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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
PAGE 1B
BUFFED, WAXED
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Sophomore guard Mario Chalmers drives to the basket during the second half of the game against Colorado. Chalmers finished the game with eight points. He shot 3-of-6 from the field.
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Robinson leads Kansas to sweep of Colorado for fourth straight season
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
BOULDER, Colo. — The goal was to wear down Colorado by running the court, and Brandon Rush was feeling the pain.
"That's the first time all year that I've felt tired out there," the sophomore guard said.
advantage of the fatigue by stealing the ball five times. Colorado was never able to adjust to the pressure, and continued turning the ball throughout the game.
"We were trying to keep fresh bodies in there," Rush said. "I started feeling it with 18 minutes left in the first half."
The strategy worked and the Jayhawks won 75-46 in a high-energy, fast-paced game.
They were mostly successful.
The Buffaloes did, too, and junior guard Russell Robinson took
but the first half was not nearly as graceful as Kansas' 38 points would imply.
"You could tell they werent on the same page," Robinson said. "We tried to take advantage of that."
Play was constantly interrupted by fouls, out of bounds passes and a combined five time-outs.
As halftime approached, the
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
'Hawks suffer baffling loss despite solid performances
BY CASE KEEFER
The sense of resiliency showcased in the Jayhawks's two consecutive victories last week never appeared against the Tigers. Old problems arose for Kansas as they were out-rebounded by six, shot only 28 percent in the second half, and committed foolish turnovers at inopportune times.
Kansas reverted back to its old ways in a 67-57 loss to Missouri on Wednesday.
"We scrap, fight, claw, and play, together in those wins," coach Bonnie Henrickson said, "we didn't do that tonight and I don't get it."
Freshman forward Danielle McCray made her first start of the season and nearly had her second consecutive double double with a career-high 11 rebounds and nine points. Henrickson didn't see the production she expected out of McCray, though.
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Shaquina Mosley, senior guard, drives up for a lay-up against Missouri. Mosley led the Jayhaws with 22 points.
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BASEBALL
Snow, field test team's resolve
BY ALISSA BAUER
Although the series against North Dakota State University was moved back five days to Feb. 18-20 in hopes of finding better weather conditions, the heavy ice that turned to snow showers late Monday night put a damper on those hopes.
Last spring Kansas was treated to a balmy winter. Most of the Jayhawks' preseason practices were outside, despite the fact that they did not play a game home until March.
To balance out the athletic department's 10-day class rule, Coach Ritch Price and his team created a game schedule to fit into the requirements. Price said that the 10-day class rule means the baseball队 was not to miss more than 10 days of class throughout the entire season, which certainly affects their schedule. This rule is specific to the University of
Kansas Athletic Department. It is not NCAA mandated.
With 60 regular season games already slated for 2007, this is a tough task, especially when the weather seems to be fervently against the Jayhawks ever opening at home. Last weekend's home series against South Dakota State was moved to the Metrodome in Minneapolis, and this weekend's home match up has already been pushed back because of the snow.
"I was pretty disappointed when I got out of class and saw the snow, but it's going to happen sometime," senior outfielder Kyle Murphy said about Monday night. "You can't write this weekend off yet."
That seems to be the last thing the Jayhawks are doing. As beneficial and nice as Murphy said the indoor
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>> 60 SECONDS TO GRADUATION
Kansas fans should show pride by wearing loyal blue
et's play a game of color association.
I'll say a school, you say a color.
1. Texas...
2. Nebraska...
3. Kaneae State
If you answered orange (or burn orange), red, purple, blue (or powder blue) and orange for numbers one through five, respectively, and red, blue, yellow, pink, green and
4. North Carolina.
5. Syracuse...
3. Kansas State...
4. North Carolina
6. Kansas...
One of the most exciting things about attending a football game at Nebraska or Texas is looking at the crowd and seeing a sea of just one color. Same goes for basketball games at UNC and Duke. Kansas packs the fieldhouse with fans for every game, but there is potential to do so much more.
white for number six. YOU'RE RIGHT!
A week ago, the Kansas Athletics Department tried to remedy this lack of uniformity among Kansas fans by handing out T-shirts to
everyone who sat down at Allen Fieldhouse for the Kansas-Kansas State game. As I looked down from media overflow, I was dismayed to see some students and the vast
majority of "other" fans in the exact same random clothes they wore when they came in.
Kansas fans will look much more intimidating to opposing teams, and look much cooler in general, if fans would get the color scheme down. The University spent almost $100,000 defining its visual identity, and while the expense hardly seems worthwhile, we might as well use the work that they did.
According to those standards, the official color of KU is Kansas Blue, or Pantone 293 for those with
an eye for color technicalities. You may remember the football team changed its jerseys during the 2005 season from navy to the new blue in order to comply with the new rules
Fans need to change their ward- robes and get with a single color.
So, in order to help you figure out what color is appropriate to wear to a KU sporting event, I'm providing you with a handy guide. If you cut it out of today's paper, you can keep it in your pocket and
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It's time Kansas fans pick one color to wear to KU sporting events.
You can use this handy color swatch to make sure you're wearing the right one.