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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY JANUARY 26 2007
SPORTS
PICK'EM Kansan sports staff forecasts this weekend's games
Games RYAN SCHNEIDER SPORTS EDITOR ERIN WILEY ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR MICHAEL PHILLIPS MEN'S BASKETBALL REPORTER MARK DENT BIG 12 BASKETBALL REPORTER DREW BERGMAN DESIGN CHEF SHAWN SHROYER BIG 12 BASEBALL REPORTER Colorado at Kansas 12:30 P.M. SATURDAY, CHANNEL 15 KU KU KU KU KU KU Oklahoma at Texas A&M 1 P.M. SATURDAY, ESPN A TM A TM A TM A TM A TM Texas Tech at Missouri 3 P.M. SATURDAY, CHANNEL 15 T T T A A North Carolina at Arizona NOON SATURDAY, CBS C C A A Tennessee at Kentucky 12 P.M. SUNDAY, CBS T T T T T
TRACK AND FIELD Hawks go to Albuquerque after home field success
One week after playing host to the Jayhawk Invitational, the University of Kansas track and field team will travel to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete in the Dan DeHart Invitational.
Kansas jumper, throwers and sprinters will compete in the event. Field events will kick everything off at 8 p.m. on Friday and track events will begin at 8:20 p.m. The field events resume at noon on Saturday while the track events restart at 12:30 p.m. This weekend will be the Jayhawks' first of many run-ins with Big 12 competition, as Kansas State, Texas and Texas Tech will be among the 16 other Division I programs at the event.
from the Kansas team, and that's something members of the team, as well as coach Stanley Redwine, are looking forward to.
"We're excited about where we are, but the true test is not how much better we've gotten, it's how much better we've gotten compared to our competition," Redwine said after the Jayhawk Invitational last Saturday. "Hopefully we're outworking the other teams, and that will show up in the results."
With greater competition comes greater demand for results
of All-Star voting to claim the second Eastern Conference guard spot by 3,010 votes Thursday,the fourth closest margin for a starting spot.
- By Taylor Bern
NBA
Arenas was 214,146 votes behind Carter two weeks ago, but finished with 1,454,166 to Carter's 1,451,156.
Arenas racks up late votes, secures All-Star guard spot
"It is an unbelievable feeling." Arenas said. "Two years ago, I was voting myself in for the game. Now fans are voting me in."
NEW YORK — Gilbert Arenas pulled out another late victory. The Washington star surged past Vince Carter in the final days
Arenas'rally was the latest highlight for the guard who has forced his name into the MVP discussion with a series of clutch performances. He hit long 3-pointers to win against Milwaukee and Utah, ranks second in the NBA with 29,7 points per game and will become the first Washington player to start since Michael Jordan in 2003.
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Disturbing dismissals
Boston College looks to fill shoes of former key players
BY JOHN TADDEI ASSOCIATED PRESS
DURHAM, N.C. — After a 5-0 start in ACC play, Boston College sat atop the conference standings
with whispers of serious ACC title contention beginning to amplify.
Those whispers were all but silenced Wednesday when the Eagles dismissed center
Williams
Sean Williams and forward Akida McLain from the team.
Both players had a history of off the court issues and each had been suspended twice previously during their careers for violating team rules.
An early front-runner for the National Defensive Player of the
year, the 6 book
10 Williams had been a prolific presence in the paint that will be impossible for BC to replace.
In 15 games this season, Williams tallied an ACC-best 75 blocks while averaging 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per
Tournament hopes, head coach Al Skinner remains confident that Boston College can adjust to the loss of Williams and the 6-foot-8 McLain.
The gaping hole left in the Eagles' lineup became immediately apparent, as they limped to a 74-54 loss to No.19 Clemson on Saturday.
"The most important thing is that some people that didn't play, we have to get them into the position quickly to play and have a bigger role." Skinner said. "It's not something that happens
7. 0 rebounds per game.
Despite such a serious blow to the Eagles ACC title and NCAA
overnight, but I would think that hopefully somewhat shortly we'll be the team that we want to be"
The gaping hole left in the Eagles' lineup became immediately apparent, as they limped to a 75-54 loss to No.19 Clemson on Saturday.
Six-foot-11 Tyrelle Blair, currently averaging 10.5 minutes per game, will need to suddenly step into a major role, while 6-foot-6 freshman Shamari Spears will now enter the starting lineup, Skinner said.
"What I'm looking for is we have to get some play off the bench, and I'm asking those guys to step it up a little bit as far as what they can give."
AL SKINNER Boston College coach
Skinner said. "What I'm looking for is we have to get some play off the bench, and I'm asking those guys to step it up a little bit as far as what
Skinner also named sophomore guard Marquez Haynes and freshman forward Tyler Roche as players that will see an increase in minutes.
players and the rest of BC's bench are able to contribute through the final 11 games of the season will decide if the Eagles are dancing in March or sitting at home thinking about what might have been.
"I'm not looking for our core of individuals to do anything more"
The speed and success with which these
they can give us — defensively, rebounding, some of the intangibles you need in order to have a good club. That's really what we're looking for, and hopefully we'll be able to get that."
But it remains to be seen if the Eagles can recover from the psychological loss of one of their key players at such an important juncture of the season. The adjustments Boston College will need to make in the coming days and weeks will likely
put increased pressure on ACC. Player of the Year hopeful Jared Dudley, who continues to play with a stress fracture in his left foot. Dudley will now need
to further elevate his offensive and defensive play from the 19.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game he has been averaging.
"The thing about it is that some of your perimeter players are probably going to get a couple more shots than they have been." Skinner said. "And I've asked our people up front to get a couple more rebounds, and we'll see if we can do that. The scoring I'm not concerned about, the rebounding is a factor for us."
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