2B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2006
BASKETBALL
Caltech studies hard, plays poorly
BY KEN PETERS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PASADENA, Calif. — If basketball were rocket science, Caltech would be flying high.
Instead, the brainy Beavers have turned losing into a mathematical constant. They're 0-242 in conference games, a streak dating 21 years, and have lost 195 in a row against NCAA opponents.
"Those numbers are impossible, even at a place like Caltech," Beavers coach Roy Dow said. "It's impossible to the point of silly."
The world-renowned institution
Although Caltech stayed relatively close in the conference game against Division III foe Occidental, the 12th-ranked Tigers beat the Beavers 80-66.
Like other Division III schools, the California Institute of Technology does not offer athletic scholarships. Only six members on this season's squad so much as played varsity in high school, and all of those are underclassmen.
where Albert Einstein lectured, where Linus Pauling was a professor and where 31 Nobel Prize winners either have taught or studied, draws only the best and brightest students in science and math.
At a recent game, youngsters in the stands held a sign with a complex mathematical formula that might equal a victory.
But not necessarily the tallest and most coordinated.
Jordan Carlson, who played intramural basketball in high school, scored 29 points and was Caltech's lone player in double figures. The senior physics major was able to put the loss, and all the others while he's been at Caltech, in relative terms.
Didn't happen.
It always gets frustrating when you have homework to do and you're tired, but that's natural, that happens everywhere," said Carlson, at 6-foot-5 one of the tallest on the team.
Asked if his knowledge of physics helps him propel the ball through the hoop. Carlson chuckled and said, "No."
All has not been completely lost for Caltech basketball. The Beavers have won two games in recent years, against a pair of non-NCAA schools. The most recent was a 51-49 victory against Life Pacific at the beginning of last season.
"It's been fun a lot of the time.
ATHLETICS CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
4 Women's basketball vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m.
Allen Foldhouse
Player to watch. Kaylee Brown. The senior guard was one of two Jayhawks to play the entire 40 minutes against Missouri. She finished the game with 18 points and nine rebounds.
FRIDAY
+Softball vs. Central Michigan,
Louisville Slugger Desert Classic
sic. 5:45 p.m., Las Vegas
♢ Softball vs. Cal-Pal, Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, 8 p.m., Las Vegas
*Baseball vs. USC, Public Storage Classic, 8
m., Los Angeles
SATURDAY
SURGENCE Tennis at Louisville 10 a.m. Louisville, Ky.
*Tennis at Louisville, 10 a.m., Louisville, Ky.*
*Women's basketball at Iowa State, 1 p.m.,
Ames, Iowa*
*Men's basketball vs. Missouri, 2:45 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
*Softball* vs. BYU, Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, 3:30 p.m., Las Vegas
*Softball vs. Tennessee, Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, 8 p.m., Las Vegas*
*Baseball vs. San Diego, Public Storage Class
sic 2 n.m., Los Angeles*
SUNDAY
♦Softball vs. UNLV, Louisville Slugger Desert Classic, 1 p.m., Las Vegas
♦Baseball vs. Vanderbilt, Public Storage Classic, 2 p.m., Los Angeles
AP TOP 25 Men's college basketbail poll
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place wins in parentheses, records through Feb. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 250-move vote and last week's ranking:
| TEAM | RECORD | PTS,PV |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Connecticut (67) | 22-1 1,795 | 1 |
| 2. Duke (4) | 23-1 1,726 | 1 |
| 3. Marmphis | 23-1 1,726 | 3 |
| 4. Villanova (1) | 19-2 1,581 | 4 |
| 5. Gonzaga | 19-2 1,502 | 5 |
| 6. Texas | 21-3 1,457 | 6 |
| 7. Geo. Washington | 21-3 1,289 | 8 |
| 8. Tennessee | 18-3 1,216 | 11 |
| 9. Pittsburgh | 19-3 1,171 | 14 |
| 10. Florida | 21-3 1,157 | 13 |
| 11. West Virginia | 18-5 1,103 | 9 |
| 12. Ohio St. | 18-3 1,953 | 19 |
| 13. Boston College | 19-3 836 | 17 |
| 14. Illinois | 20-4 825 | 10 |
| 15. UCLA | 20-5 709 | 13 |
| 16. Michigan St. | 18-6 679 | 12 |
| 17. Georgetown | 17-6 714 | 15 |
| 18. Iowa | 19-6 596 | 18 |
| 19. Oklahoma | 16-5 471 | 20 |
| 20. Washington | 18-5 459 | 21 |
| 21. N.C. State | 19-5 452 | 16 |
| 22. Kansas | 17-6 297 | – |
| 23. North Carolina | 15-6 291 | – |
| 24. Bucknell | 20-3 133 | – |
| 25. LSU | 16-7 68 | – |
Others receiving votes: California 67, N. Iowa 61, Nevada 41, Wichita St. 27, Wisconsin 23, George Mason 19, Michigan 18, Colorado 10, Oregon 9, Akron 8, Creighton 7, Louisville 4, Stanford 4, Mil-Wilma 4, Air Force 2, UTEP 2, W.Kentucky 2, Marquette 1, N.Arizona 1.
