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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
trivia of the day
Q: Which five college basket ball teams have lost the most games in the NCAA Tournament?
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A: Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas, Louisville and UCLA. Kansas has lost a total of 35 games in the tournament, but that's nine less than Kentucky, which has the most losses with 44.
fact of the day
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"I think he's going to go, and I think it's the right thing to do, because he's going to be the top pick in the draft."
Kansas State has the second worst winning percentage of any college basketball team in the Final Four. The Wildcats are 1-7 in the Final Four. Louisiana State is the only school with a worse winning percentage as they have travelled to the Final Four five times but have never won a game.
quote of the day
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Kansas State coach Frank Martin on Michael Beasley
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tennis vs. Oklahoma, 11 a.m., Lawrence
Baseball vs. Texas A&M, 4 p.m., Lawrence
Men's basketball vs. Villanova, 8:40 p.m., Detroit
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SATURDAY
Softball vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m., Lawrence
Baseball vs. Texas A&M, 2 p.m., Lawrence
Women's golf, Mountain View Collegiate, All day, Tucson, Ariz.
Rowing vs. Texas, TBA, Austin, Texas
Jeremy Case gets some help from teammates on a dunk during practice at the NCAA Midwest Regional Basketball Tournament on Thursday in Detroit. Kansas plays Villanova in a regional semifinals tonight.
SUNDAY
**Tennis** vs. Oklahoma State, 11 a.m., Lawrence
**Soccer** vs. Nebraska, 11 a.m., Lincoln, Neb.
**Softball** vs. Texas Tech, noon, Lawrence
**Soccer** vs. Minnesota, 1 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
**Baseball** vs. Texas A&M, 1 p.m., Lawrence
**Men's basketball** vs. Wisconsin/Davidson, TBA with Friday victory, Detroit
Basketball notes
Kansas coach Bill Self has his team approach each weekend in the NCAA Tournament as a separate tournament. The first and second round are one tournamet, the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight are another tournament and the Final Four and National Championship game are one tournament.
Rodrick Stewart said this strategy helped the team focus.
One weekend at a time
"We're not worried about San Antonio," Stewart said. "We're looking at the next opponent. We win that game and it turns into a two game tournament. As soon as you start overlooking people that's when you look up and it's over."
KU fans likely remember the city of Detroit because of Kansas' first round loss to Bradley there two years ago.
This year, the game is in a
different venue. Ford Field instead of The Palace of Auburn Hills, and it's a different team - according to Self.
He said this year's team was more ready for the pressure of the NCAA Tournament.
"There hadn't been any attention on that group," Self said about the 2006 team. "They went from not being ranked the whole year to being a four seed. It think it's good to be ranked high and being a one seed because it puts pressure on you the whole time. That team never had that opportunity the whole year."
Parallels with 1988
Kansas is back in Detroit this weekend, the city where it defeated Kansas State to advance to the Final Four in 1988. Former Kansas guard Scooter Barry was the Chevrolet Player of the Game against K-State, and twenty years later, Barry still looks back fondly on the game.
"The parallels are kind of scary," Barry said this week from his home in Germany. Barry's lived in Europe for the past 17 years while playing professionally in Europe.
"They were in Omaha, we we're in Lincoln. We were both in Detroit." Barry said. "I was thinking now they just got to play the Finals in Kansas City and we'll have it for sure."
Barry was back in Lawrence in February for the 110 years of Kansas basketball reunion. He said he was impressed with this year's team.
"When I saw the team workout and I saw them play their game against Colorado, it was clear to see that they have a bunch of thoroughbreds," Barry said. "There's no question they have the ability to win it all. For me, the question is about timing.
"The Greatest thing about the NCAA tournament is 64 teams are thrown out there and if you have a bad night, you're done," Barry said.
Mark Dent and Rustin Dodd
Pat Riley responds to O'Neal's criticisms
NEW YORK — Pat Riley can't understand why Shaquille O'Neal keeps talking about the Miami Heat.
Riley responded to O'Neal's criticisms Wednesday with some of his own, saying his former center was wrong to disparage some of his old teammates and trainers in a Boston Globe story. "It's sad that he gave those
BY BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
NBA
"It's sad that he says those things. We shared so much here, together, for three years, good and
Riley dealt O'Neal to Phoenix before the trade deadline, allowing the 36-year-old center the chance to compete for another title instead of sticking around Miami for a last-place finish. O'Neal made it clear how much he prefers his new teammates.
bad, $ \frac{3} {1 2} $ years," Riley said, referring specifically to the Heat's 2006 NBA title. "I just think it's sad that he's got to do that."
"I love playing for this coach and I love playing with these guys," O'Neal told the Globe. "We have professionals who know what to do. No one is asking me to play
Reminded that reporters couldn't use the quote because of the expletive, he said, "Sure you can. You can quote me, brother. You can put an 's' then the tic-tac-toe, the 'at' sign and then the other symbols."
After Phoenix's loss to Boston, O'Neal elaborated, saying that defenses would sag off of Quinn and Davis and he wasn't able to get the ball. Of Riley's comments, O'Neal said colorfully, "I don't (care) how he interpreted it."
He also complained about not getting enough touches two days after going 8-for-15 in a 120-99 loss against Orlando, another game where he and Quinn never were on the court at the same time.
game where Quinn didn't play and O'Neal and Davis were on court together for 16 minutes, 2 seconds.
O'Neal was critical about shots — as in, not getting enough of them — often during his tenure with the Heat. This year, he expressed those sentiments in the days that followed a 110-101 loss at Utah on Dec. 3 — a
Riley said he doesn't have "anything but good feelings for Shaq" and wasn't bothered by any criticism leveled at him. But he said O'Neal has no reason to blame anyone else in the organization for his unhappiness.
with Chris Quinn or Ricky Davis. I'm actually on a team again."
