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what we heard "We were really ripped off. We were punk'd by Janet Jackson." Tom Freston, chairman of MTV Networks, about MTV's prior knowledge of the Super Bowl halftime show. off the bench
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This is to David Padgett: I was just wondering if you would go to my initiation party with me?
Jake Nelson (left), Delphos sophomore, tried to drive around Tyler Williams, Ellsworth sophomore, last night in Robinson Recreation Center. The two men were playing a basketball game with other friends just for fun.
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I can't believe this. There are 5,000 students wearing Muck Fizzou shirts and they take away my monor university sign.
Kansas athletics calendar TOMORROW
Baseball vs. Lamar, 1 p.m., Edinburg,
Texas
Softball at Arizona State Triangular
SATURDAY
Men's Basketball vs. Texas Tech, 3 p.m.
Baseball vs. UT-Pan American, 5 p.m.
Edinburg, Texas
Softball at Arizona State Triangular Track and Field at Husker Invitational, all day
Number 4 Pittsburgh pummels St. Johns
The Associated Press
The Panthers (21-1, 7-1 Big East) have won 39 consecutive home games and are 33-0 at the Petersen Events Center. Jaron Brown added 13 points, and Chevon Troutman had 11.
PITTSBURGH—Chris Taft scored 15 points to help No. 4 Pittsburgh rout St. John's 71-51 on last night, the Panthers' school-record 17th home win of the season.
The Panthers, who have held 15 of their 22 opponents under 60 points, forced the Red Storm to commit 18 turnovers.
St. John's (5-14, 0-8) is off to its worst start in Big East play. The Red Storm are 3-10 under coach Kevin Clark, who replaced Mike Jarvis on Dec. 19.
Daryll Hill led the Red Storm with 16 points,
Elijah Ingram scored all 11 of his points in the second half.
Texas pulls out win over Buffaloes
AUSTIN, Texas — Sydmil Harris and Kenton Paulino each scored 13 points and Texas (15-3, 6-1 Big 12) hit 11 3-
pointers en route to a win in their first game back in the Frank Erwin Center since their 25-game home winning streak was snapped on Jan. 24.
Harris, a key role player in last season's Final Four run, had not scored in eight of the 10 previous games but went 3-of-3 from the floor and hit his only two free throws against Colorado (12-7, 4-4).
Brandon Mouton added 11 points and a team high seven rebounds for Texas, which used its outside shooting to neutralize the defensive presence of Colorado's 7-foot center David Harrison.
Harrison scored 18 points to lead the Buffaloes, who outbounded Texas 38-31 but committed 18 turnovers which the Longhorns converted into 19 points.
MADISON, Wis. — Devin Harris scored a career-high 38 points and Wisconsin (15 3, 6-1 Big Ten) won its 25th straight game at the Kohl Center and broke a school record established in 1915 with their 21st straight conference win at home.
Badgers remain undefeated at home
Harris was 10-of-12 from the floor, including 5-of-7 from 3-point range, and sank 13 of 14 free throws. Mike Walkin-
son added 15 points and Zach Morley 14 for the Badgers, who were without, starting guard Maurice "Boo" Wade after his suspension following an assault charge.
The Golden Gophers (8-12) fell to 0-8 in the conference despite getting 24 points and eight rebounds from freshman Kris Humphries.
Sooners hammer Cyclones
NORMAN, Okla. — De'Angelo Alexander scored 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range, and Lawrence McKenzie added 16 to lead Oklahoma to its fourth straight win.
McKenzie hit a couple of 3s on back-to-back possessions early in the second half to spark a 21-5 run, turning the game into a rout for the Sooners (14-4, 4-3 Big 12), who won their fourth straight game.
Duo scores 44 to help the Hokies BLÁCKSBURG, Va. — Bryant Matthews scored 23 points and Coleman Collins added 21 to help Virginia Tech snap a five-game losing streak.
