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SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"He came to go to school. He came to play ball. He's only getting 50 percent of that, but he's making the most of it."
Bill Self on Josh Selby
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas has won 36 consecutive exhibition games.
— Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many of those exhibition wins have come under coach Bill Self?
A:22
— Kansas Athletics
Big 12 will remain dominant
MORNING BREW
To many people across the nation. the Big 12 football conference is no longer at the top echelon
is no longer at the top echelon of NCAA powerhouse conferences. Some of this can be placed with Nebraska and Colorado departing its ranks. More so can be blamed on Bob Stoops' inability to win a big game. And don't forget to add in the fact that the SEC has won the last four BCS championship games.
But the Big 12 still is relevant. And the biggest place this is seen is in the NFL. Just look at last year's NFL draft. Five of the first six players came from Big 12 schools, including the first four players off the board.
Look at this year. The leading offensive and defensive rookie of the year candidates both played in the Big 12. Sam Bradford, out of Oklahoma, has led the St. Louis Rams to more wins this season through eight games than they had in the past two years combined. And it's more wins than they had through the whole season three years ago. He may not reach the total wins 2008 offensive rookie of the year Matt Ryan had, but he has turned St. Louis back into the conference competitor that it was at the beginning of the millennium. And Bradford is on pace to throw more TD
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passes than Ryan did his rookie year.
On the defensive side, no one has had a greater impact than Ndamukong Suh of the Detroit Lions. Although his alma mater, Nebraska, is about to leave the Big 12, he still played his whole career in the Big 12 and should be considered a product of it. Suh has recorded seven sacks and even recorded his first defensive TD last week. And the Lions' two wins through eight weeks have already matched last year's total. Perhaps even more important, at least to the Lion fan I talk to, is the fact that they are competitive in every game, even if they end up losing.
even if they die before And then there is Kansas' own Qaib Talib, who in his third season with Tampa Bay, is currently second in the league
with four interceptions. Talib excelled last Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals with two picks, and took one back to the house 45 yards for the touchdown.
So yes, it might be a down year for the Big 12. Texas is struggling and Bob Stoops, per usual, is failing to come through in a big night game, and all the ESPN pundits are drumming into our brains how great the SEC is. But the Big 12 is still a dominant and relevant football conference, and will continue to be even without Nebraska and Colorado next season.
— Edited by Kelsey Nill
NBA
Heat cruise past T'Wolves
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MIAMI — LeBron James isn't sure that he wants to be called a point guard.
Dwyane Wade led all scorers with 26 points, James added 20 points and a game-high 12 assists — the most ever by a Heat forward, according to STATS LLC — and Miami rolled to its fourth straight win, 129-97 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.
James Jones hit five 3-pointers and scored 17 for the Heat, who got 15 from Eddie House, 13 from Chris Bosh and 11 from Udonis Haslem.
Wade made 12 of 17 shots in just 24 minutes for Miami, which has outscored opponents by 22.8 points per game losing the season-opener in Boston last week.
Kevin Love led Minnesota with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting.
It was Miami's highest-scoring non-ovetime game since beating Phoenix 135-129 on March 4, 2009. Minnesota gave up at least 130 points five times last season alone, all in regulation.
Michael Beasley's return to Miami was one that will stay with him for a few days — in the form of a bruised hip.
The former Heat forward left with about 8 minutes remaining until halftime after scoring on a drive, but tumbling awkwardly to the floor and slamming his left side on the hardwood. He scored 11 points, and X-rays were negative.
tive.
Sebastian Telfair and Wes Johnson each scored 13 for Minnesota, which stayed with the Heat for much of the first half. Miami's lead was only 50-44 when Wade got free from a dunk with 5
minutes left until halftime, kickstarting what became a 44-22 run over the next 16 minutes.
Nikola Pekovic scored 12 for Minnesota.
Miami shot 58 percent, and to think James wasn't even doing much of the scoring.
He turned down shots in the first half to make extra passes, and his 12 assists were distributed among eight different Heat players. By the time James got his second basket of the night — a layup with 9:12 to play in the third quarter — the Heat were already leading by a comfortable 79-58 margin.
james hit 6 of 8 shots in the third quarter, scoring 14 of his points, then took the fourth quarter off as Miami's reserves completed the runaway.
The Heat led by as many as 34 in the final minutes.
