TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2006
SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 9A
ATHLETICS
CALENDAR
WEDNESDAY
♦ Men's basketball at Nebraska,
6:30 p.m., Lincoln, Neb.
♦ Women's basketball at Oklahoma,
7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
Player to watch:
Player to watch:
Erica Hallman.
The senior guard played 37 minutes in the 65-64 victory against Iowa State on Saturday and scored the winning free throw.
Hallman
Men's golf at
Hawaii-Hilo,
all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
THURSDAY
- Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo, all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
FRIDAY
♦ **Softball** vs. Florida, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament, 10 a.m., Houston
♦ **Softball** vs. Texas &M-Corpus Christi, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament, 2 p.m., Houston
Baseball at Stanford, 7 p.m. Palo Alto, Calif.
Track, Tyson Invitational, all day Favetteville. Ark.
Track, ISU Classic, all day,
Ames, Iowa
- Men's golf at Hawaii-Hilo, all day, Waikoloa, Hawaii
SATURDAY
♦ Softball vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament, 2 p.m., Houston
♦ Softball vs. Houston, Wilson/DeMarini Tournament, 4 p.m., Houston
♦ Men's basketball vs. Iowa State, 3 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
♦ Women's basketball at Missouri, 3 p.m., Columbia, Mo.
▼ 'HORN BORN, 'HAWK BRED
Crowd spurs team to win
Forget Hines Ward. The real MVP on Super Bowl Sunday was the Allen Fieldhouse crowd.
Kansas and Oklahoma felt the power of the crowd's electricity in the game's final 7 and a half minutes. It recharged the Jayhawks and shocked the Sooners.
Oklahoma senior forward Kevin Bookout said the crowd especially helped Kansas in the last 7 or 8 minutes of the game.
"Their younger guys got really energized by that and got rolling," Bookout said.
Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson also said that his team just could not handle the crowd.
The game changed with freshman guard Brandon Rush's three-point basket at the 7:31 mark. The fans' wind was knocked out of them one possession earlier when Oklahoma missed three straight shots, grabbed three offensive rebounds and hit a three-point shot to take a 53-38 lead.
Kansas students sat down with their heads in their hands after that frustrating possession, but not one left the fieldhouse. They knew a comeback was possible, but needed something to give them a second wind.
Then, Rush got open and hit the shot. That was all it took. The students could sense what was about to happen, and the noise level stayed high the rest of the game. They jumped up and down and screamed and gave each other high fives and hugs after every break Kansas received.
Oklahoma proceeded to commit four turnovers and miss 13 of its next 15 shots. Kansas took advantage of the crowd's intensity and won by one point.
TRAVIS ROBINETT
trobinett@kansan.com
Allen Fieldhouse is known for its immense home court advantage, thanks to noisy, but knowledgeable fans.
I've seen some great crowds since I came to Kansas in the fall of 2003, but Sunday's was the best — better than Michigan State in 2003 and Georgia Tech and Oklahoma State last season.
Kansas was not only playing for respect, but for the Big 12 title. With the victory, Kansas stayed within one game of Texas and pushed Oklahoma another game down in the standings. If Kansas wins the rest of this season, it could earn a sixth conference championship.
A victory came with so many good things for the Jayhawks. A loss would have put them back in the same inconsistent position KU fans have seen them in all year. No wonder the crowd gave 110 percent.
- Robinett is an Austin, Texas, junior in journalism. He is Kansan correspondent editor.
AP TOP 25 Women's college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, record through Feb. 5, total points first-place vote through one point for a 20th-place vote and fast week's ranking
TEAM RECORD 1. North Carolina (46) 22.0 1,150 1
2. Duke 20.1 1,098 2
3. LSU 20.1 1,091 3
4. Connecticut 21.2 1,017 4
5. Tennessee 21.2 986 5
6. Maryland 21.2 927 6
7. Ohio St. 18.2 878 7
8. Rutgers 17.3 795 9
9. Indiana 19.3 843 10
10. Purdue 17.3 716 8
11. Minnesota 17.4 672 12
12. Baylor 17.4 652 10
13. Georgia 17.5 624 14
14. Stanford 17.5 614 15
15. Michigan St. 17.7 448 17
16. Arizona St. 17.8 459 18
17. DePaul 18.5 427 13
18. BYU 19.1 415 19
19. Louisiana 19.2 324 20
20. New Mexico 16.6 185 18
21. Boston College 16.6 185 23
22. Vanderbilt 16.7 181 22
23. St. John's 16.4 104 25
24. Louisiana Tech 16.4 53 –
25. Texas A&M 17.5 53 –
Others receiving votes: Indiana St. 46, Utah 44, Florida 42, Notre Dame St. 34, Missouri 24, Virginia Tech 18, UCLA 7, Tulsa 16, Washington 12, George Washington 11, Kentucky 11, Iowa 8, Bowling Green 7, Florida St. 7, TCU 6, Charlotte 4, Louiseville 4, N.C. State 3, Hartford 2, Pittsburgh 1.