Iowa State (13-5, 4-3), coming off a 68-61 upset of then-No. 15 Kansas on Saturday, lost its 20th consecutive Big 12 road game.
late run by the Friars to beat a ranked team for the first time since topping No. 18 Connecticut 95-74 last Feb. 5.
Providence (14-5, 5-3) was frustrated most of the game, committing 21 fouls and turning the ball over 19 times.
Tech (9-10, 2-6 Big East) withstood a
Ryan Gomes scored 18 points and Sheiku Kabba added 13 for the Friars.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Josh Gonner scored 22 points and Kerberella Brown added 16, including a 3-pointer with 21.1 seconds left that sent the game into for South Carolina.
In a game that saw the teams combine to hit 30 of 563-pointers, it was a mixture of good shooting and defense by the Gamecocks (19-3, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) and mistakes by Alabama that doomed the Crimson Tide (11-8, 3-5).
South Carolina hit four of its first six shots in overtime, including a 3-pointer and a putback by Brown before he fouled out with 25.4 seconds to go.
Brown was 6-for-8, including 4-for-5 on 3-pointers. He was shooting just 25.5 percent from behind the arc entering the game.
Kansas State ends losing streak,
wins against Nebraska last night
Kansas State (10-8, 2-5 Big 12) shot a season-high 63 percent from the floor and held the 'Huskers to 32 percent with a stingy zone defense.
It was Kansas State's best shooting performance since shooting 51 percent against Texas-Pan American Feb. 12, 2002.
Nebraska (11-7, 1-6) lost its 13th straight conference road game, dating back to Feb.20,2002.
Jarrett Hart and Tim Ellis added 16 points each for Kansas State.
Marcus Neal led Nebraska with 15 points. Andrew Drevo had 13 points, and Nate Johnson had 12.
Nebraska trimmed an eight point Kansas State lead to three with 15:55 to go in the game.
Then the 'Huskers went cold. They didn't make another field goal for almost 11 minutes.
Massey scored 10 points during a 17-4 run that put the Wildcats up 61-44 with 6:36 remaining.
Massey answered with two free throws, and the 'Huskers never got closer.
Kansas State made eight straight buckets, but turnovers helped Nebraska trim the lead to nine with 3:38 to go.
The Huskers were 15-of-18 from the free-throw line, but 8-of-33 from three-point range.
Costly turnover leads to lay-up and helps Florida State to upset no.2 Duke
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Shante Williams had 20 points and eight assists to help Florida State upset secondranked Duke 80-74 Wednesday night, ending the Blue Devils' 51-game winning streak in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Trinetta Moore added 15 points for Florida State, which ended a four-game losing streak. The Seminoles (11-10,4-6) hadn't beaten Duke since Feb.8,2001 also Florida State's most recent win over a ranked team.
Mistie Bass had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and Alana Beard scored 22 for Duke (17-3, 8-1), which committed 16 turnovers _including a costly giveaway in the final minute.
Wildcats defense forced a 13 minute scoreless drought, beat Cyclones by 14.
AMES, Iowa — Nicole Ohide scored 20 points and freshman Twiggy McIntyre had 10 of her career-high 13 in a decisive 17-0 second-half run.
The Wildcats (16-3, 7-1 Big 12) were trailing 40-33 early in the second half when they heated up. The Cyclones went the next 7:29 without scoring and 13:01 without a basket.
Katie Robinette led Iowa State (10-9, 3-5) with 12 points.
Buffaloes power past Cornhuskers with big performance from Bjorklund
BOULDER, Colo. — Tera Bjorklund scored 18 of her 32 points in the second half to lead Colorado over Nebraska.
Kate Fagan and Amber Metoyer added 10 points each, and the Buffs (18-2, 7-1 Big 12) rolled to their sixth consecutive victory and 20th straight over the Cornhuskers in Boulder.
Alexa Johnson had 13 points for Nebraska (14-6, 4-5).
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