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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"We'll get some banged up guys healthy. We need to find guys who can make plays, take care of the football."
— Coach Turner Gill on the team's bye this week.
FACT OF THE DAY
Texas dropped out of the AP poll top-25 for the first times since 2000.
Q: How many teams in the Big 12 are in the national top 10 in passing efficiency defense?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
A: Three. Nebraska is first in the nation, Kansas State is 5th and Missouri is 7th.
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2K11: The Jordan time capsule
MORNING BREW
When considering the best NBA players of all time
Michael Jordan is a legend hard to deny. In his career, he played more than 1,000 games and averaged a little more than 30 points per game. And he's certainly left his mark on the league, leading his team to six titles in seven seasons. The dynasty built at Chicago is something hard to contend with.
I believe Jordan is the best to ever play the game, but some argue that Kobe Bryant is also a major contender for the number one spot. Bryant has won five championship rings, and averages more than 25 points per game so far in his career.
Besides looking at just statistics, both Jordan and Bryant have assumed the role of go-to-guy in clutch moments. Late in the game, Bryant and Jordan both have produced
game-altering plays. Their astonishing talent has distinguished both players to considerably elite statuses.
The argument can be made for either Jordan or Bryant. But because
BY JACKSON DELAY idelay@kansan.com
they played in different time periods, the answer can't possibly be found on the court, right?
Wrong. This year, with the introduction of "NBA 2K11," fans and gamers alike finally have the chance to simulate this exact competition. This is the first time in gaming history that Jordan has been featured in a modern game. He's even pictured on the front of the case described as, "The greatest of all-time."
In the game, you can start off with Jordan as a rookie and
create a new career for him. Or if you want to settle the dispute with your Lakers friend, you can match up one of Jordan's championship teams from Chicago against Kobe and his latest gang.
NBA 2K11 also has a Jordan Challenge mode. In this mode, you get to play ten of Jordan's most storied games in his career and then try to replicate his success by completing certain tasks within the game.
The game also allows you to ship Jordan around the league
to turn your favorite team into an instant contender. But I deem it unjust to add The MJ to the Miami Heat.
So there you have it. This is as close as basketball fans can get to seeing how Jordan matches up with today's players.
— Edited by Leslie Kinsman
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Marcus Morris gains spot on national list
Marcus Morris has picked up another preseason accolade.
Morris, a junior forward who
has already been named to several preseason All-American teams, was named to the John R. Wooden Award
Morris
watch list Monday afternoon.
The watch list consists of the 50 players deemed most likely to win the Wooden Award this year, given to the nation's best player.
Morris is one of seven players from the Big 12 on the list, but
is the only Jayhawk. Colorado is the only school in the conference to have two players on the list, with senior guard Cory Higgins and sophomore guard Alec Burks named. LaceDarius Dunn (Baylor), Jacob Pullen (Kansas State), Kim English (Missouri) and Jordan Hamilton (Texas) were the other four.
Preseason watch list members Nikola Vucevic of USC and Derrick Williams of Arizona are also on the Jayhawks' nonconference slate.
Freshmen are not eligible for the preseason list.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Tim Dwyer
Spartans' coach leaves hospital
Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio is out of the hospital after spending the last three days there with a blood clot in his leg, and he could coach Saturday's game at Michigan.
Athletic director Mark Hollis posted a message about Dantonio's prognosis on Twitter on Monday evening.
"Coach D is feeling great," Hollis wrote. "If his doctor gives the green light, he will be at the game on Saturday."
Associate athletics director John Lewandowski earlier said in a released statement that Sparrow Hospital in Lansing discharged Dantonio at noon EDT on Monday. Dantonio was
admitted to Sparrow on Thursday after a routine, postoperative exam showed the formation of a blood clot.
Dantonio suffered a heart attack Sept. 19 and had an emergency angioplasty hours later. He has missed MSU's last two games, against Northern Colorado and Wisconsin.
LOS ANGELES — Lane Kiffin had not walked out of the Coliseum on the losing end of a football game since 2001.
That also was the last year USC was unranked during the regular season.
USC loses, drops from AP top 25
But that changed Sunday, the Trojans' 32-31 loss to Washington the night before dropping the Trojans out of The Associated Press top 25 media poll and putting Kiffin on the spot as he attempts to rally his players for Saturday's game at Stanford.
A loss to Oregon dropped Stanford from ninth to 16th in the AP poll, but coach Jim Harbaugh's Cardinal is among Pacific 10 Conference teams no longer intimidated by the Trojans.
Washington was only the latest Pac-10 opponent to show no regard for what was once a tremendous home-field advantage.
"I don't think teams are intimidated to play us because we aren't playing very well," Kiffin said Sunday night during a teleconference with reporters.
McClatchy-Tribune
Get down on it
Chris Gillam, a senior from Salina, returns a shot Sunday afternoon at a practice for the KU Tennis Club. The team meets from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sundays and from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at the courts located across the street from Allen Fieldhouse.
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Tennis
All-American
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Pacific Palisades
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WEDNESDAY
Softball
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6:00 p.m.
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THURSDAY
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FRIDAY
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