what we heard "That was very heavily debated." Bob Bowlsby, NCAA tournament selection committee president on the men's tournament's No. 1 seeds.
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LACROSSE
monday, march 15, 2004
Women's lacrosse goes 1-1 during weekend play
The Kansas women's lacrosse team split two games this weekend, losing to Missouri but rebounding to defeat the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Kansas fell behind 5-0 early in the game against Missouri. The'Hawks played better in the second half, but fell 9-3.
In the second game, Kansas jumped out to a 5-0 lead, before giving up three unanswered goals in the first half. Kansas secured a close victory, winning 6-4, after one goal for each team in the second half.
Lindsey Johnson, St. Louis junior, had four goals and Sarah Fiske, Lake Forest, III., sophomore had three goals on the weekend for the 'Hawks.
The women's lacrosse team plays next on April 3 in Columbia, Mo., against Washington University and St. Louis University. Kansas is 3-2 in league play.
-Kansan staff reports
SWIMMING
Kansas diver finishes 12th at team's final meet of year
Kansas diver Shelby Noonan finished 12th in the one-meter and three-meter competition at the Zone D Diving Championships this weekend.
Noonan recieved scores of 453.73 in the one-meter and 418.40 in the three- meter.
The meet was the last of the year for the diving team. Junior Amy Gruber will represent the swimming team at the NCAA Championship on March 20 to 22 in College Station, Texas.
-Kansan staff reports
NASCAR
Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims easy victory in Georgia
HAMPTON, Ga. — One of the worst runs of his career probably helped Dale Earnhardt Jr. save his season.
A week after he nearly was parked for running too slow, Junior zoomed by Jeremy Mayfield with 15 laps to go and sprinted to an easy victory yesterday in the Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
He also won the season-opening Daytona 500.
"Last week was as bad as it ever gets," Earnhardt said. "But we didn't get on each other too bad, and we stayed pretty focused."
Rookie Kasey Kahne was third and Jimmie Johnson and Ryan Newman followed him across the finish line.
Defending series champ Matt Kenseth rallied from a lap down to finish sixth.
At Las Vegas last Sunday, Earnhardt started 26th and quickly drifted to the rear of the field at the start. His Chevrolet was so far off the pace that NASCAR warned his crew he was right at the min imum speed.
After eventually finishing 35th, Earnhardt and the team spent Thursday testing at Kentucky Speedway. Just as their session was ending, they hit on a setup that worked, and Earnhardt was fast all weekend at Atlanta.
"We went testing, and we're going testing this week," Earnhardt said. "We're going to test, test, test, until we lap the field."
The Associated Press
KU SPORTS
University commemorates Wheaties song tradition
For years, The University of Kansas band has played the Wheaties song at home basketball games when opposing players foul out.
Now, they can own a special Wheaties box to commemorate the tradition.
The University of Kansas Alumni Association is selling the boxes under an agreement with Wheaties producer General Mills.
The boxes have a Jayhawk illustration on the front and contain a "Wave the Wheat" T-shirt and a blinking Jayhawk instead of cereal.
They went on sale last week, and the first batch of 2,500 already sold out said Jennifer Sanner, senior vice-president of communications for the Alumni Association.
Pre-orders for the next shipment are available on the Internet at the association's website and at the Adams Alumni Center, she said.
Sanner said the association usually came out with a Jayhawks T-shirt at NCAA tournament time, but this year decided to do something a little different
She said the idea for the Wheaties box was inspired by the controversy that the Wheaties song had gained this year at basketball games, in terms of whether NCAA rules permitted the song to be played.
She said the cereal box was a good way to affirm the song's tradition.
Once the association had the idea, General Mills was a more than agreeable partner, she said.
Sanner said the boxes would be on sale through the NCAA tournament.
"We hope to offer them as long as folks want them." Sanner said.
Joe Bant
Cavaliers win sixth straight
LeBron James scores 26 as strong team play may clinch playoff spot
The Associated Press
CLEVELAND — There's no longer any doubt: the Cleveland Cavaliers are for real.