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NHL
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Niklas Backstrom stopped 36 shots, Andrew Brunette scored the game's only goal and the Minnesota Wild shut out the powerful San Jose Sharks 1-0 on Tuesday night.
The Sharks held an 18-4 shots advantage midway through the second period, but found themselves trailing after Brunette scored a 5-on-3 goal with 7 minutes left in the period.
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Harassed by Wild defensemen Brent Burns and Nick Schultz, and denied by Backstrom all night, the Sharks' dangerous top line of Joe Thornton, Dany Heatley and Patrick Marleau was shut down. Backstrom recorded his first shutout since March 3, 2010, at Calgary.
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The Wild killed five power plays, highlighted by a key stop with 7 minutes remaining in the third. The Sharks entered as the top power-play team in the league at 31.6 percent.
The win snapped a fivegame losing streak for the Wild against the Sharks and snapped Backstrom out of a funk against
Before the shutout, Backstrom was 2-7-3 with a 3.19 goals against average vs. the Sharks. The Fin made several key saves on Sharks power plays, including denying Joe Pavelski in the third on a 5-on-4 advantage.
San Jose.
After starting slow, the Sharks had won four of the previous five and scored 20 goals in the four wins.
The Wild had just six goals in their last four games,but managed to do enough to earn another important win against a quality opponent. The Wild also had a big victory over the Washington Capitals last Thursday.
The power-play goal was the Wild's second in their last 20 chances.
Capitals lost their chance.
Brunette scored by taking a pass in the crease from Martin Havlat and beating goalie Antero Niittymaki. Brunette had fanned with an open net seconds earlier, and looked relieved after making the most of his second chance.
Niittymaki made his third straight start and stopped 15 shots.
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NCAA
Big East to add two teams for football
In a move that came as no surprise, the Big East presidents Tuesday officially approved the conference increasing the number of Bowl Subdivision football-playing members from eight to 10.
The vote was unanimous to evaluate the terms and conditions for potential expansion candidates.
"Our board of directors affirmed a set of key strategic initiatives ... designed to enhance membership stability and maximize our value," commissioner John Marinatto said after the meeting in Philadelphia.
As was first reported by the Philadelphia Daily News in September, Villanova has an invitation to join.
McClatchy-Tribune
Moss screamed at the coowner of Tinucci's Restaurant and Catering in Woodbury and Newport in the locker room after practice because he apparently didn't like the way the buffet
MINNEAPOLIS — In the aftermath of Randy Moss' sudden exit from Minnesota, his tirade at a caterer during a team lunch last week has gained national attention.
Moss'tirade at team lunch caterer could have sealed his sudden exit
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Moss
looked.
("Moss)came walking up," Gus Tinucci said. "There were a couple of guys that were in line. I was carving some meat for a guy and all of
a sudden I heard all this screaming and I was like, 'Are you kidding me?' I knew who it was immediately. I looked up and there he was. (Moss said), 'I wouldn't feed this (expletive) to my (expletive) dog.' I was in shock. I couldn't believe it. It was quiet in there."
"It looked good, like we always do," he said. "I don't know if he was starving for attention or what. But nobody laughed
carving station,
pasta, vegetables
and dessert.
The Vikings cater lunch for their players in the locker room every Friday after practice. Tinucci said his family's restaurant has catered for the Vikings a handful of times in recent years in part because they became friends with former center Matt Birk.
TinUCCI said his buffet included ribs, chicken, a round of beef
GUS TINUCCI
Restaurant Owner
I can guarantee you that."
"We just went about our busi
"I don't know if he was starving for attention or what."
Tinucci said he heard one player tell Moss to shut up. He wasn't sure which player. A veteran player sent the Minneapolis Star Tribune a text message Tuesday that described Moss' outburst as "bad." Tinucci said two Vikings employees approached him afterward and apologized.
ness," he said. "I had more compliments. The guys that were there and heard it and saw it, I think they were very appreciative of us being there. I wasn't going to say anything because we appreciate being there. We want to come back there. What am I going to do, call him out? Go, 'Hey, if you don't like it, get the hell out' or
whatever? I'm in their house."
It was not the first time Moss verbally abused someone associated with the Vikings. In 2001, he screamed at a group of corporate sponsors on a team bus in
Philadelphia for occupying a seat that he wanted. The team fined him $15,000.
Tinuccci seemed a little surprised by the national attention that Moss' latest meltdown garnered.
"He just slammed us," Tinucci said. "It wasn't us personally because he doesn't know us from Adam."