Kansan columnist Mark Dent gives his preseason NCAA
basketball awards. Billy Donovan's Florida'team
returns all five of its starters from last season.
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Kansan sportswriter Drew Davison takes a look at the Big 12 as the conference's teams start the men's basketball season this week.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
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The Internet, specifically sites like YouTube, has made it easier to view archived and recent video clips. The Kansan sports staff has selected a few clips that have stood out as memorable, ranging from Jayhawk basketball to baseball and football.
Kansan sports staff selects top YouTube video clips
The Internet is wonderful.
Video sites like YouTube provide the opportunity to relive great sports moments, whether they happened two weeks ago or two decades ago.
Last week, the sports staff of The University Daily Kansan chose the best sports videos on YouTube. Visit Kansan.com/youtube for links to all of the winners or to submit your favorite in the comments section of the site.
Without further ado, here are some of our favorites.
Bo Jackson:
The two-sport superstar made the list twice. First, a collection of acrobatic catches, including a climbing-the-wall effort. Jackson also excels in video game format in a nearly two-minute long run from the old-school Nintendo game Tecmo Bowl.
Minor-league manager Joe Mikulik:
After what he perceived to be a bad call, he steals a page — or several — from Lou Piniella's playbook.
Allen Iverson doesn't practice:
After being suspended for missing practice, Iverson wants to know,
"How the hell can I make my teammates better by practicing?" Also making the cut was "Allen Iverson, football star," with video of his best plays from high school.
Pine tar game:
Tired of hearing about how great the Cardinals are? Relive this Royals classic in long form or skip straight to George Brett's blowup with the miracle of technology.
ESPN's Images of the Century:
This stirring video montage made
nearly everyone's top five list. The six-minute video includes images and videos from nearly every major sporting event.
Jayhawk basketball:
There's no shortage of Jayhawk basketball on YouTube. On the list are dunk videos from Julian Wright, Kenny Gregory and Sherron Collins.
Jayhawk football:
While there aren't as many videos, it's still fun to compare June Henley with Jon Cornish. Also, what
better way to get fired up for this year's Kansas vs. K-State game than by reliving the 2004 classic? This is back when the goalposts came down for a reason.
Jayhawk track:
The oldest video on the list. University of Kansas runner Billy Mills' incredible 10,000 meter finish at the 1964 Olympics.
"The band is on the field!" Enough said.
Cal-Stanford:
Mike Tyson:
He gets three video nods. Once for biting off an ear, once for his top knockouts, and once for wanting to eat your children.
Buckner, re-created:
Somebody has painstakingly recreated the infamous game of the 1986 World Series, including Bill Buckner's error, on the Nintendo, even dubbing over the original announcing from the game.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Michael Phillips and the Kansan sports staff
Starting center injures knee
Edited by Aly Barland
BY SHAWN SHROYER
Kansas will be without another of its big men for the next few weeks.
Junior starting center Sasha Kaun partially tore the patellar tendon in his right knee on Sunday when he planted on the leg to go up for a
shot. The patellar tendon connects the knee-cap to the lower leg bone.
Coach Bill Self said that, while the injury damaged the depth of the roster, it was actually less serious than the team first
11. Self said even sophomore center Matt Kleinmann and junior guard Rodrick Stewart could see playing time in the frontcourt.
Self said that Jackson had improved his offensive skills, but that he didn't provide the same low-post presence as Kaun. Self said Arthur had been
"My focus is on trying to get our team better and right now (C.J. Giles) is not part of our team and he may very well never be a part of our team."
thought, and that Kaun wouldn't need surgery.
BILL SELF Kansas men's basketball coach
"We're kind of fortunate because we thought yesterday it was maybe worse than it is," Self said. "He'll be out, in a perfect world, three weeks, but we're probably looking at closer to six."
The loss of Kaun has been compounded by the suspension of junior center C.J. Giles. As a result, Self said junior Darnell Jackson or freshman Darrell Arthur would play center in Kaun's and Giles' absences.
one of the most impressive players during practices, but he was better suited to power forward than center.
This isn't an ideal arrangement for Self because Jackson and Arthur are 6-foot-8 and 6-9 respectively, while Kaun and Giles were both 6-
"The biggest concern of our team is we don't guard very well inside and with Sasha, he's our
The biggest dilemma facing Self, heading into the season, is how much he's going to change his game plans and strategies.
"We scrimmaged pitifully, Sasha got hurt. Darrell cut his hand and he couldn't participate, although he'll be fine by tomorrow," Self said. "We have a long way to go before we're ready to play Thursday night."
best low-post defender," Self said.
Sunday was probably a low point for the team's practices this preseason.
In addition to the frontcourt problems, Self said the team hadn't been practicing very well lately.
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BASKETBALL PREVIEW
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all your favorite players
and coaches on both the men's and women's teams as the 2006-07 season gets underway.
FOOTBALL
Coach Mark Mangino has refused to name his starting quarterback for this Saturday's game. After the performance of freshman Todd Reesing against Colorado, he is looking like a good candidate.
Who's it going to be?
The Kansas quarterback position is up in the air with only two likely possibilities for
the job.
Another week and still more questions about who will be Kansas' starting quarterback.
Since Kerry Meier suffered a right shoulder injury last month in Toledo, Mark Mangino has been bombarded with daily questions about who will be his starter.
Entering this weekend's game against Iowa State, the Kansas football coach has refused to name any names. Instead, he's told fans and media to come to the game and find out.
"I feel like whoever is ready to go, healthy and prepared, we'll go with," said Mangine during Monday's Big
12. Conference Football Coaches Teleconference.
With that, Mangino provided about as much insight to Saturday's starter as could be expected this week.
But, with senior Adam barmain essentially benched, it appears Mangino's choice will be down to Meier or freshman Todd Reeing.
Meier suffered a right shoulder injury against Baylor in Waco, Texas
Reeing came into the game on Saturday during the third quarter, replacing Barmann. He finished the game 7-for-11, passing for 106 yards, with three downs and an interception. Reeing also had 90 yards rushing on seven carries.
Oct. 21 similar to the one he sustained in the Toledo game. He didn't play against Colorado.
Mangino's refusal to name a starter has been in part to take the spotlight off his young quarterbacks.
"There's been so much focus here for the last several years on that position that we would like to see some focus put on other players that are playing extremely well and doing some good things in our program," Mangino said.
Without naming a starter, Mangino has forced Iowa State to prepare for all three quarterbacks.
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