what we heard " (The NCAA) tournament will prove who really is the No.1 team in the nation, but right now, it's a good feeling to have that ranking in front of us." Saint Joseph junior forward Pat Carroll, on his team's ascension to No.1 in the polls.
off the bench
tuesday, march 9, 2004
2B the university daily kansan
Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
Men's Golf at Louisiana Classics Invitational, all day
Sportball vs. SMSU, 2 p.m., and 4 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament vs. Baylor, T
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament vs. Baylor, TBA
TOMORROW
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
THURSDAY
Mennon Bank & Trust
Mennon Bank & Trust
Mennon Bank & Trust
**TBA**
**TBA**
**TBA**
*Baskatellik at Bi 12 Tournament*, TBA
*Bankkellerit at Bi 12 Tournament*, TBA
FRIDAY
Men's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
Track and Field at NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., all day
Swimming and Diving at Zone D Diving Championships, Houston, all day
Tennis vs. Oklahoma State, Topeka, noon
Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY
**Men's Basketball** at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
**Women's Basketball** at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
**Track and Field** at NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., all day
**Swimming and Diving** at Zone D Diving Championships, Houston, all day
**Softball** at Southern Illinois Tournament, Carbondale, Ill., noon and 4 p.m.
**Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock**, 1 p.m.
Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1 p.m.
SUNDAY
**Men's Basketball** at big 12 Tournament, TBA
**Swimming and Diving** at Zone D Diving Championships,
Houston, all day
**Tennis vs. Texas Tech, Topeka, noon**
**Softball** at Southern Illinois Tournament, Carbondale, Ill.,,
noon and 4 p.m.
**Basketball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1 p.m.**
Eyes on the ball
Michael Munden, Olathe junior, practiced his soccer skills yesterday in front of Watson Library. Munden said he plays a lot of indoor soccer, but yesterday's sunny, warm weather brought him outside." "There's no reason to be inside on a day like today," he said.
Free for All
Call 864-0500
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backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
Arthur Johnson eats poopsicles.
Keith Langford looks like Waldo from Family Matters.
Hey, Graves, it's simple. Quit fouling and maybe you will get more playing time.
How do you get a Mizzou student off of your front porch? You punch them in the face.
Did I just see Giddens air ball a three out of bounds?
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All I have to say is that Mizzou has some pretty messed up fans because I saw a guy in a dress and one in a gorilla suit.
Graves looks like a cartoon devil, a bull and a bird in human form.
Padgett, you are all good in my book
David Padgett, I take it all back. I'm sorry.
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
David Padgett just totally redeemed himself.
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Who hates Padgett now? He just saved the game, bastards.
--backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
I am looking forward to seeing how many bad things will be in the paper about Padgett.
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
Where are all of those people now that talked trash on Padgett?
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
David Padgett, I apologize for ever doubting you. You are the man.
That'll do, Padgett, that'll do.
David Padgett, you are the man. Nice shot buddy.
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
David Padgett's game-winning shot was awesome.
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Muck Fizzou. Muck Fizzou. Muck Fizzou. David Padgett rocks my world.
Arthur Johnson and his career high can eat it.
Padgett, I will never call you Chenowith again.
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Nobody better pick on Padgett anymore. He rocks my world.
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
It is pretty pathetic when the refs practically hand Missouri the game and they still can't win.
Padgett made the winning shot but he still sucks.
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Thank you David Padgett
Does anyone want to call in and complain about Padgett now?
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
University of Iowa explores football recruit sex scandal
backer Abdul Hough.
"It made it seem like I was there and Abdul brought that girl in and we started doing stuff," Patton told The Register. "It wasn't like that. He didn't introduce me. I walked up to the girl and met her myself."
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A deputy state attorney general will investigate an Iowa football recruit's sexual liaison with a student during a campus visit last fall. university President David Skorton announced yesterday.
Douglas Marek will look into reports by The Manhattan Mercury that high school quarterback Nick Patton had sex with a student he met on campus and whether football players or team officials had anything to do with the encounter.
Skorton announced Friday he would appoint an independent investigator, after the paper reported the story with an interview from Patton.
