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SPORTS MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
These are my new shoes.
They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it"
"These are my new shoes.
Charles Barkley in a shoe commercial in the early 90s
FACT OF THE DAY
After going through a scoring slump, freshman Xavier Henry is averaging 17.8 points per game in his last six games.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many times in a row has Kansas held its opponent to less than 100 points?
A: 289. The last time Kansas gave up more than 100 points was in a 110-103 overtime victory against Texas in 2002.
-Kansas Athletics
SCORES
NCAA Men's Basketball:
No. 14 Michigan State 53, No. 3 Purdue 44
No. 5 Duke 67, Virginia 49
No. 2 Temple 65, La Salle 53
Xavier 78, No. 23 Richmond 76
NCAA Women's Basketball:
No. 17 Baylor 70, Kansas 47
No. 4 Tennessee 75, Mississippi 63
No. 5 Xavier 74, Fordham 59
North Carolina 64, No. 6 Duke 54
No. 9 Florida State 94, Maryland 61
Auburn 65, No.16 Kentucky 53
No.20 LSU 76, Mississippi State
47
No. 21 Virginia 55, Virginia Tech 46
NC State 54, Georgia Tech 46
No. 23 Oklahoma State 80, Texas Tech 70
No. 24 Georqia 69, Arkansas 48
NBA
San Antonio 113, Phoenix 110
LA Lakers 95, Denver 89
Atlanta 106, Milwaukee 102
Washington 89, New Jersey 85
Orlando 96, Miami 80
Oklahoma City 119, Toronto 99
MORNING BREW
Giving the pros a make-over
As I follow the NBA through Twitter and my iTouch, I'm fixated on the regression on the New Jersey Nets and their historically bad season. It made me think: Why can a team in a successful market be so bad that even Jay-Z (who has ownership stake in the team) watches the New York Knicks across the river?
After hours of lab research, I've come to realize that there is an issue in all four major sports - hockey, basketball, football and baseball - and the solution is simple. The talent level is sinking.
Something needs to be done, a cleansing of the four leagues by yours truly. My standards for a successful franchise are fan base, willingness to win and market appeal. With many teams stacking up inadequately in those categories, I'll suggest cuts to trim each league to 24 total teams.
Sorry if your team isn't spared by my standards for a sports franchise.
NHL
This sport is slowly recovering from the 2004-05 strike and the league would get a great boost for its marketability if condensing was in order. I'm willing to cut the following teams: the New York Islanders, Atlanta Thrasher, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Tampa Bay Lighting and Phoenix Coyotes.
The Islanders play in Nassau Coliseum, which is a dump. No fans go there and they haven't been competitive since the 1980s despite a wealth of high draft picks.
I've contracted the southern-based teams because they are in the worst markets for hockey. If you talk to the casual sports fan in the South, he or she could名 25 Nascar drivers before 25 hockey
BY ANDREW HAMMOND
ahammond@kansan.com
twitter.com/ahammadiostat
players. That's not good.
I love the NBA but something still needs to be done. The worldwide expansion of the NBA is a goal of Commissioner David Stern, but a trimming of the herd would help as well. I plan to cut the Toronto Raptors, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings, Orlando Magic, the Los Angeles Clippers and, of course, New Jersey.
NBA
The reason why these teams need to be cut is that they don't draw well, they have trouble keeping players and they could be serviceable to the flailing NBA Development League, the NBAs minor leagues.
The D-League could use the talent boost while giving raw players time to develop their skills. That would make the NBA better, too.
This topic of condensing was close to frustion a couple of years ago as MLB was running low on money. Getting MLB to 24 teams is a lot easier here than any other sport.
and Texas Rangers are consistently at the bottom of the townt pole. Although they have a few decent players on their rosters, the development of young players is a struggle for these teams.
The Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins,
Toronto Blue Jays, Washington Nationals
MLB
NFL
Ladies and gentlemen, do not send me any hate mail, but you may not like the way I contract the bottom feeders of the NFL.
Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans - I'm showing you the door on the AFC side. And I'm going to give Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams and Carolina Panthers the boat on the NFC side.
In big markets such as these, they are a major draw when only one thing happens: they win. These teams have all had their days in the sun (well, other than Detroit, who's looking for any type of light).
They are dragging down the talent pool with bad management and they are consistently in the top 10 of the NFL draft year in and year out. Those are spots designated for bad teams.
You may not like it, but these cuts will make the product you watch better.
Edited by Kelly Gibson
CAMPUS CORNER
The idea is simple: Get more people in the paper. Intramural games run nearly every night. Tons of students play club sports, ranging from rock climbing to wakeboarding and everything in between
From now on, the Kansan will have it covered. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday on page 2B, we'll be providing information on the campus sports you may know nothing about.
