he just wanted to get them to play to their potential.
"If we can get a couple of them playing good the same night, we will be a deeper team than a year ago," Self said. "If we can get all three of them playing good, we will be a much deeper team, but it is going to take time."
The three combined for 16
points and 17 rebounds, but what was more important than their point production is that they played a combined 46 minutes.
"If we can get 40 minutes between those three and they play like they are capable of
playing by January, that will be an addition for us," Self said. "Plus, we will have 15 fouls to give instead of 10."
Self said not one player stood out among the rest, which meant that the final starting position remained up for grabs, with junior Christian Moody, who started last night, competing with others for the spot.
"At least that is what I will tell them until I decide who I want to play more," Self said with a laugh.
Until then, the freshmen will
If we can get a couple of them playing
Bill Self Men's basketball coach
Self's strategy of determining his starting lineup is by the players who work the hardest in practice, which keeps players from slacking off.
Self has told the team he doesn't know who will start, Giles said.
"That is why we just have to keep getting after each other in practice and just compete for that starting position," he said.
have this game as a basis to work on, and will have to continue to prove themselves in practice. Giles showed his much talked about athleticism when he came across the baseline to block a shot by Emporia State's Shawn Herman. And Jackson, who has been praised by Self for his passing, also appeared strong underneath the basket, grabbing eight rebounds.
Associated Press ranks USC, Oklahoma among top teams
good the same night, we will be a deeper team than a year ago. If we can get all three of them playing good, we will be a much deeper team, but it is going to take time."
- Edited by Rupal Gor
Trojans, Sooners survive scares, maintain their top spots in the AP's top 25 football rankings this week
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The top-ranked Trojans and second-ranked Sooners have lined up that way in the rankings since the preseason.
Southern California and Oklahoma made it 11 for 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday.
No. 3 Auburn was idle but got
The stretch of straight polls with the same Nos. 1 and 2 is the longest since 1987, when No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 2 Nebraska also went unchanged for the first 11 polls of the season.
USC and Oklahoma overcame double-digit deficits Saturday to remain unbeaten. The Trojans fell behind 13-0 at foggy Oregon State, but rallied to win 28-20.
The Sooners were 14 points down three times in the first half at Texas A&M, before Jason White's fifth touchdown pass of the game midway through the fourth quarter provided the winning margin in a 42-35 victory.
"There will be plenty to criticize, which will happen," Sooners coach Bob Stoops said, "and we're one of those teams that gets it even when we win."
White said, "This game helped us out tremendously."
Not necessarily in the polls. USC received 52 first-place votes and 1,611 points in the media poll. Oklahoma had 10 first-place votes and 1,555 points.
Auburn needs to close the gap between itself and the Sooners in the polls to surpass
a slight bump. The Tigers received three first-place votes, two more than last week, and 1.512 points.
They are five points closer to Oklahoma than they were last week.
On a day for comebacks, No. 6 Texas had the best. The Longhorns scored 49 unanswered points to beat Oklahoma State 56-35. No. 7 Utah, trying to earn a BCS bid from a non-BCS conference, was 14 points behind Texas.
The top-ranked Trojans and second-ranked Sooners have lined up that way in the rankings since the preseason.
The ESPN/USA Today poll top four are the same as in the AP poll, but Georgia is No. 5 in coaches voting.
Oklahoma in the Bowl Championship Series standings.
The BCS standings will be released Monday. Just like in the polls, last week's BCS standings had USC, Oklahoma and Auburn in the top three.
No. 4 and unbeaten Wisconsin moved up a spot after a 38-14 victory over Minnesota. California dropped a spot to No. 5 after needing a couple of breaks and a second-half rally to beat Oregon 28-27.
No. 8 was Georgia, which plays at Auburn on Saturday, followed by Michigan and Virginia.
No. 11 Florida State leads the second 10 ahead of Louisville, West Virginia, Boise State and Tennessee, which dropped six spots after losing to Notre Dame.
The Fighting Irish moved into the rankings for the second time this season at No.24.
Virginia Tech is No. 16 and LSU was 17th.
No. 18 Miami dropped seven spots after losing a second
straight game. The Hurricanes fell 24-17 to Clemson in overtime.
Iowa and Arizona State rounded out the top 20.
Boston College was No. 21 and Texas A&M remained No. 22, despite the loss to Oklahoma.
UTEP, which cracked the rankings for the first time in school history last week, moved up two spots to No.23 without playing.
Miners coach Mike Price had joked he was nervous that his team would fall out of the rankings on an off week.
No. 25 is Oklahoma State, and Southern Mississippi fell out of the rankings after losing 52-24 to Cincinnati.
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