"When you're 9-40, we're all frustrated. I mean everybody's at fault, we all were. Everybody was feeling bad and nobody wants that," Riley said.
They rode that momentum into the Head of the Chattahooche where their lightweight team won their respective competition and Elivisha Patterson brought home a second place medal in the lightweight single. In the final match of the fall, Kansas lost the Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State. The Wildcats outscored them 16-9. However.
ROWING
The Kansas rowing team will head to Texas for its first official regatta of the spring season. On March 22, they traveled to Tulsa, Okla. for an exhibition. It continued the annual meetings between the two teams, with both teams last year gathering in a triangular meet to take on Drake. That meet was cancelled due to weather. The regatta this year was considered an exhibition and no official times were taken.
The rowing team hopes to continue the success it found in the fall with its young team. They competed in the Head of the Des Moines in late September, their opening regatta. Senior Kara Boston helped the team by winning two gold medals and dominated the Collegiate Single event, in which nine Jayhawk rowers were present in the top 10.
ROWING Team to compete in its first official regatta of the season
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coach Rob Catloth saw the entire fall play, compromised of long distance races, as excellent practice for the NCAA-qualifying spring. The races in the spring are head-to-head sprints.
In the meantime, leaders of France and Belgium have warned they might boycott the opening ceremonies in Beijing to protest the way the Chinese are dealing with Tibetan protesters. But Bush hasn't got that hole card to play unless the crackdown intensifies dramatically and gives him a credible reason to change his plans.
The regatta on Saturday will be held on Lady Bird Lake, where they will compete varsity fours, varsity eights, and novice eights against the Longhorns. Texas has already competed in the Fight Nutria 2008, the Heart of Texas, and the Longhorn Invitational in the spring, giving them an experience advantage over the young Jayhawks. After the Texas regatta, Kansas will look forward to its meet with Kansas State on April 12. It will go down as their only home regatta of the year.
Bush considers the games to be about athletics and not necessarily politics, spokeswoman Dana Perino said. For the Chinese, anxious to avert a public relations disaster, the statement undoubtedly was received with relief.
Through a White House spokeswoman last week, Bush made plain he would attend the Olympic Games in August in Beijing, the crackdown on Tibetan protesters aside.
OLYMPICS Bush to attend Beijing Games in August
WASHINGTON — President Bush is using the prestige of his office on behalf of Tibetan protesters, but his direct appeal to Chinese President Hu Jintao lacks a trump card.
The Chinese already have suffered embarrassment over their treatment of Tibetan protesters in Tibet and western China. They look to hosting the Olympics as an enormous boost to their prestige
It didn't help that last week the State Department advised Americans planning to attend the games to take care and be mindful that they could be under surveillance.
"All hotel rooms and offices are considered to be subject to on-site or remote technical monitoring at all times," the department's Bureau of Consular Affairs said. "Hotel rooms, residences and offices may be accessed at any time without the occupant's consent or knowledge."
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The Chinese Foreign Ministry called the U.S. warning "irresponsible."
on tv this weekend
Men's College Basketball:
Friday:
NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: Davidson vs. Wisconsin and Stanford vs. Texas.
6:10 p.m., CBS
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: Villanova vs. Kansas,
8:40 p.m., CBS
Saturday:
NCAA Tournament Elite
Eight Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m.
CBS
NCAA Division II Championship Game, 2 p.m., CBS
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Teams TBD, 8 p.m., CBS
Women's College Basketball:
SUNDAY
— NCAA Tournament Elite
Eight Teams TBD, 1 p.m., CBS
Saturday:
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: LSU vs. Oklahoma
State, 1 p.m., ESPN
—NCAA Tournament Elite Eight Teams TBD, 3 p.m., CBS
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: Louisville vs. North
Carolina, 11 a.m. ESPN
NCAA Division II Championship Game, 5 p.m., ESPN2
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: Pittsburgh vs. Stanford,
10:30 p.m., ESPN
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16: Maryland vs. Vanderbilt, 8 p.m., ESPN
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Sunday:
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16 Connecticut vs. Old
Dominion, 11:30 a.m., ESPN
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16 George Washing-
*on vs. Rutgers, 2 p.m., ESPN
—NCAA Tournament
Sweet 16 Note Dame vs.
Tennessee, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Sunday:
NHL:
Friday:
New York Rangers at Pittsburgh, 11:30 a.m., NBC
Major League Baseball:
Friday:
Saturday:
— Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle Exhibition Game, 2 p.m., WGN
—Chicago Cubs vs. Seattle Exhibition Game, 9 p.m., WGN
—New York Mets vs.
Chicago White Sox Exhibition
Game, 4 p.m., ESPN
Sunday:
-Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m., ESPN
College Lacrosse:
Saturday:
—Virginia at Maryland, 11
m., ESPN2
Zurich Classic, 2 p.m. NBC
PGA Tour:
Saturday:
—Zurich Classic, 2 p.m., NBC
Sunday:
Arena Football:
Arena Football:
Saturday:
—Tampa Bay at Philadelphia,
1 p.m., ESPN2
San Diego at Kansas City, 5 p.m., MyTV
Tennis:
Saturday:
—Sony Ericsson Open,
Noon, FSN
Horse Racing:
Saturday:
—Florida Derby, 4 p.m.
ESPN2
College Baseball:
Saturday:
— Nebraska vs. Texas, 6
p.m., FSN
Sunday:
— Oklahoma State vs.
Kansas State, 1 p.m., FSN
NBA:
Saturday:
—Milwaukee at Chicago, 8
p.m., WGN
Sunday:
—Houston at San Antonio,
Noon, ABC
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