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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"My knowledge of the game is way higher than it was when I was a freshman."
Sophomore center Thomas Robinson
FACT OF THE DAY
The Jayhawks hit 35-of-40 free throws in their exhibition victory against Emporia State. They finished the exhibition season making 89.3 percent of their free throws.
Kansas Athletics
Q: Before Tuesday's 90 point performance, what was the fewest amount of points scored in an exhibition game for Kansas?
-Kansas Athletics
A: 84 points against Carleton University on Aug. 30, 2008.
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Wallace's 19 lead Bobcats to victory
TORONTO — Gerald Wallace had 19 points and 14 rebounds in the Charlotte Bobcats 101-96 win over the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night.
D. J. Augustin had 16 and Tyrus
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Poor call on NHL All-Star game
Dear Commissioner Bettman. The proposed change to the
The proposed change to the All-Star game, while it would be interesting, is downright awful. I beg of you to please put an end to the planned amendments to the game immediately, and just let the boys play on their respected conference teams.
Blake Schuster
For those reading who have no idea what I'm talking about, allow me to fill you in.
A proposed change to the NHL All-Star game would have two captains, in a live draft, selecting teams during All-Star weekend. No longer would there be conferences playing each other, but merely a pickup game between professionals.
According to TSN.com, the NHL and NHLPA are expected to approve the changes within the next few days.
within the next few days. The format would have the selected All-Star Game participants vote on the two captains. The chosen captains would then choose the teams, during All-Star weekend before the Super-Skills night. Fans will still get to vote on the starting lineup of each team. The approval of the changes would have this year's All-Star game, adhering to the new rules.
Is this really what low TV ratings have done to the NHL? Why not just have all of the players throw their sticks in a pile at center ice and have the captains draw sticks for teams? And better yet, let's play the game outside on a pond in north Canada. That's sure to get ratings right? Or we could just keep the same format that has been in
BY BLAKE SCHUSTER bschuster@kansan.com
place for years, and avoid mounds of fan confusion that could possibly have a backfire effect, and end up losing more viewers.
fire effects and more.
It's a great idea, NHL, but let's slow down
a bit, and avoid some confusion. If its viewers you're after, make the All-Star game worth watching. Since the NHL clearly wants a change, why not revert back to the original form of the All-Star game?
Have the defending Stanley Cup champions play a team of NHI. All-Stars. The only foreseeable problem with that change would be that teams, such as the Chicago Blackhawks, have had to give up half of the players, by trades or free agency, to make the league's salary cap for the next season, rendering the team different from the team that won the Cup. Fortunately there is no salary cap on the All-Star teams, ergo, put the cup team back together.
the cup team back to the Blackhawks example,
back going to the Blackhawks example,
this would mean that Byfuglien, Versteeg,
Ladd, and the rest of the 2010 Stanley Cup
champions would play again with the team-
mates they won the cup with, regardless of
what team they are with now.
review now.
The All-Star Game does not determine playoff home ice advantage. It is simply just a time to go have fun playing hockey and embrace the fact that the selected player is in fact an All-Star. There is no need for a change, but I guess input from fans (who will be watching the game) won't stop that from happening now will it?
Yes, there could be other problems with my renovations to the game, but there will also be problems with the format under review now.
Personally, I don't want to watch Crosby and Ovechkin抓住 their own All-Star team, let alone draft it. There is enough Pens/Caps' publicity to last both of Crosby and Ovi's lifetime. They need not add another game dedicated to their rivalry. They already have the winter classic this year, and don't get me started on that game.
Edited by Leslie Kinsman
Thomas scored 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter to help the Bobcats avoid a 1-7 start.
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This marks the 148th consecutive sellout in Allen Fieldhouse, going all the way back to 2001-02.
every seat is also sold out for Monday's game against
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The public will be able to buy single-game tickets to Texas, Nebraska, USC, UT-Arlington, Miami (Ohio) and UMKC on Dec. 6
"We are excited about the beginning of the regular season."Interim Athletics Director Sean Lester said in a release,"and couldn't be happier to have the support of our incredible fans."
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