AP TOP 25 Men's college basketball poll
The top 25 teams in the Associated Press 'mine' college basketball poll, with first place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 5, total points for each team, and first place votes through one point for a 20th vote and last week's ranking.
TEAM RECORD PTS,PV
1. Connecticut (66) 20-1 1,796 1
2. Duke (3) 21-1 1,723 2
3. Memphis 21-2 1,837 3
4. Villanova (1) 21-2 1,570 4
5. Gonzaga 18-3 1,499 5
6. Texas 19-3 1,495 7
7. Florida 20-2 1,376 8
8. Geo Washington 18-1 1,888 10
9. West Virginia 17-4 1,147 11
10. Illinois 12-3 1,143 6
11. Tennessee 16-3 993 13
12. Michigan St. 17-5 985 12
13. UCLA 19-4 914 14
14. Pittsburgh 19-3 911 9
15. Geogentown 16-4 870 17
16. State 14-4 847 18
17. Boston College 17-5 168 19
18. Iowa 18-5 602 23
19. Ohio St. 18-5 603 20
20. Oklahoma 14-5 287 16
21. Washington 14-5 264 16
22. Michigan 16-4 205 21
23. North Carolina 14-5 169 —
24. Indiana 13-6 161 22
25. N. Iowa 13-6 117 25
Others receiving votes: LSU 116,
Kansas 88, Bucknell 81, UAB 52,
Creighton 40, Wichita St. 30, Seton
Hall 26, Colory 24, Maryland 17,
Nevada 16, Marquette 15, California
14, Wisconsin 14, San Diego St. 8,
George Mason 7, I. Illinois 6, Kent St.
4, Louisville 4, Miami 3, Hobart 2,
Stanford 2, Wis.-Milwaukee 2, Florida
St. 1, Utah St. 1.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Rush again receives Rookie of the Week
For the second week in a row, the Phillips 66 Big 12 Rookie of the week is a Kansas men's basketball player.
Garnering the honor for last week's performances was freshman guard Brandon Rush.
Freshman guard Mario Chalmers was the previous
week's winner.
Rush's victory is his second of the season. He averaged 21 points and seven rebounds last week. Rush will join former players Jeff Boschee and Nick Collison as the only other Jayhawks to win Rookie of Week twice in one season.
This is also the first time Kansas received three Rookie of the Week awards in one season.
Eric Jorgensen
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Chancellor's Student Awards Committee
The University of Kansas
is accepting nominations and applications for the following graduating senior awards:
The Agnes Wright Strickland Award
The Class of 1913 Award
*The Rusty Leffel Concerned Student Award
*The Leffel Award is not limited to graduating seniors
The Donald K. Alderson Memorial Award
The Alexis F. Dillard Student Involvement Award
The Caryl K. Smith Student Leader Award
Nomination and application forms are online at: http://www.vpss.ku.edu/awards
Nominations must be received by Friday, February 17, 2006, at 5:00 p.m. Applications must be received by Friday, March 3, 2006, at 5:00 p.m.
Launch into your career! Engineering Career Fair Feb 9 12:30-5:00 Union Ballroom www.career.engr.ku.edu
Affinis Corp.
Air Force
Allgeier, Martin & Associates, Inc.
Aquaterra Environmental
Solutions, Inc.
Aquila, Inc
Archer Engineers
Bibb & Associates Inc
Black & Veatch
BNSF Railway
Bombardier Aerospace
BRB Contractors, Inc
Burns & McDonnell
Butler Manufacturing Company
Butler, Rosenbury & Partners
Cannon Design
Cerner Corporation
Cessna Aircraft Company
Contech Construction Products Inc.
Design Data
Engineered Air
ExxonMobil Corp.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Garmin International
George Butler Associates, Inc.
HDR Engineering, Inc.
Henderson Engineers Incorporated
Hills Pet Nutrition
HNTB Corporation
J.E. Dunn Construction
JT3 LLC
Kansas Department of
Transportation
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
Kirkham Michael, Inc
Kleinfelder
Koch Industries, Inc
KU (University of Kansas)
KU Engineering Management
L-3 Communications Integrated
Systems
Larkin Group, Inc.
LSI Logic
Lutjen, Inc.
Microtech Computers
Missouri Department of
Transportation
Midwest Research Institute
NAVSEA PHD NSWC
Olsson Associates
Paric Corporation
Peace Corps
Perceptive Software, Inc.
Raytheon
Rehrig Pacific Company
Schlumberger
Security PS
Spirit AeroSystoms
Sprint Nextel
Stryker Endoscopy
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
The Boeing Company
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Navy
URS Corporation
Wallace Engineering
Washburn University School of Law
Westar Energy
Wilson & Company, Inc.
YRC Worldwide Technologies