TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2006
SPORTS
2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Tennis at Kansas State, 2 p.m.
Manhattan
*player to watch:*
Elizaveta Avdeeva.
The sophomore
won 6-1, 7-5
Sunday against
Oklahoma State
Sunday, but it
wasn't enough for
Kansas to win the
match. If Avde-
eva continues her Avdeeva strong play expect
strong play, expect Kansas to improve on its 0-2 conference record.
THURSDAY
Swimming, NCAA Championships, all day, Athens, Ga.
FRIDAY
Softball vs. Northwestern,
University of Hawaii Softball Tourn-
ament, 4 p.m., Honolulu
Baseball at Baylor, 7 p.m., Waco,
Tampa
Baseball at Baylor, 7 p.m., Waco Texas
Swimming. NCAA Championships, all day, Athens, Ga.
Women's golf, Betsy Rawls Inv
lations Texas
Men's basketball vs. Bradley,
NCAA tournament, 8:30 p.m.
Detroit
Baseball at Baylor, 6 p.m., Waco, Texas
SATURDAY
Softball vs. Longwood, University of Hawaii Softball Tournament, 6 n.m. Houlouli
Softball vs. Hawaii, University of Hawaii Softball Tournament, 8 n.m. Honolulu
Swimming, NCAA Championships all day Athens Ga.
Women's golf, Betsy Rawls Invitational, all day, Austin, Texas
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL Duke senior named player of the year
ST.LOUIS — Duke star guard J.J.Redick, who helped lead the Blue Devils to the NCAA tournament's overall top seed and became the NCAA's all-time 3-point shooter, on Monday was named player of the year by The Sporting News.
The Associated Press
Conference fares well
BIG 12 BASEBALL
BY SHAWN SHROYER
sshroyer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Kansas went 2-2 last week, and its victory on Saturday left Texas A&M at the only Big 12 team with a losing record for games played March 6-12. Texas A&M's losing record for the week dropped it from this week's College Baseball Rankings, but opened up a spot for Kansas State in the poll. As a conference, the Big 12 went 28-13 last week.
No. 3 Nebraska (11-2)
Last week: 3-0
Player of the Weelc Sopho
Player of more pitcher Johnny Dorn (3-1): Earn the victory against Alabama while striking eight batters
and allowing no earned runs in a complete game effort in Saturday's 5-1 victory.
Team Note: Junior pitcher Joba Chamberlain was unable to pitch last week because of tightness in his triceps. Chamberlain was named Big 12 CoPitcher of the Week for games between Feb. 28 and March 6.
No.16 Texas (13-9)
Last week: 3-1
Player of the Week: Junior outfielder Carson Kainer: 8-for-15 with three runs and an RBI.
Te am
Note: Junior
infielder Nick
Peoples, who was named Big 12 Player of the Week for games between Feb. 28 and March 6, went 4-for-17 with three runs and two RBI.
No. 16 Baylor, (12-4)
Last week: 3-1
Player of the Week: Senior out
fielder Seth Fortenberry
7-for-14 with six runs, four RBI, a triple and a home run.
Te am
Note: Games against Pacific, Michigan, and Louisiana Tech were part of the Qala-T Imprints Baylor Classic, won by Louisiana Tech.
Play-by-play of the Week: Senior
player, Pam Robinson, 5-for-
14.
No.21 Oklahoma (16-4)
14 with five runs, seven RBI and a home run
Te am
Note: Senior pitcher Daniel Mc-
Cutchen, who was named Big 12 Co-Pitcher of the Week along with Chamberlain last week, struck out nine batters in 6.1 innings in Friday's 17-6 victory against Centenary to improve his record to 4-2.
No. 29 Kansas State (12-1)
Last week: 4-0
Player of the Week: Senior outfielder Barrett Rice: 8-for-13 with five runs, nine RBI, a stolen base and a home
TeamNote:
The Wildcats are on an 11-
game winning streak.
State's first against a ranked opponent this season. The Cowboys won seven games against ranked opponents last season.
Player of the Week: Junior third baseman Tyler Mach; 7-for-19 with four runs, eight RBI and three home runs.
Oklahoma State (10-4)
T e a m
Note: Sunday's victory against No.
23 Pepperdine was Oklahoma
Texas Tech (15-6)
Last week: 4-1
Player of the Week: Sophomore cutter Matt Smith: 9-for-21
Last week: 3-2
with six runs,
seven RBI
and three
home runs.
