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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008
trivia of the day
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Q: When was the last time the Big 12 basketball tournament was held in Kansas City and who won it?
Sock hop
A: 2005 at Kemper Arena. Oklahoma State, the three seed, defeated Texas Tech, the four seed, 72-68 in the title game. Oklahoma State and Texas Tech will face off again in Kansas City at 11:30 a.m. today in the first game of the 2008 Big 12 Tournament.
— big12sports.com
fact of the day
Oklahoma State and Texas Tech both went on to reach the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament in 2005. In the Sweet 16, Texas Tech fell to West Virginia and Oklahoma State lost to Arizona.
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"I know our fans have always loved coming to Kansas City and we have had some good fortune here."
quote of the day
— Former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton
Honduras' Jefferson Bernardez, right, jumps over the leg of Panama's Eduardo Jimenez, who was receiving a pass during the first half of the CONCACAF men's Olympic qualifying soccer match in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday.
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on tv tonight
men's college basketball.
— Big East Tournament Quarterfinal, 11:00 a.m., ESPN
Men's College Basketball:
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/Missouri, 6 p.m., Kansas City, Mo.
Big 12 Tournament: Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
Big East Tournament Quarterfinal, 1:00 p.m., ESPN
— Big 12 Tournament: Nebraska vs. Missouri, 6:00 p.m., NBC
— Big East Quarterfinal, 6:00 p.m., ESPN
v.5. Penn State
Big 12 Tournament: Baylor
Big Ten Tournament: Illinois
— Big Ten Tournament: Illinois
1:30 p.m. FDNR2
Big East Tournament Quarterfinal, 8:00 p.m., ESPN
Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament: Georgia Tech vs. Virginia; 6:00 p.m., ESPN2
Big 12 Tournament: Baylor vs. Colorado, 2:00 p.m., NBC
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Big 12 Tournament: Texas A&M vs. Iowa State, 8:30 p.m.
ESPN2
Pac 10 Tournament Quarterfinal,2:30 p.m.,FSN
— Pac 10 Tournament Quarterfinal, 10:30 p.m., FSN
Big Ten Tournament: Minnesota vs. Northwestern, 3:30 p.m., ESPN
Baseball vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m., Austin, Texas
Women's College Basketball:
Women's College Basketball:
- Big 12 Semifinal, 6:00 p.m.
FSN
— Big 12 Semifinal, 8:30 p.m.
FSN
NBA:
>> Swimming & Diving, NCAA Zone D Diving, All day, Houston
Cleveland at Washington, 7:00 p.m., TNT
Golden State at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m., TNT
Track & Field, NCAA Indoor Championships, All day, Fayetteville, Ark.
Stop by our table at Wescoe or the Kansas Union this week to celebrate
march madness!
Each day there will be different contests and prizes to win!
- Change for Champions kick off, donate your change to the Special Olympics all week.
Monday MARCH 10 Tuesday MARCH 11 Wednesday MARCH 12 Thursday MARCH 13 Friday MARCH 14
Breakfast with Big Jay at Wescoe, 9-11 a.m. Free cocoa and doughnuts while they last!
Breakfast with Baby Jay at the Union, 9-11 a.m. Free cocoa and doughnuts while they last!
Hoop it up on Wescoe! Pop-shot game and spirit contest, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Win prizes and $100 cash for the best KU spirit costume! (Spirit contest continues at Adore Alumni Center
Sign the banner for the basketball teams and enjoy some giveaways on Wescoe Beach, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City-Go 'Hawks!
Sign the banner for the basketball teams and enjoy some giveaways at the Kansas Union, 1 p.m.
- Join Tradition Keepers for just $20. Sign up online at www.kualumni.org or stop by the Adams Alumni Center, 1266 Oread Ave.
- The KU Alumni Association is your Jayhawk basketball connection to pop rallies and watch sites during March Madness.
- Free Cosmic Bowling at the Jaybowl with a donation to the Special Olympics, 7-9 p.m. The Spirit Contest winner will be announced at event.
- Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City - Go 'Hawks!
- Have a great spring break!
Thanks for showing your Jawhawk pride!
www.kualumni.org · 785-864-4760
MLB
Marlins prospects lead to victory Marlins defeat Cardinals 13-7 in Spring game
Carroll after hitting his second home run of a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals during the ninth inning Wednesday, in Jupiter, Fla. The Marlins won, 13-7.
BY SARAH LARIMER ASSOCIATED PRESS
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JUPITER, Fla. — Cameron Maybin hit two home runs, and the Florida Marlins answered St. Louis' home run binge Wednesday with one of their own.
Five homers by the Marlins helped them overcome a six-run deficit to win 13-7.
"It seemed like everything in the air today was out," Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I'm glad that we just kept chipping away."
Troy Glaus, Albert Pujols, Brian Barton and Ryan Ludwick homered for the Cardinals. Three of the Cardinals' homers came off prospect Gaby Hernandez, a long-shot candidate for Florida's rotation.
Maybin, a highly touted prospect who is hoping to win the starting center field job, came to the Marlins from Detroit as part of a blockbuster trade that sent Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers.
Hanley Ramirez went 3-for-3 with a homer and Jorge Cantu and Maybin hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth for Florida. Luis Gonzalez hit a three-run homer in the sixth, and Maybin added another home run in the eighth.
"He's got some juice. You can see what everybody talks about," Gonzalez said.
Hernandez gave up three hits and six runs in three innings.
"Sometimes you need these guys to hit you around a little bit to make the adjustments," Hernandez said. "I'm glad it happened now, so I'm glad I got it out of the way."
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Prospect Chris Volstol pitched four shutout innings for the win. He's another candidate for the Marins' injury-plagued rotation.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa was unhappy with his team's defense in Florida's five-run eighth.
"That's a very irritating game to lose," La Russa said. "We were careless."
St. Louis starter Anthony Reyes allowed three runs and six hits in four innings. He struck out six.
"I feel like every time I go out there I'm getting more confident and the strikeouts are going up a little bit," Reyes said. "I think it's starting to come together a little bit and the more I go out there, the sharper I'm going to get."
Note: Marlins RHP Sergio Mitre was examined Wednesday by Dr. James Andrews, who determined surgery is not needed. "He needs some downtime, but there's no tear," agent Paul Cobbe said. "We're not sure yet what the downtime will be." Mitre left his first spring training game Feb. 28 after facing three batters and complained of tightness in his forearm. He hasn't pitched in a game since.
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