AP TOP25 Women's college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records from Feb. 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 (23) 22-1 1,115 2
2. LSU (20) 22-1 1,103 3
3. North Carolina (1) 23-1 1,065 4
4. Maryland (2) 22-2 1,018 6
5. Tennessee 22-31 915 5
6. Ohio St. 21-21 901 7
7. Rutgers 19-31 886 8
8. Connecticut 22-31 880 4
9. Oklahoma 21-41 762 9
10. Purdue 20-31 744 10
11. Stanford 18-51 636 14
12. Baylor 17-51 604 12
13. Georgia 17-61 598 13
14. Michigan St. 19-71 548 15
15. Arizona St. 20-51 500 16
16. DePaul 20-51 481 17
17. Minnesota 17-61 409 11
18. Boston College 19-61 286 21
19. BYU 20-21 265 18
20. New Mexico 18-61 254 20
21. Texas A&M 19-51 203 24
22. Vanderbilt 17-81 157 22
23. Temple 18-61 149 15
24. Louisiana Tech 18-41 131 124
25. Utah 17-51 118 —
BASEBALL
Others receiving votes: Indiana St. 74, St. Jensen 36, UCLA 18, Bowling Green 13, Tulsa 11, Kentucky 10, Florida St. 9, Notre Dame 9, Charlotte 6, Louisville 6, Florida 5, George Washington 4, Saint Joseph's 4, Virginia Tech 3, Hartford 2, Old Dominion 2, Chattanooga 1, Marquette 1, Missouri 1, Washington 1
Kansas (6-2) broke into the national rankings at No. 30 in both the Collegiate Baseball poll and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Monday.
The Association ranks the top 30 teams in the nation
The Jayhawks took the three-game series from Stanford two games to one in Palo Alto, Cali., last weekend. The Cardinal fell three spots on Monday's poll, from No. 8 to No. 11.
Kansas was last ranked on Feb.18,2003, after sweeping Louisiana State, which held the No.6 spot at the time. The Jayhawks entered that poll at No.21.
Adding to the team's accolades was RosenblattReport, com, which named Kansas the "most impressive team" in its Week in Review.
No. 3 Nebraska (0-0),
No. 10 Texas (3-4), No. 20
Missouri (2-2) and No. 23
Baylor (3-0) join Kansas
in representing the Big 12
Conference on the Collegiate
Baseball poll.
— Alissa Bauer
SOCCER
kansas defender on national team
Holly Gault, junior defender, will wrap up a trip overseas with the U.S. Under-21 NationalTeam Friday with a game against England in London.
On Feb. 10, the team embarked on a week-long trip that included matches against a top women's division club team in London and the Scottish national team in Perth, Australia.
Other Big 12 members on the team includeTexas A&M goalkeeper Katie Jo Spisak and forward Ashlee Piotius.
The selection to the national team was the latest in a string of accolades for Gault, a two-time first team All-Big 12 selection, first team All-American and a member of the Big 12 Conference Tenth Anniversary Team.
Mark Dent
TRACK AND FIELD
Track team splits for competition
The Kansas track and field team competed at two different events this past weekend.
Some of the members were at the ISU Classic in Ames, Iowa, and others were at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
Leading the way at the ISU Classic was the dynamic duo of senior thrower Sheldon Battle and sophomore thrower Egor Agafonov.
Battle placed third in both the shot put and the weight throw. Agafonov won the men's weight throw with a toss of 73 3/4 inches.
Senior Benson Chesang placed second in the men's 3,000-meter run with a time of 7:58.05.
Sophomores Colby Wissel and Paul Heferon weren't far behind Chesang, placing fifth and sixth in the same event.
Senior Charisse Bacchus placed second in the women's long jump with a leap of 20-5 3/4 inches.
At the Tyson Invitational, senior Brett Terp placed second in the men's high jump, soaring 6-3 1/2 inches.
Sophomore Crystal Manning placed fifth in the women's triple jump.
He leap of 41-3 3/4 inches placed her second on the University's all-time performance list.
Evan Kafarakis
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