4B THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2006
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Iowa State coach Wayne Morgan and KU coach Bill Self listen as the referees make a final decision on the double technical called on Kansas' CJ Giles and Iowa State's Shawn Taggart during the second half of the game.
Selfs young team plays like old pros
Unintentional funniest moment: The sloppy jump ball to start the game between sophomore center Sasha Kaun and Iowa State forward Shawn Taggart. This was such an awkward jump ball that the referees made them do it over again.
Best gear: Former Kansas basketball player Bud Stallworth, with the Bill Cosby throwback sweater. An honorable mention goes to Kansas coach Bill Self, sporting black sneakers in support of Coaches vs. Cancer National Awareness Weekend.
Best sign: The heart with "I'm looking for Mr. Wright."
Worst gear: The person with the peach-colored shorts in section four, row F. It was snowing outside. An honorable mention goes to anyone with a "Muck Fizzou" shirt on, particularly the two guys on the south side in the front row. Check the schedule next time: Kansas doesn't play Missouri until Saturday.
Swat party: Freshman forward Julian Wright had four blocks and the last one was a crowd-pleasing swat of Iowa State guard Curtis Stinson's attempted layup with 1:20 left.
Cheers to Self. He has a young team looking like it has been together for several years. Self also gets a cheers for using the famous Valparaiso play to end the first half. Freshman guard Brandon Rush threw the long ball, Kaun caught the pass and delivered it to freshman guard Mario Chalmers, who tried to play the role of former Valpo standout Bryce Drew. Chalmers was unsuccessful, despite perfect execution of the play.
Jeers to the Allen Fieldhouse crew who operates the scoreboard and big screens. Usually a stellar performance from these folks, but they weren't on top of their game Saturday. They had Wright, who is the starting power forward, listed as a guard in his bio. There also were several clock blunders, most notably during a scuffle involving sophomore center CJ Giles, sophomore guard Russel Robinson and four Iowa State players at the 5:00 mark in the second half, which caused a long delay.
Rock Chalk Chant started with 1:46 left in the game.
— C.J. Moore
Sophonite Darnell Jackson tries to by glove State's Rashon Clark Saturday in Allen Field-house. The Jayhawks defeaed Iowa State 88-75.
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Fouls
Self said he had fel Robinson going into the scors' table caused the double technical.
"I will be real candid with you. I would be disappointed if our guys didn't stand up for a teammate," Self said.
Rush said that Stinson talked the most for the Cyclones and had advice for Rush late in the game.
"He said the physical game isn't shoot; just stick to finesse," Rush said. "I couldn't do anything but laugh."
Rush said Stinson pushed him often during the game and even tried to elbow him when attempting a shot. The most important thing was that Kansas won and Stinson's team did not, Rush said. Iowa State coach Wayne Morgan said he could not comment directly on the officials.
"I don't think I can address that without being fined. We foul, but sometimes we also get fouled every now and again," Morgan said. "Go back to the tape and see. It would be nice if I could go off the record, but obviously I can't."
"It's real good to win when someone is talking smack because it shuts them up." Rush said. "They can't say anything. All you have to do is say 'we just won the game, so why are you still calling?'" Rush said.
—Edited by Lindsey Gold
♦Freshman forward Julian Wright left the game midway through the first half with an apparent rib injury. Self said he didn't think the injury was serious.
Basketball Notes:
♦ Self said he hoped that Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton would be on the bench tonight after injuries that Sutton sustained in a car accident.
◆The Big 12 unveiled its 10th Anniversary Team, and three Jayhawks made the five-man team. Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich and Raef LaFrentz were all named to the team, joining Iowa State's Marcus Fizer and Texas' T.J. Ford.
◆Kansas has shot 76.5 percent from the free-throw line in its past six games.
Kansas shot 81.3 percent against Iowa State.
◆lowa State shot just 33 percent from the free-throw line, which was the lowest percentage for a Kansas opponent since Kansas State shot 25 percent against Kansas in 1994.
- Ryan Colaianni
Sasha Kaun, sophomore center, goes up for a rebound during the first half of Saturday's game.
Sophomore guard Russel Robinson goes up for a shot against Iowa State defense Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
Key plays
Senior guard Jeff Hawkins entered the game and hit back to back three-point shots in the first half to increase the Jayhawk's lead to 10 points.
iowa State freshman center Shawn Taggart picked up his third foul with 4.32 remaining in the first half, Taggart would later foul out and played just 11 minutes in the contest
iowa State junior guard Will Blalock hit two three-point shots during a 11-0 run by iowa State to cut the Kansas lead below 10 points.
Taggart and sophomore center CJ Giles were both called for technical fouls with five minutes remaining in the second half. Kansas kept its composure following the scuffle and did not allow Iowa State back into the game.
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