Look for pictures of your friends, upcoming schedules and read how your scholarship hall beat another in a buzzerbeater.
In the meantime, feel free to shoot us ideas or stories at campuscorner@kansan. com.
JerryWang/KANSAN
Kansan Sports Staff
Brad Long, a junior from Kansas City, Mo., spikes the ball over Malvin Warrick, a senior from Overland Park in a game of walleyball Sunday night. Long played walleyball with his roommates for this first time. "It's a lot different than volleyball, there's more running and it's more intense." Long said.
CLUBVOLLEYBALL
CLUB SOFTBALL
Kansas tops tournament
The women's club volleyball team played in a tournament at Vanderbilt this weekend. Kansas defeated Tennessee A 3-0 and Alabama B 3-0 on Saturday.
Home runs mark Kansas' wins
from Osage City, and Kelly Davis, a freshman from Shawnee, split time behind the plate in the first game. Kendall Knott, a sophomore from Wichita, had two out-of-the-park home runs. The first drove in two runs and the second was a solo home run.
The jayhawks went on to win the game 20-16. Lindsey Wiegele, a grad student from Shawnee, pitched and Davis caught the second game against Haskell. Knott hit her third home run of the day in the second game. Kansas won the second game, 16-2, in five innings.
Kansas' club softball team started its fourth season against Haskell's JV softball team on Sunday. Nicole DeFranco, a sophomore from Overland Park, was the starting pitcher. Alexis Varriano, a sophomore from Overland Park, pitched in the fourth inning and DeFranco returned in the fifth to finish the game.
Baseball at Arkansas, 3 p.m.
MONDAY No events scheduled
Men's Basketball vs. Kansas State, 7 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Nebraska, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TUESDAY
FRIDAY
Sadie Johnson, a sophomore
Baseball vs. Iowa, 3 p.m.
KU
HALL CENTER
FOR THE HUMANITIES
2007-2008 Hall Center Scholar Brenna Daldorph with Andrei Codrescu
Women's Golf
at Duramed/Rio Verde
Collegiate Invitational,
Rio Verde, Ariz., all day
SATURDAY
KU HALL CENTER SCHOLAR AWARD 2010-2011
www.hallcenter.ku.edu
Softball vs. UIC, Carbondale, III., 10 a.m.
Baseball vs. Iowa, 12 p.m.
Visit our website at www.hallcenter.ku.edu/grants/support for application guidelines.
Questions may be directed to Associate Director Kristine Latta at 864-7823 or klatta@ku.edu
The Hall Center for the Humanities is looking for undergraduates with strong academic credentials who have demonstrated significant engagement within the university community. Hall Center Scholars interact with the well-known authors, scholars and public intellectuals who speak in our Humanities Lecture Series.The $500 award is sponsored by the Friends of the Hall Center. The deadline for applications is Monday, March 22, 2010.
Tennis vs. Tulane, New Orleans, La., 12 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Missouri, Colombia, Mo., 1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Iowa, 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Southern Illinois-Carbondale, 4 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Texas A&M, 7 p.m.
Track & Field
at Alex Wilson Last
Chance, South Bend, Ind.,
all day
Track & Field
Women's Golf at Duramed/ Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, Rio Verde, Ariz., all day
Track & Field
vs. Iowa State- NCAA
qualifier, Ames, Iowa, all
day
Women's Golf
Softball vs. Southern Illinois- Edwardsville, Carbondale, Ill., 11 a.m.
SATURDAY
Southern vs. Western Illinois, Carbondale, Ill., 9 a.m.
Softball
Tennis at New Orleans, 12 p.m.
Tennis
Women's Golf at Duramed/ Rio Verde Collegiate Invitational, Rio Verde, Ariz., all day
Baseball vs. Iowa, 1 p.m.
The Sigma Delta Tau Jean Charity Denim Sale originally scheduled on March 3rd in the Kansas Union Ballroom has been moved to the Oread Hotel.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Cardinals prevail against UConn
STORRS, Conn. — Edgar Sosa's driving layup with 8 seconds left gave Louisville a 78-76 victory over Connecticut on Sunday, adding another conference road win to the Cardinals' NCAA tournament resume.
Samardo Samuels led four Cardinals in double figures with 14 points. Jerry Smith and Preston Knowles each had 12 and Kyle
Kuric added 10 for Louisville (19-10, 10-6 Big East).
Associated Press
Kemba Walker led UConn with 28, but his drive to the basket in the final seconds was stuffed by Samuels to preserve the win.
UConn seniors Gavin Edwards (17), Stanley Robinson (14) and Jerome Dyson (13) also scored in double figures in their final home game.
As heard on ESPN.
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