LeBron James scored 26 points and forced Ron Artest to take a tough 3-pointer as the final horn sounded, leading the Cavaliers to their sixth straight win, 107-104 yesterday over the Indiana Pacers.
Zydrunas Ilguaskas made two free throws with 36 seconds left and forced a big turnover seconds later for the Cavs, who improved to 10-3 since the All-Star break.
Many of those wins have come against some of the NBA's weaker teams, but by beating the NBA-leading Pacers, Cleveland strengthened its hold on a playoff spot and legitimized an improbable turnaround season.
The Cavs (30-36), who won just 17
games last season, have won six in a row for the first time since Dec. 5-16.2000
Jermaine O'Neal had 32 points for the Pacers, who had their seven-game winning streak stopped. Indiana lost in Gund Arena for the first time since 1998 after winning 12 in a row.
Both teams played
Both teams play with a playoff-like intensity and performed as if there was something bigger on the line.
And only the 20,562 fans were lucky enough to see it as the matchup wasn't shown on TV in either Indianapolis or Cleveland because of a network blackout.
Fittingly, the see-saw game came down to Indiana's final possession.
James
After Ilgauskas' two free throws made
it 107-104, the 7-foot-3 center who was benched earlier this season for his weak defense stopped O'Neal on the baseline and forced him to dribble the ball off his knee and out of bounds.
Cavs guard Jeff McMinnis made the second of two free throws with 18 seconds left, setting up a wild sequence. Indiana's Jamaal Tinsley missed a 3-pointer, Al Harrington came up with the rebound after a scramble in the lane and James accidentally bowled over referee Luis Grillo.
Indiana then set up for a final play with four seconds left, but Artest never got a good look with James in his face and misfired on his 3-pointer as time expired.
The Cavs didn't score a field goal in the final 3:24 and Indiana had just one over the last 4:15 as both team buckled down defensively.
Unknown steals win in Honda Classic
The Associated Press
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Todd Hamilton took 17 years to fulfill his dream of playing on the PGA Tour. It felt like sheer fantasy yesterday in the Honda Classic.
"This is a dream come true," Hamilton said. "There's probably a lot of other golfers who deserve it more talent-wise, but I guarantee you no one will appreciate it more than I will."
Hamilton closed out his third round with a 15-foot birdie putt.
While he was coming off a four-win season in Japan, the former All-American at Oklahoma had never been in this position.
Not bad for a guy who was living in obscurity on the Japanese tour last year, despite winning four times, and who spent the last 12 years toiling in the Far East.
At times, he played like it.
Hamilton made one bogey from the bunker, two others by missing the green, and his four-shot lead was down to one.
Just when it looked like he would fall apart, Hamilton kept it together with a remarkable short game.
He teft himself 50 feet from the hole on No.14, but rolled in a 7-foot par putt. He missed the green well to the right on the par-3 15th, but knocked it up to 3 feet for another par that kept him in the game.
Hamilton ended the suspense with the most crucial 8-iron of his life.
The key putt came on the 17th.
Hamilton left his putt 10 feet short. But the birdie tied him with Love, and it looked as though the Honda Classic was headed for a playoff.
Free for All
Jeff Graves rocks my world and I want to have his babies.
Call 864-0500
I would just like to thank ESPN for the close up of Christian Moody's butt during the Mizzou game.
Mizzou should recruit some of their cheerleaders for their football team. They're huge.
is it crazy that I just saw Bill Self going to tan?
To the KU basketball team: This Bud is for you. To Big Dub and those 31 points: I have an extra one for you.
Can we start David Padgett as point guard?
Aaron Miles is like butter.
KU lacrosse rocks my world.
hump Christian Moody?
The phrase shooting fish in a barrel comes to mind.
Wayne Simien rocks my world
Hey Missouri, can you spell NIT?
KU and Mizzou is like an epic battle. Evil dominates early but the good wins in the end.
Is is just me or did Omar Wilkes just
Our basketball team needs to take a course in Free Throws 101 and they need to make their shots because that is what lost the game today against Texas.
Hey, Self, did you bring your Illinois driving skills to Kansas because the Jayhawks are crashing?
r wish monkeys would eat Dick Vitale's insides.
Dick Vitale: No talking.
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