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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Marcus Morris named to USA Select Team
BY COREY THIBODEAUX cthibodeaux@kansan.com
Junior forward Marcus Morris is one of 20 college basketball players named to the USA Men's Select Team to help the 2010 USA Basketball Men's National Team.
The collegians will practice against the professionals during training camp, July 19-24, in Las Vegas. Practices will be at UNLV's Cox Pavilion.
"I think it is a great opportunity to see where my level of play is compared to NBA players," Morris said in a news release. "I also know now that people are watching me since I was invited to something
of this caliber."
Coach Bill Self said he knew how excited Morris was to play with them and put his summer workouts to the test.
"He had a great summer and has been working hard on his game," Self said in a news release. "He is very much looking forward to playing against many of the world's best."
The Big 12 has three representatives: Morris, Jacob Pullen from Kansas State and Lace Darius Dunn from Baylor. The Big Ten has five players while the ACC has four. The Atlantic 10, Big East and SEC each have two and the Horizon League and Mountain West have one player each.
2010 USA BASKETBALL SELECT TEAM
Lavoy Allen,C,Temple
William Buford, G, Ohio State
LaceDarius Dunn, F, Baylor
Jimmer Fredette, G , Brigham Young
John Shurna, F , Northwestern
Scotty Hopson, G, Tennessee
Kyle Singler, F, Duke
Scoop Jardine, G , Syracuse
Chris Singleton, F , Florida State
JaJuan Johnson, F, Purdue
Jon Leuer, C , Wisconsin
Shelvin Mack, G, Butler
Marcus Morris,F, Kansas
Jacob Pullen, G, Kansas State
Nolan Smith, G, Duke Howard Thompkins, F, Georgia Mike Tisdale, C, Illinois Kemba Walker, G, Connecticut Chris Wright, F, Dayton Tyler Zeller, F, North Carolina Coach: Lorenzo Romar, Washington Coach: Jay Wright, Villanova
forward Marcus Morris gribs a rebound during a game against Texas Tech earlier this year. Last week, Morris was one of 20 players named to the 2010 USA Men's Select Team.
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WORLD CUP
Paul the oracle octopus to retire from soothsaying
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — No more World Cup, no more octopus oracle.
The intuitive invertebrate will "step back from the official oracle business," Tanjia Munzig, a spokeswoman for the Sea Life aquarium in Oberhausen, told AP Television News.
"He won't give any more oracle predictions — either in football, nor in politics, lifestyle or economy," she
Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs — all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands final — is going to retire.
said. "Paul will get back to his former job, namely making children laugh."
However, Paul took one last curtain call on Monday. Aquarium employees presented the octopus with a golden cup — similar to the official World Cup trophy.
Although the cup was garnished with three mussels, Paul ignored it for several minutes as it was lowered into his tank.
Paul won worldwide attention as he called all of Germany's games correctly — including its semifinal defeat by Spain. He crowned his career by forecasting correctly that Spain would beat Holland in Sunday's final.
He finally picked off one mussel and devoured it in front of television cameras.
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