SPORTS / THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don't have to shoot it a lot, I just have to keep the defense honest."
Mario Chalmers
FACT OF THE DAY
Chalmers' three-point percentage dropped from 36 percent in 2008-2009 to 32 percent to 2009-2010.
NBA.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Has Chalmers improved from the three-point line in the playoffs in comparison with his 2009 playoffs?
A: Yes. He shot 28 percent from three in seven games last year and is shooting 37 percent from three in two games this year.
— NBA.com
SCORES
NBA Basketball:
NBA Basketball:
Orlando 92, Charlotte 77
Orlando leads 2-0
Dallas 88, San Antonio 102
Series tied 1-1
MLB Baseball:
Kansas City 4, Toronto 3
San Francisco 5, San Diego 2
Colorado 4, Washington 6
Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 0
Philadelphia 2, Atlanta 0
Los Angeles (NL) 14, Cincinnati 1
Chicago (NL) 9, New York (NL) 3
Florida 4, Houston 5
Cleveland 6, Minnesota 6
Tampa Bay 12, Chicago (AL) 0
Texas 7, Boston 8
St. Louis 9, Arizona 4
Detroit 4, Los Angeles (AL) 3
New York (AL) 3, Oakland 1
Baltimore 1, Seattle 4
ATHLETICS
Former director formally resigns
Rodney Jones, former director of the Williams Educational Fund has formally resigned. He was placed on administrative leave last March and Athletics Director Lew Perkins named Jennifer Berquist interim director.
Angie Storey, a compliance coordinator in Kansas Athletics, is replacing Berquist as interim associate director.
"Angie brings to the Williams Educational Fund a wide range of experience at KU and an appreciation for customer service," Athletics Director Lew Perkins said. "Our donors will enjoy working with her."
Storey has worked at the Kansas University Endowment Association as a manager of student development and coordinated education outreach programs in Kansas Athletics' Compliance Office.
— Clark Goble
NBA playoffs feature KU stars
MORNING BREW
Aside from keeping track of how former Kansas players are doing. I don't really follow the NBA that much. Growing up in Kansas, my life has always been about college basketball. Living in an area without an NBA team in close proximity, I've never really been able to latch onto a team and follow them all season long.
The one time of the year I can get excited about the NBA, though, is during the playoffs. It's fun to watch some of the big-time superstars — Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard — match up against each other with so much on the line.
But if I'm not watching Kobe or LeBron take shots to win games then I'm paying attention to what former Jayhawks are doing on the big stage.
WHO TO WATCH
Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
Pierce started and had 16 points and five rebounds in the Celtics' 85-76 victory against the Miami Heat in the first game of the best-of-seven series. He had 13 points and four rebounds in his start in the Celtics' 106-77 victory in the second game of the series.
Mario Chalmers, Miami Heat
Chalmers came off the bench and scored seven points to go along with two
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assists in the Heat's game one loss to the Celtics. He contributed 10 points and four assists off the bench for the Heat in Miami's game two loss against the Celtics. Boston leads the best-of-seven series 2-0 and will take on the Heat in Miami at 6 p.m. Friday on ESPN.
Nick Collison
Collison came off the bench for the Thunder in Oklahoma City's 87-79 loss in game one against the Los Angeles Lakers. He had five points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes. In game two, Collison scored two points and grabbed two rebounds in 18 minutes off the bench for the Thunder. The Lakers won 95-92 and now lead the best-of-seven series 2-0.
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder host the Lakers in game three tonight at 8:30 on TNT.
Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls
Hinrich started game one for Chicago and had eight points, eight rebounds and four steals in the Bulls' 96-83 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. In game two, he had five points and six assists in the Bulls' 112-102 loss to the Cavaliers. Cleveland leads the best-of-seven series 2-0. The Cavaliers travel to Chicago to play the Bulls in game three tonight at 6 on TNT.
Darnell Jackson. Milwaukee Bucks
Jackson is on the Bucks' roster but is ineligible to play because he was traded from Cleveland to Milwaukee too late in the season to qualify for their postseason roster. The Atlanta Hawks lead the Bucks 2-0 in the best of seven series. The Bucks host the Hawks in game three on Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN.
Edited by Cory Bunting
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Nebraska looks for championship
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINCOLN, Neb. — That painfully close loss to Texas in the Big 12 title game and convincing bowl win over Arizona have Bo Pelmi believing Nebraska is on the cusp of winning a championship.
Moments after the 33-0 Holiday Bowl victory, Pelli shouted, "Nebraska's back and we're here to stay!"