T e a m
Note: Smith's
three home
runs came in
three consecutiv
Texas A&M (14-6)
Player of the Week: Junior infiender Austin Boggs: 4-for-16 with two runs, an RBI and a stolen base.
Team Note: Games against Notre Dame, Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas-San Antonio were par
of the University of TexasSan Antonio Baseball Express Collegiate Classic. Monday's victory
against Illinois was Texas A&M's final game of the Classic.
Missouri (10-7)
Last week: 2-2
Player of the Week: Sophomore outfielder/catcher Jacob Pridway: 8-for-15 with six runs, 11 RBI and two home runs.
Team Note: Junior pitcher Max Scherzer (3-1) lost his first game of the season in Friday's 7-
0 loss to Purdue. Despite striking out eight batters, he allowed three runs on four hits and two walks in seven innings
AP TOP 25 Men's college basketball poll
- Edited by Janiece Gatson
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' final college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
1. Duke (59) 30-3 1,783 3
2. Connecticut (11) 27-3 1,709 1
3. Villanova (14) 25-4 1,626 2
4. Memphis (14) 30-3 1,610 5
5. Gonzaga (14) 27-3 1,509 4
6. Ohio St. 25-4 1,347 7
7. Boston College 25-6 1,243 11
8. UCLA 27-6 1,243 13
9. Texas 27-6 1,243 18
10. North Carolina 27-2 1,760 10
11. Florida 27-6 1,006 16
12. Kansas 25-7 1,001 17
13. Illinois 25-6 907 9
14. Geo Wash. 26-2 890 9
15. Iowa 25-8 825 20
16. Pittsburgh 24-7 816 15
17. Washington 24-7 816 12
18. Tennessee 21-7 572 14
19. LSU 23-8 543 18
20. Nevada 27-5 413 21
21. Syracuse 23-11 377
22. West Virginia 20-10 312 19
23. Georgetown 17-1 197 23
24. Oklahoma 20-8 131 20
25. UAR 10-8 130 24
Others receiving votes: Bucknell 91, Michigan St. 57, Arkansas 46, N.C. State 28, S. Illinois 28, San Diego St. 17, Texas A&M 17, Marquette 14, N.C.-Wilmington 13, Wichita St. 9, Kentucky 5, Arizona 4, California 3, Cincinnati 2, Kent St. 2, Missouri St. 2, Montana 1, Pacific 1, Utah St. 1, Winthrop 1
AP TOP 25 Women's college basketball poll
The top 25 team in The Associated Press "final women's college basketball poll, with first place votes in parentheses, records through March 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking.
AP
GOLF
Vanderbilt 53, Florida 51, Kentucky 44, Tulsa 32, Chattanooga 26, St. John's 20, N.C. State 17, George Washington 15, Virginia Tech 14, Boston College 11, Florida St. 7, Indiana St. 6, Old Dominion 8, Hartford 4, Virginia 3, Wyoming 3, Liberty 2, Army 1
1. North Caro, (46) 29-1 1,150 1
2. Ohio St 28-2 1,056 1
3. Maryland 28-2 1,008 3
4. Duke 28-3 1,001 4
5. LSU 27-3 967 5
6. Tennessee 28-4 943 7
7. Oklahoma 29-4 901 8
8. Connecticut 29-4 853 9
9. Rutgers 25-4 804 6
10. Baylor 24-6 718 10
11. Purdue 24-6 622 12
12. Georgia 21-8 598 14
13. DePaul 25-6 584 13
14. Stanford 23-7 564 11
15. Arizona St. 24-6 489 15
16. Michigan St. 24-9 449 16
17. Louisiana Tech 26-4 374 17
18. Utah 26-4 346 19
19. Temple 24-7 317 18
20. Texas A&M 23-8 197 22
21. UCLA 20-10 188 –
22. BYU 25-5 187 20
23. Bowling Green 28-2 168 24
24. New Mexico 21-9 87 21
25. Minnesota 19-9 83 23
Jayhawks take 10th in 'Mo'morial tournament
The Kansas women's golf team traveled to Bryan, Texas, for the Texas A&M "Mo" morial golf tournament March 10-12.
They finished with an overall team score of 971, which was good enough to finish in 10th place.
Amanda Costner performed the best for the Jayhawks, shooting a three-day total of
231. The score earned her 11th place in the standings. She was followed with strong performances by teammates Annie Giangrosso,
with a 239, and
Chelsey Pryor who shot a 242.
Joshua Winkelman shot
Costner
Meredith Winkelmann shot a three-round total of 259, and Sarah Kierl finished with a 278.
— Stephen Bergman
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