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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18,2008
sports trivia of the day
Q: When was the first time the NBA held a Three Point Shootout as part of its All-Star weekend festivities, and who won the first three in a row?
A: 1986 and Larry Bird. The Boston Celtics' star dominated the competition from 1986 to 1988, winning in Dallas, Seattle and Chicago.
-nba.com
sports fact of the day
Six three-point competition champions have repeated their title. Jason Kapono, who won the 2008 shootout Saturday for the second straight year, became the first to achieve the feat since Peja Stojakovic did five years ago.
— nba.com
sports quote of the day
("Shaquille O'Neal) is only a 46 percent free throw shooter, but he is a great three-point shooter. He told me to leave the hand up on the follow through."
— Jason Kapono after winning his first Three Point Shootout in 2007
on tv tonight
Men's College Basketball:
Turn that noise down! I'm trying to sing!
— Syracuse at Louisville, 6 p.m. ESPN
— Duke at Wake Forest, noon, FSN
— Georgetown at Providence, 3
n m. FSN2
- Texas A&M at Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN
- Gonzaga at San Diego, 10 p.m., ESPN2
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Women's College Basketball:
Purdue at Ohio State, 6 p.m. ESPN2
Trisha Yearwood, center, sings the national anthem as the Air Force Thunderbirds fly overhead before the start of the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Sund.
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Howard wins, dunk contest gets dose of creativity
BY TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW ORLEANS — A red cape trailing behind him, Dwight Howard, Orlando's man of steel made like Superman and won perhaps the best dunk contest, definitely the most creative, in NBA history to close a memorable All-Star Saturday.
Using a variety of props as well as teammate Jameer Nelson, Howard scored perfect 50s from judges on his first two dunks before the contest was turned over to fan voting for the first time in the final round.
"Everybody always says, big men can't jump and big men don't look good dunking." Howard said. "With me being so tall, I knew it was going
In any other year, Minnesota's Gerald Green would have easily walked away with his second straight dunking crown, but he was upstaged by the amazingly athletic Howard, whose performance has to rank up there with anything Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter
to be tough. I tried to play to the crowd and have fun."
or even tiny Spud Webb ever did above the basket.
The dunk contest, bland for so many years as the game's high risers seemed to run out of ideas, was freshened up by some of the most creative aerial assaults in memory.
Howard, Green, Toronto's jamario Moon and Memphis' Rudy Gay used tape, ladders, teammates and even a tasty dessert to show their stuff.
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1:45 p.m. Break
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Wearing a Superman costume, Orlando Magic's Dwight Hornies飞 toward the basket during the basketball slam dunk contest at the NBA All Star Weekend in New Orleans.
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Not to be outdone, Green tried to blow the field away. Literally. After Timberwolves teammate Rashad McCants placed a cupcake with a single candle in it on the back of the rim, Green soared in and puffed out the flame before throwing down a nasty left-hander.
Howard started things off with a dunk he has been practicing for two years. Standing on the baseline, he tossed the ball off the reverse side of the backboard, caught it with both hands, and after peering through the glass at the rim, dunked left-handed.
That's when Howard stripped off his blue Magic jersey to reveal an "S" on his chest.
"I think the dunk contest is back," said Howard. "I don't think people want to see the same old dunks. They want to see some spice."
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For Howard's finale, Nelson affixed a miniature Orlando backboard next to the rim and balanced a ball on it. Howard flew in from the right side, picked the ball off cleanly and slammed it in. Howard won in a landslide, receiving 78 percent of the vote.
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Big 12 standings
Big 12 Overall
Kansas 9-2 24-2
Texas 8-2 21-4
Kansas State 8-2 18-6
Texas A&M 6-4 20-5
Baylor 5-5 17-7
Oklahoma 5-5 17-8
Texas Tech 4-6 13-11
Iowa State 4-7 14-12
Missouri 4-7 14-12
Oklahoma State 4-7 13-12
Nebraska 3-7 14-9
Colorado 2-8 10-14
men's basketball
women's basketball
| | Big 12 Overall |
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| Kansas State | 9-1 | 17-6 |
| Baylor | 10-2 | 22-3 |
| Oklahoma State | 8-2 | 20-3 |
| Oklahoma | 8-3 | 18-5 |
| Nebraska | 6-4 | 17-7 |
| Texas A&M | 5-5 | 17-7 |
| Iowa State | 4-6 | 15-8 |
| Texas | 4-7 | 16-9 |
| Kansas | 3-7 | 14-9 |
| Colorado | 3-9 | 14-11 |
| Texas Tech | 2-8 | 14-10 |
| Missouri | 1-9 | 8-15 |
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