2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008
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Today
Tennis vs. Colorado, 2 p.m., Boulder, Colo.
Softball vs. Buffalo, 3 p.m., Lawrence
Softball vs. Buffalo, 5 p.m., Lawrence
Men's basketball vs. Nebraska, 6 p.m., Kansas City, Mo
Baseball vs. Texas, 6:05 p.m.
Austin. Texas
D Diving, All day, Houston, Texas
Swimming & Diving, NCAA Zone
March 15
pionships, All day, Fayetteville, Ark.
Softball vs. Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m.
Lawrence
Softball vs. Buffalo, 4 p.m., Lawrence
Baseball vs. Texas, 2 p.m., Austin,
Texas
Men's basketball, TBA with a Fridav victory
Swimming & Diving, NCAA Zone D Diving, All day, Houston, Texas Track & Field, NCAA Indoor Chamber pionships, All day, Fayetteville, Ark.
March 16
Tennis vs. Missouri, noon, Columbia, Mo.
Softball vs. Louisiana Tech, 12:30 p.m. Lawrence
Baseball vs. Texas, 1 p.m., Austin,
Texas
Swimming & Diving, NCAA Zone D Diving, All day, Houston, Texas Men's basketball, TBA with Friday
Men's basketball, TBA with Friday & Saturday victories
March 17
Women's golf, Betsy Raws Invitational, All day, Austin, Texas
March 18
Softball vs. Bradley, 3 p.m., Lawrence
Softball vs. Bradley, 5 p.m., Lawrence
Women's golf, Betsy Rawls Invitational, All day, Austin, Texas
Women's golf, Betsy Rawls Invitational, All day, Austin, Texas
March 19
Baseball vs. Illinois, 2 p.m., Bradenton, Fla.
Baseball vs. Dartmouth, 9:30 a.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
March 20
Tennis vs. Iowa, noon, Lawrence
Baseball vs. CCSU, 12:30 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Swimming & Diving, NCAA
Swimming & Diving, NCAA Championships, All day, Columbus, Ohio
March 21
Baseball vs. Ohio State, 1 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Baseball vs. UMBC, 6 p.m., Bradenton, Fla.
Softball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
Swimming & Diving
Championships, All day, Columbus
Ohio
Swimming & Diving, NCAA
Men's golf, Ron Moore Invitational,
All day, Goodwear, Ariz.
Track & Field, Wake Forest Invitation,
all Day, Winsley Salem, N.C.
March 22
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 1 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Softball vs. Oklahoma, 1 p.m., Norman, OK
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 4 p.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
Swimming & Diving. NCAA
Swimming & Diving, NCAA Championships, All day, Columbus, Ohio
Men's golf. Ron Moore Invitational,
Albany Coachman, Aziz
Rowing vs. Tulsa, TBA, Tulsa, Okla.
Hunting & Diving vs. Ohio State Longcourse Meet, 10 a.m., Columbus, Ohio
March 23
Baseball vs. Northwestern, 8 a.m.
Bradenton, Fla.
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men's golf, Ron Moore Invitalian,
All day, Goodwear, Ariz.
Bloody bullfight
Spanish bullfighter Jose Tomas makes a pass during the Fallas bulb fighting fair at Valencia's bulbring in Valencia, Spain on Thursday.
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BIG 12 TOURNAMENT Nebraska tops Missouri in first round.61-56
Maric moved past Tyronn Lue and Erick Strickland into sixth place on the school's career scoring charts with his 38th double-double in a conference game, the most by any active Big 12 player.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Aleks Maric had 17 points and 13 rebounds and muscled inside to make a key block in the final seconds to lead Nebraska past Missouri 61-56 Thursday night in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
named first team All-Big 12,
Maric raised his career point total to
1,593 going into a second round match today against No. 5 Kansas. The Jayhawks, in an 84-49 blowout on Jan. 26, held Maric scoreless for the first time since his sophomore season.
A tumultuous season came to an end for Missouri at 16-16. Among the most painful memories in a disappointing season in coach Mike Anderson's second year was the fight involving several players outside a Columbia night spot in January that put Stephon Hanna out for the year with a broken jaw.
The first Husker in nine years
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trivia of the day
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Kansas is one of five teams to make the NCAA tournament for the last 10 years straight. Which are the other four?
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A: Arizona, Duke, Kentucky and Michigan State. Kansas is the only one of the bunch that didn't win a national championship between 1997 and 2007.
Big 12 Basketball Media Guide
fact of the day
Big 12 Basketball Media Guide
quote of the day
Kansas, Arizona, Duke and North Carolina are tied for most NCAA tournament appearances in the last 25 years. All four teams have reached the tournament 23 times in that span.
"We're anxious — not just for this tournament,but for the next tournament. We think we can compete."
— Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski
ROWING
ROWING Team travels to Oklahoma for NCAA-qualifying race
After more than a four month hiatus, Kansas' rowing team will be back in action March 22 in a regatta against the University of Tulsa. It will be the Jayhawks' first regatta since their 16-9 loss at Kansas State on Nov. 9, 2007. Coach Rob Catloth is pleased with his young team's improvement from the fall, when the majority of the team was in its first or second year of rowing, and he thinks the team can contend, rather than just learn.
The non-traditional fall involved long-distance races, and the coach is interested to see how his team fares in the NCAA-qualifying spring, in which the races are head-to-head sprints.
The regatta at Tulsa will reveal more about Kansas' young rowing team. Instead of the usual tournament between Kansas, Drake and Tulsa, it will just be Kansas and Tulsa competing in a scrimmage. The rows will remain in Lawrence during spring break to train and prepare for the upcoming schedule, which also includes Texas, Kansas State and Minnesota. The dual with Kansas State on April 12 is the Jayhawks' only home regatta this season.
"We are a young team," Catloth said. "Our goal is to improve and get used to racing at a varsity level. More than half the team only completed at a novice level."
The team is split up into a varsity team and a novice team. Varsity, a group of 25 rows led by four seniors, has the most experience, while the novice team is made up of all freshman and sophomores. Because few high school programs offer rowing, most rows had never rowed before college. Catloth thinks that through early senior leadership, the underclassmen can become better rowers, help bridge the class gap and foster more team unity.
Ben Ashworth
BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CU wins first round 91-84, advances to plav OU today
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Richard Roby scored eight of his 32 points in the second overtime and Colorado put a dent in Baylor's NCAA tournament hopes with a surprising 91-84 win Thursday in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament.
Colorado (12-19) jumped out to a big early lead, withstood a furious second-half Baylor rally, then made just enough shots in both overtimes to become the first No. 12 seed to beat a No. 5 seed in the 12-year history of the Big 12 Tournament
Marcus Hall had 25 points despite missing potential game winners at the end of regulation and the first overtime. Roby also had 12 rebounds for Colorado, which will face fourth-seeded Oklahoma in the second round today at 1 p.m.
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