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KANSAS 77 56 MISSOURI
SEASON IN REVIEW 19
MARCH 6,2010
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Jayhawks put Tigers away early
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By Corey Thibodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
Taylor scored all of his team-leading 13 points after the 8:05 mark in the second half. He filled out the stat sheet with five rebounds, six assists and three steals.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — After receiving harassment all last week from what he assumed were Missouri fans, sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor made them think twice about messing with him again.
But Taylor and the Jayhawks ruined Mizzo's fun as well as its senior night with a 77-56 victory Saturday.
With the help of their bigs and their bench, the Jayhawks overcame the sloppy first half.
Taylor said someone put up fliers all around campus with his phone number, saying he was selling a dog. As the phone kept ringing, Taylor's frustration grew.
guard Xavier Henry combined for zero points in the first 18 minutes.
"People had been calling me all day about it," he said. "I don't have a dog. Quit calling me."
Sophomore forward Marcus Morris slams into the advertisement boards during the second half. Morris left the floor to get taped after fracturing the sign.
He played as well as anyone in the game, but it was a struggle early. Taylor, senior guard Sherron Collins and freshman
"That just goes to show how good of a team you are,"Taylor said."When you know that your bench can produce for you,it relieves a lot of pressure."
MARCH 11,2010
Kansas wraps up 2,000th victory
By Corey Thibodeaux
cthibodeaux@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With 2,000 wins comes custom made shirts, pins, flags and all other sorts of memorabilia.
Even though sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor is part of the Kansas team to accomplish this feat, he may not get to keep his goodies.
"My mother's probably going to take it from me," Taylor said. "I'm going to wear this shirt out of here now and she'll take it right off me as soon as I get out there."
Kansas won its 2,000th game in an 80-68 victory against Texas Tech in their first game of the Big 12 Tournament.
Only Kentucky and North Carolina can claim to have 2,000 victories in their program, but Sherron Collins has other goals for the immediate future. It's his last season and he wants to play in every game he can.
"Right now, we have a lot of games ahead of us so we won't too much focus on it," Collins said.
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Sophomore center Markieff Morris hits a shot during the second half. Kansas won their 2,000th game 80-68 against Texas Tech.
MARCH 12, 2010
Jayhawks survive challenge from Aggies
By Corey Thibodeaux cthibodeaux@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Jayhawks have established an identity they don't want to have.
No.1 Kansas beat No.24 Texas A&M 79-66 in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament Saturday, but it took 25 minutes of agonizing basketball to get there. The lackluster play has become a trend in recent weeks.
"We were alight from an energy standpoint," senior guard Sherron Collins said. "We just played dumb and made mistakes."
Collins finished with a game-high 26 points and he was the only reason the Jayhawks were even in the game early.
They struggled in the early going for the second consecutive game,but this time it was the turnovers that did them in,not the shooting. They shot 56 percent from the floor in the first half but somehow still
trailed 35-38.
It was all because Kansas committed five turnovers in the first five minutes and 12 total in the first half.
Sophomore forward Marcus Morris, who only played 11 minutes because of foul trouble, said this is the best preparation the team has had for the NCAA Tournament. But they have to apply the lessons if they want to survive.
"In the NCAA tournament, we can't do that all the time," Marcus said. "We're going to try to come out and start this spark from the beginning."
Recently, the Jayhawks are playing a style of basketball that anybody can play: get a lead, give it back, go back-and-forth with runs then blow the opponent out with the biggest run of the game.
Is this the type of style Kansas basketball has come to?
"I hope not," junior guard Tyrel Reed said
"We don't want to be a team that just relies
But in the past two games, that's exactly what they've done. They had a 12-0 run against Texas Tech and needed an even bigger one to topple Texas Tech.
Sophomore Markieff Morris, who finished with 10 points, was glad to have the win, but it wasn't in the method he would have liked.
"We want to make a run through the whole game," Markieff said.
on our big runs."
Kansas survived to the championship round where it awaits the winner of Baylor and Kansas State. No player or coach would openly admit a preference, but Self wants his team to play the Big 12 Championship with better effort than the first 25 minutes of this game.
Senior guard Sherron Collins battles with Texas A&M guard Donald Sloan for a loose ball before taking it down the court for a lay-up. The lay-up gave Kansas a three point lead with 8:09 remaining in the second half.
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