The young quarterback, who signed with Kansas State, has denied that university officials had anything to do with his encounter with the woman.
Patton was quoted by The Des Moines Register in a copyright story yesterday as he met the woman at a bar in downtown Iowa City and later had consensual sex with her in his hotel room, which was paid for as part of his recruiting visit.
Last week, Patton told the Kansas newspaper that he thought that the woman had been assigned to him and that their sexual encounter occurred at the residence of his host, Iowa linebacker Abdul Hodge.
The Register interviewed Patton on Sunday at the home he shares with his grandparents in Winfield.
Ned Seaton, general manager of The Mercury, said yesterday he expects the investigation to show the newspaper's reporting was accurate.
"Clearly, we stand behind the story and we stand behind Mark Janssen," Seaton told The Associated Press. "He's been the sports editor here for 20 years and he gets stuff right."
Asked if he was positive the woman was not connected with the Iowa athletic department, Patton told The Register, "I'm not positive. I'm just going by what she told me."
St. Joseph's basketball takes first-place ranking in AP poll
Tiny Saint Joseph's and its ever-flapping Hawk have soared to the top of the basketball world.
The Philadelphia school with an enrollment of 3,400 and not much recent sports history to brag about was No.1 in the AP men's college basketball poll Monday for the first time.
The Hawks (27-0) are the only unbeaten team in Division I, now that previously top-ranked Stanford was upset by Washington.
upset by Wesley Ingram
Saint Joseph's needs three victories in the Atlantic 10 tournament to become the first team since UNLV in 1991 to enter the NCAA tournament without a loss.
A national basketball power in the 1960s, the Hawks were ranked in the Top 10 consistently. They made their only Final Four appearance in 1961, then reached No.2 in the rankings twice in December 1965.
"It's a significant feat for the longtime followers of this program," Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli said. "Schools like ours have been overlooked for years by things like the BCS."
The coach doesn't think he has to worry about his team looking past the conference tournament.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 7, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
| Rank | Team | Record | Pts | Pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. | Saint Joseph's (67) | 27-0 | 1,795 | 2 |
| 2. | Stanford (2) | 26-1 | 1,648 | 1 |
| 3. | Gonzaga (1) | 26-2 | 1,604 | 3 |
| 4. | Mississippi St. | 25-2 | 1,557 | 5 |
| 5. | Duke (2) | 25-4 | 1,519 | 4 |
| 6. | Pittsburgh | 27-3 | 1,451 | 6 |
| 7. | Oklahoma St. | 24-3 | 1,410 | 7 |
| 8. | Kentucky | 23-4 | 1,370 | 8 |
| 9. | Connecticut | 24-6 | 1,158 | 9 |
| 10. | Wisconsin | 21-6 | 927 | 16 |
| **11.** Texas | **21-6** | **914** | **10** |
| 12. Illinois | 22-5 | 898 | 18 |
| 13. Cincinnati | 21-6 | 844 | 13 |
| 14. Georgia Tech | 22-8 | 817 | 19 |
| 15. Wake Forest | 19-8 | 672 | 11 |
| 16. North Carolina | 18-9 | 665 | 14 |
| 17. N.C. State | 19-8 | 654 | 17 |
| **18.** Kansas | **20-7** | **607** | **20** |
| 19. Syracuse | 21-6 | 593 | 23 |
| 20. Providence | 20-7 | 521 | 12 |
| 21. Arizona | 19-8 | 400 | 21 |
| 22. Utah St. | 25-2 | 322 | 24 |
| 23. Memphis | 21-6 | 310 | 22 |
| 24. S. Illinois | 25-4 | 264 | 15 |
| 25. Air Force | 25-5 | 73 | _ |
Others receiving votes: Michigan St. 70, Charlotte 48,
DePaul 42, Louisville 41, Boston College 37, Washington
36, Satellon Hal 34, W. Michigan 31, Nevada 20, ETSU 10,
Texas Tech 10, Florida 6, Dayton 5, Manhattan 4, South
Carolina 3, Boise St. 2, UTEP 4, Alabama 1, BYU 1,
Marquette 1, Oklahoma 1, Pacific 1, Princeton 1, Va.
Commonwealth 1.
The Associated Press