8B the university daily kansan
sports
wednesday, match 3, 2004
CHANCE: Javhawks look to even season series
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Lee was an integral piece in the Jayhawks' Four Foul run last season off the bench, and showed his capabilities with 12 points and four rebounds against Oklahoma.
Lee started against Nebraska on Feb. 15, but had just six points on 2-of-6 shooting in 32 minutes on the floor.
Kansas will rely on sophomore forwards Christian Moody and Moulaye Niang to make a defensive impact. For the first time in nine games, senior forward Jeff Graves will be back in the starting lineup because of the ankle injury keeping freshman David Padgett out of action.
"When Jeff's mind is into it and his heart is into it, he's a hell of a player," Miles said. "We need that. We need a spark from the bench."
NEBRASKA (16-9 OVERALL, 6-8 BIG 12)
Probable Starters
Pos. Name Yr. PPG RPG
G Nate Johnson Sr. 13.5 4.5
G Jake Muhleison Jr. 7.7 3.2
G Corey Simms Jr. 4.2 3.6
F Brian Conklin Sr. 7.0 3.4
F Andrew Drevo Sr. 11.1 4.5
Top Reserves
F John Turek Jr. 9.1 5.6
G Charles Richardson Fr. 2.4 2.2
KANSAS (18-7 OVERALL, 10-4 BIG 12)
— Edited by Michelle Rodick
Prohable Starters
Probable Starters
Pos. Name Yr. PPG RPG
F Jeff Graves Sr. 5.2 4.8
F Wayne Simien Jr. 17.2 9.3
F Bryant Nash Sr. 1.0 1.3
G Keith Langford Jr. 16.3 4.6
G Aaron Miles Jr. 9.2 3.9
Top Reserves
G Mike Lee Jr. 4.9 2.7
G J.R. Gldens Fr. 10.5 3.7
GREENE: Padgett having solid freshman season
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the NCAA Tournament. Like Padgett, Collison learned on the job, averaging 10.5 points and 6.9 rebounds per game, and had a 49.7 field goal percentage as a freshman. To boot, he was constantly exposed on defense by veteran opponents. But over four years, he improved into an All-American. As a senior, Collison averaged 18.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, blocked 74 shots and shot 55.4 percent from the field.
Comparatively, Padgett averages a solid 6.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game, but he would be the first one to tell you about his defensive struggles against Texas last Monday, or when the team lost at Iowa State. His teammates will then step in and
tell you how many more games they would have lost this season if Padgett wasn't here. Let's be honest, right now he's a pretty good basketball player for a freshman. Right now, Padgett is not Nick Collison, just as Eric Chenowith was never Rael LaFrentz.
"The Kansan needs a Free For All just for David Padgett." — March 2
Every game at Allen Fieldhouse, David Padgett saunters onto the court for warmups amidst deafening cheers from the students in the stands two hours before tipoff. Every afternoon David Padgett walks to class and people look at him and, knowing who he is, some go and kiss up to him. David Padgett stands in the area outside of the locker room in
the fieldhouse after games and signs endless autographs.
What must go through his head?
Are these the same people who call and make fun of me in the paper, then jump back on the ship when I dunk or dive for a loose ball?
But David brushes it off in public, like a grown-up. In the end, he is the bigger man. All of these faceless, nameless idiots who only say negative things can call in, but it means nothing, because it comes from nowhere.
"David Padgett will be ten times as good as Eric Chenowith because he has heart."—Feb. 27
Greene is a Vernon Hills, Ill., senior in journalism. He is the men's basketball beat writer.
FENCING: Club expands into recreation center
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"After the basic moves, it's up to style," Moser said.
Ryan Reed, the club's vice president, said that there was a fencers' muscle, a muscle on the thigh, which only hurts after fencing. Reed, an Overland Park senior, said he attributed the sore muscle to the deep lunges the fencers use in bouts.
The KUFC will compete in a novice tournament March 21 in St. Louis. Moser said she hopes to host a tournament at the University of Kansas this semester with other college clubs in the Kansas City area.
Dalton said tournaments are all day events with fencers. Many go for the spirit of the event rather than to compete, she said.
New members are attracted because of their interest in the sport, but they stay because of the social aspect, Moser said.
New members are welcome to join the club, Moser said. The club's dues are $25 per semester, and members do not need to buy their own equipment. Moser said that once new members stayed for one or two weeks, they were welcomed to what she called the 'inner circle of fencers.'
Since the club's founding in 2001, the club has grown from two or three members to about 25 members who consistently come to practice. The club has become so popular that it has almost outgrown the aerobics room at the recreation center where it practices. Moser said her goal was to turn the club sport into a varsity team.
"In the next generation it might happen," she said.
Edited by Meghan Brune
Deborah Dalton, Toppe junior, fenced with Pierre-Ves Bourven, Lyon, France senior, during Monday's practice at the Student Recreation Center. The club practices for two hours, three nights per week.
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