Four months later, Pelini isn't backtracking.
"Even though we haven't won anything yet, haven't won a championship, I felt we're at that point where we can compete with anybody," Pelini said this week as spring practices wind down. "Does that mean we're going to beat anybody? No, you have to earn it. I just felt week in and week out there isn't anybody they can throw at us that we don't have the opportunity to beat."
"I'm glad to see Nebraska is back now because we needed that," Texas coach Mack Brown said. "When I got here, Nebraska, Kansas State and Colorado were the three strongest teams in the league. I feel the North is coming back now,
Nebraska and Texas again will be favored to win the North and South divisions.
and we're about to be one of the better conferences in the country at the top end."
Missouri should be strong now that quarterback Blaine Gabbert is healthy. If Kansas State finds a quarterback and solidities its defense, coach Bill Snyder can continue the progress started with the 6-6 campaign in his first year back with the Wildcats.
Texas? The Longhorns always expect to be in the national title hunt, and that doesn't change with Garrett Gilbert taking over for Colt McCoy at quarterback
Oklahoma hopes to bounce back from its injury-decimated season with quarterback Landry Jones leading the way while the defense adjusts to the loss of star lineman Gerald McCoy.
The biggest change in the league is at Texas Tech, where new coach Tommy Tuberville is tweaking Mike Leach's all pass all the time offense to include more running.
Nebraska is coming off its first 10-win season since 2003, but any celebration was tempered by the outcome of the Big 12 title game. Texas won 13-12 on a field goal as time ran out.
Tight end Dreu Young said that loss fueled him and his teammates in spring practice.
"No one talks about it out
wardly, but you think about it all the time," Young said. "You think, 'What if I had taken a better step? What if I blocked just a second longer?' That stuff goes through everybody's mind."
The Huskers, No. 14 in the final Associated Press Top 25, could crack the preseason Top 10 for the first time since 2002.
Though they're unsettled at quarterback and have to fill a huge hole created by the
fully will bring out the best in everybody," Pelini said. "It could possibly be a combination of guys."
Quarterback also is an issue at Kansas State, Kansas and Colorado.
Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads already has named Austen Arnaud his starter, and there is no question Gabbert will call the signals at Missouri after coming off a nagging ankle injury that dogged him the second half of
Lee, who started 12 games last season, missed the spring after having surgery on his right (throwing) elbow. Green was steady, but Martinez was most impressive. Pelini said the competition could extend past the Sept. 4 opener against Western Kentucky.
Heading into fall, the spotlight in Lincoln is on the three-man quarterback competition among Zac Lee, Cody Green and Taylor Martinez.
"I'm hungry to win a championship and I want to do great things for this program."
BO PELINI Nebraska coach
the season.
"We have three guys who are capable, and competition hope-
In the South, Texas has spent its spring tinkering with its offense with Gilbert taking over for McCoy, a Heisman Trophy finalist and the NCAAs all-time wins leader.
Gilbert was unexpectedly
thrust into the spotlight when McCoy was injured in the BCS championship game loss to Alabama, but now Brown has had a chance to seek more support from a running game that had no one average more than 40 yards per game last season.
Chasing the Longhorns will be Oklahoma State, which loses quarterback Zac Robinson and several starters after finishing second in the South for the first time, and rival Oklahoma. which struggled through an 8-5 season plagued by injuries.
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THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Softball at Nebraska, 5 p.m.
TODAY
Frack
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
FRIDAY
Women's Tennis vs. Texas Tech, 2 p.m.
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m.
Women's Golf at Big 12 Championships, Norman, Okla., all day
Track
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
Men's Golf
at Big 12 Championship,
Trinity, Texas, all day
SATURDAY
Women's soccer at Minnesota, 11:15 a.m.
Football Spring Game, 1 p.m.
Women's soccer vs. Iowa in Minneapolis, Minn., 2 p.m.
Baseball
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Women's golf
Softball vs. Texas Tech, 6 p.m.
Women's rowing
Women's golf at Big 12 Championships, Norman, Okla., TBA
Women's rowing at Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn. TBA
Men's golf
Track
Men's golf at big 12 championships, Trinity, Texas, TBA
Track
at Drake Relays/Penn
Relays, TBA
SUNDAY
Softball
Women's tennis vs. Baylor, 11 a.m.
Softball vs. Texas Tech, 12 p.m.
Baseball vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m.
Men's golf at Big 12 championships, Trinity, Texas, TBA
Women's golf at Big 12 Championships, Norman, Okla., TBA
TUESDAY
Baseball vs. Wichita State, 7 p.m.
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