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what we heard "We don't think it's necessary to do the tournament on a delay." CBS Sports president Sean McManus on the decision not to use a 10-second delay during the NCAA Tournament in the wake of Janet Jackson's Super Bowl "accident."
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Wayne Simien, your faith is so inspiring. Good luck in the tournament.
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Gravey baby, you are as good as you want to be. When you step up you can already tell you want to play. So pull your head out.
the NCAAs for the first time in six years overall and the first time in coach Quin Snyder's five seasons, on the same night former point guard Ricky Clemons was on HBO talking about how he had been paid to play. It was a cruel coincidence and a final reminder of the pall cast all season over the program.
Graves, you are as good as you want to be.
Brian Thomas, Plano, Texas, senior, rode his bike yesterday on Jayhawk Boulevard. Thomas said it was nice to ride when the weather was pleasant.
Kansas athletics calendar
Track and Field at ESU Twilight, all day
Swimming and NCAA Championships, all day
球 vs. Bradley, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
TODAY
TOMORROW
Swimming at NCAA Championships, all day Men's Basketball vs. UIC, 8:55 p.m.
SATURDAY
**Swimming** at NCAA Championships, all day
Tennis at Colorado, 11 a.m.
Baseball vs. western Illinois, noon
Softball at Portland State, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
SUNDAY
Women's Golf at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite, all day
Baseball vs. Western Illinois, 1 p.m.
Softball at Oregon State, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
NCAA
Missouri's high hopes end with NIT loss to Michigan
Missouri's one-point loss to Michigan in the first round of the NIT was a final slap in a season filled with profound disappointment for the Tigers.
The Tigers were ranked fifth in the preseason, and the program had a distinct air of expectation. Stars Arthur Johnson and Rickey Paulding were back for their senior seasons along with fellow senior Travon Bryant, and help was on the way from high-scoring transfer guard Jason Conley.
Missouri rose to No. 3 in early December before the free fall.
Booking it on the Boulevard
The school plunged to 9-10 at one point, including a dispiriting loss at home to unknown Belmont. Missouri flashed its talent with six straight wins, then collapsed again by losing three of the last four. Kansas beat the Tigers three times — the last one a buzzer-beater in the finale at the 32-year-old Hearnes Center — and then ended Missouri's late-season bid for NCAA consideration in the Big 12 tournament.
The school finished 16-14, missing
"Things haven't gone the way they're supposed to go," Snyder said recently. "There hasn't been any storybook.
"There hasn't been a chapter that's ended storybook for us, let alone ending."
The final chapter will come not from the NCAA tournament but from an NCAA investigation that has been ongoing since September. The school played the entire season under the threat of sanctions over the Clemons episode.
Certainly, both of its stars played much of the season as if distracted.
Johnson, the preseason Big 12 Conference player of the year, finally lived up to the billing the final third of the season. He had a career-best 37 points against Kansas in the Hearnes finale, then continued to be the go-to guy in the Big 12 tournament and the NIT with 26 points against Michigan.
He finished as the school's career leading rebouder and shot blocker. But during that stumbling start that Missouri never quite recovered from, he was far from the dominant player the team expected.
Paulding leaned too heavily on his inconsistent jump shot, only rarely mixing 3-pointers with darting moves to the basket. His defense also was not as solid as the previous season, and he wound up a spotty final season with only 10
points against Michigan.
Bryant, a former McDonald's All-American in high school, was the most consistent of the three. But the 6-foot-9, 240-pound senior never realized that potential at Missouri with a softer, complementary game despite his size.
The offense often consisted of perimeter passes often followed by a shot under pressure, and the defense was curiously lacking in intensity.
Snyder may have allowed Conley, who led the nation with a 29-point average as a freshman at VMI, on fester on the bench too long while honing the guard's defense in practice. And he entrusted the point guard position for a time to poor-shooting Randy Pulley, resulting in a 4-on-5 situation on offense.
Among the positives for next season: the two-way play of freshman guard Thomas Gardner, the team's best 3-point threat; sophomore guard Jimmy McKinney's looser, confident play; and the promise of a full year from the explosive Conley, Linas Kleiza, a freshman sensation inside banger who missed the second half of the season after undergoing surgery for a separated shoulder, will be back at full strength.
"It is a tough way to end," he said after the Michigan game. "I am going to tell the guys that as bad as they feel about not realizing some of their goals, they are still terrific men.
But it will probably take a while for Snyder to get over the way it all unraveled.
"They are really disappointed now, as we all are, as we should be."
The Associated Press
GOLF
Young players lead Hawks in California golf tourney
The University of Kansas women's golf team finished fifth out of 13 teams at the UC-Irvine Anteater Invitational in Coto De Caza, Calif.
The Jayhawks shot rounds of 322, 301 and 303 at the 6,061-yard, par-72 Coto De Caza Golf and Racquet Club, South Course.
Freshman Amanda Costner led the Jayhawks, tying for 11th place after shooting 227. Freshman Jill Womble shot a three-round 229 to tie for 16th. Sophomore Tiffany Woods shot a 236 and tied for 36th.
Senior Jennifer Bawanan shot 237 to tie for 41st. Sophomore Chelsey Pryor tied for 54th with a 240.
Kansas returns to action March 21, when it plays in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.
Kansan staff reports
BASEBALL
Kansas City dunks Brewers, though Brooks strikes out
PHOENIX — Aaron Guiel hit a two-run homer and the Kansas City Royals scored three times in the top of the ninth inning yesterday for a 6-5 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.
Geoff Jenkins had a long three-run shot for Milwaukee.
Kansas City's Wilton Guerrero hit a go-ahead single in the ninth after Ken Harvey had tied it with an RBI single.
The Royals also scored on a throwing error. Brewers reliever Eustella.
Estrella allowed four hits in one inning and took the loss.
The Brewers pulled within a run in the bottom of the ninth when Jeff Liefer homered off Nate Field, but Royals center fielder Rich Thompson made a leaping catch against the wall on a drive by Brady Clark to end the game. Milwaukee scored four runs in the fifth off Jimmy Gobble.Kansas City starter Kevin Appier pitched two strong innings. He was matched by Brewers left-hander Doug Davis, who allowed two hits and struck out three in three scoreless innings.
Milwaukee's Ben Ford struck out four in four innings, including country singer Garth Brooks, who pinch-hit in the seventh.
The Associated Press
Angels pitcher leads team to win over Colorado Rockies
TEMPE, Ariz. — Anaheim Angels pitcher Jarrod Washburn had his best spring outing in three starts, limiting the Colorado Rockies to one hit over four scoreless innings in Anaheim's 5-2 victory yesterday.
Washburn allowed only a leadoff single to Aaron Miles. He struck out three and walked none.
Colorado's Jason Jennings gave up runs in the first, second and third innings, and two more in the fourth.
Darin Erstad homered in the first and Jose Molina, Troy Glaus and David Eckstein had RBI doubles during the next three innings.
The Associated Press
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