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TEXAS A&M 69 KANSAS 66
CAN'T BEAT THE LAW
(Above) Guard Acie Law and the Texas A&M Aggies used a late 17-4 run to shock Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse Saturday night. With the victory, Texas A&M sits alone in first place in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is now in a three-way tie for second with Texas and Kansas State. (Below) Kansas coach Bill Self spent a lot of time Saturday arguing calls by the officials. Self was called for a technical fault in the first half. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Aggies dominate in final minutes
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
With the game on the line, everyone expected Texas &M to give the ball to Acie Law. It's what he did with it that was surprising.
Law's final stat line showed 23 points, but only one three-point basket — the game-winner. Jayhawk sophomore guard Brandon Rush wasn't expecting it.
"I thought he was going to drive on me," Rush said. "He hadn't shot a three all game, so I played off him a little bit. I still contested it pretty good. It just went in."
The Aggie guard made a three-pointer that put Texas A&M on top to defeat Kansas 69-66.
That final play was the culmination of a rally that began nine minutes earlier for Texas A&M. With the jayhawks up 11 points and looking to put the game away, they instead
allowed the Aggies to make back-to-back three pointers.
Once the Aggies gained momentum, they capitalized, going on a 17-4 run to finish the game. Kansas coach Bill Self said that all four of the Jayhawks' losses shared a common theme.
"We broke down defensively a couple times, and it cost us," junior guard Russell Robinson said.
"It's all come down to us not getting stops at the end of the game," he said. "We can look at offense or whatever, but we have to figure out a way to get stops with the game on the line."
Part of that could be attributed to Law's dominance. Even after Rush moved to cover him, Law continued to create shots for himself, including two free throws that sealed the
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Jayhawks continue telling same old story
W with six minutes left in Saturday's game, the Jayhawks had a strangle-hold on both the Aggies and a third-straight Big 12 title.
Everyone, of course, knows what happens next.
While Bill Self being out-coached in the final minutes of the game by former assistant Billy Gillispie was
Up 10 points with less than seven minutes left, Texas A&M went on a 17-4 run to close out the game.
After the game, every Kansas player made available to the media talked about having the game won, done, wrapped up, finished, however you want to phrase it.
How many wake-up calls does this team need? How many times do they need to be reminded that to win in college basketball you must play the full 40 minutes?
certainly an interesting side plot, the big story was Kansas' continued inability to close out a game.
Evidently, losses to Oral Roberts, DePaul and Texas Tech didn't get that point across.
And, if you believe freshman guard Sherron Collins, the layhawks, once again, thought they could just sit on a small lead.
"I think we relaxed," Collins said. "I pretty upset, I mean, you're up
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