what we heard "I was about to pull up for a 3 and just got pounded. There was no call. They got the ball so..." North Carolina's Rashad McCants about losing to rival Duke
off the bench
monday, march 8,2004
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Kansas athletics calendar
TODAY
Men's Golf at Louisiana Classics Invitational all day
TOMORROW
Men's Golf at Louisiana Classics Invitational, all day
Softball vs. SMSU, 2 and 4 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament vs. Baylor, TBA
WEDNESDAY
Women's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament, TBA
THURSDAY
Men's Basketball at Big 12 Tournament, TBA Women's Basketball at Big 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, Kan., 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.
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, Kan., noon Softball at Southern Illinois Tournament, Carbondale, Ill., noon and 4 p.m. Baseball vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1 p.m.
Free for All
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See what happens when Jeff Graves gets playing time? We are unstoppable.
Senior Courtney Steinbock served the ball to opponent Meg Racette in Friday night's match in Overland Park against Iowa. The Jayhawks pulled off only one point against the No.43 Iowa Hawkeyes. Kansas' record fell to 1-7.
I thought that this was the Free for All, not the basketball groupie love line.
I am a Jayhawk through and through, but seeing K-State beat Texas is pretty sweet.
In reference to the Duke/North Carolina game, I cheered for no one. I am just here for the beer.
Slammin serve
SWIMMING
Kansas swimmer qualifies for NCAA championship
University of Kansas swimmer Amy Gruber will compete in the 2004 NCAA Swimming Championships in College Station, Texas, on March 18 to 20. She is the only Kansas swimmer to qualify. Gruber qualified with a 100-meter butterfly with a time of 54.30 seconds.
Gruber will compete in the 100-meter butterfly and the 50-meter and 100-meter freestyle at the Championships.
"As a team we are excited for Amy that she was able to qualify for the Championships." Kansas coach Clark Campbell said in a news release. "This is an Olympic year so the races will be in short course meters and it will be her first opportunity to swim at those distances. We are going down to College Station to bring home career-best times."
TENNIS
Kansan staff reports
Jayhawks take on Cowboys after losing to Hawkeyes
The University of Kansas tennis team (1-7 overall, 0-0 Gig 12 Conference) fell to No. 43 Iowa (10-2) 6-1 on Friday, March 5, at the Overland Park Racquet Club.
The Jayhawks were looking for their second victory of the season, but quickly found themselves down as they lost all three of their doubles matches.
In singles play the Jayhawks managed to win two sets from the Hawkeyes. Senior Kristen Steinbock earned Kansas' only point in a victory over Deni Alexandrova.
Kansas will host Oklahoma State on Friday at noon and Texas Tech on Sunday at noon. Both matches are scheduled to be indoors at the Wood Valley Racquet Club in Topeka. Weather permitting, they will be played outdoors at Robinson Courts in Lawrence.
Kansan staff reports
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Orangemen break jinx, win against Huskies
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Gerry McNamara scored 24 points and Craig Forth had 14 points and 13 rebounds to lead No.24 Syracuse to a 67-56 victory yesterday against seventh-ranked Connecticut.
It was the fifth straight win for Syracuse (21-6, 11-5 Big East) and erased what had been an imposing jinx against the Huskies (24-6, 12-4), who struggled with center Emeka Okafor playing in obvious pain.
Hakim Warrick finished with 19 points and Josh Pace had five points, eight rebounds and four assists, and did not commit a turnover.
Charlie Villanueva had 13 points, Ben Gordon 11 and Rashad Anderson 10 for the Huskies, who were out rebounded 40-33.
The Associated Press
Stanford: Finally defeated
The Associated Press
SEATTLE — Perfection eluded the team, and its No. 1 ranking is about to disappear. Stanford will head into the postseason with a blemish.
The mood in the Stanford locker room after the loss was subdued, but composed.
"We are still 26-1," coach Mike Montgomery said Saturday after the Cardinal's 75-62 loss at Washington. "But that season is over now. We are into the second season now."
Players showered and dressed, ate pizza, and talked with reporters. No tears. No sulking.
Curiously, it was almost the same after Thursday night's miraculous comeback victory over Washington State, except there were no smiles on the players' faces this time.
"The fact we are not undefeated doesn't bother me that much," center Rob Little said. "Our goal this year was not to go undefeated."
But the Cardinal still will have the top seed in this week's Pac-10 tournament, and the NCAA tournament looms after that.
Matt Lottich, whose desperate 3-pointer at the buzzer beat eighth-place Washington State on Thursday, denied that Stanford's sloppy performance in the past two games was the result of too much pressure to go undefeated.
"I don't think that had anything to do with it," Lottich said quietly as he sat in front of his locker. "It's easy to make excuses. Give Washington credit. We have not performed well all weekend."
Lottich also drew comfort from the pandemonium that broke out after Washington won, with its fans storming the floor.
"It stinks to lose." Lottich said. "But to see a team so happy when they beat you, you must be pretty good."
Chris Hernandez, who scored 21 points to keep Stanford close, thought the hype over the unbeaten streak might have hurt his team.
"As a player, you hate to think that, but every paper you open up, every time you turn on ESPN, that's what they're talking about."
Last week, Montgomery said he worried every year about his team's trip to Washington and Washington State. Last season, the Cardinal needed an overtime to win in Pullman, then lost at Washington.
"We've always had trouble up there," Montgomery told reporters earlier in the week, citing the cold weather, long distances and sparse crowds. "We've always had close games. We've had to really extend ourselves up there."
Signs of trouble were there for Stanford.
The Cardinal has been without Justin Davis, the team's third-leading scorer and second-leading rebounder, because of a knee injury.
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