"He has absolutely no resentment or anger. He's going down as the winningest coach in Nets history." Brian McInerney, agent for former New Jersey Nets' coach Byron Scott, referring to his client's firing.
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Buffalo Bill Self gets him another one
I was just thinking that during time-outs for the KU games Big Jay and Baby Jay should start shaking their butts to Shake Your Tail Feather by Nelly.
Kansas athletics calendar WEDNESDAY
Men's Basketball at Kansas State, 8p.m.
FRIDAY
Track and Field, Jayhaw Invitational, 11 a.m.
SATURDAY
Track and Field, Jayhawk Invitational, 11 a.m.
Baseball at Texas Southern, 3 p.m.
Men's Basketball at Iowa State, 3 p.m.
Women's Basketball vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY
Cross Country at Midwest Regional Championship Stillwater, OKa.
Football at Oklahoma State 1 p.m., Boone Pickens Stadium, Stillwater, OKa.
Vollleyball at Iowa State, 7 p.m., Ames, Iowa
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The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through yesterday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pts pvs
1. Duke(44) 16-1 1,766 1
2. Stanford(26) 16-0 1,743 2
3. Saint Joseph's(2) 17-0 1,640 3
4. Louisville 15-1 1,597 5
5. Kentucky 13-2 1,418 9
6. Connecticut 15-3 1,298 4
7. Pittsburgh 19-1 1,087 8
8. Cincinnati 14-1 1,248 6
9. Arizona 13-3 1,187 14
10. Gonzaga 15-2 1,147 15
11. Mississippi St. 16-1 1,012 19
12. North Carolina 12-4 1,006 7
13. Texas Tech 16-2 967 18
14. Georgia Tech 15-3 895 11
15. Kansas 12-3 683 12
16. Texas 12-3 599 16
17. Wisconsin 13-3 595 21
18. Oklahoma St. 14-2 580 24
19. Wake Forest 11-4 444 10
20. Syracuse 13-3 442 13
21. Purdue 14-4 418 23
22. Florida 12-4 366 17
23. Providence 13-3 313
24. South Carolina 17-2 293 25
25. Oklahoma 11-4 94 20
Others receiving votes: Florida St. 75, Utah St. 51, Vanderbilt 45, N.C. State 44, Air Force 32, Maryland 3, S Illinois 21, Hawaii 14, Seton Hall 14, Creighton 10, W. Michigan 10, Dayton 8, Marquette 7, N. Iowa 3, Manhattan 2, LSU 1, Memphis 1, Vermont 1.
Warming up while cold outside
Adam Leitel, Moorehead, Minn., junior, ran the track at the Student Fitness Recreation Center. The rec center was crowded with students yesterday evening.
Bears succeed despite tragedy
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's late January. Could a guy with only one conference victory this deep into the season be a candidate for Big 12 coach of the year?
If he's at Baylor, then the answer is probably yes.
Scott Drew, the 33-year-old optimist who agreed to become the Bears' coach in the wake of tumult and tragedy, has only one conference win heading into this week.
But that's as many as Kansas State, Oklahoma and Nebraska, and one more than Texas A&M.
And none of those schools had some of their top players transfer elsewhere following the killing of one player and the resignation of their coach amid allegations of NCAA violations.
The Bears were picked for the bottom of the Big 12, and that is almost certainly where they'll end up. But they raised their Big 12 record to 1-3 and their overall mark to 6-11 Saturday with a 65-9 victory over Iowa State that brought cheers from just about every team in the league except Iowa State.
Perhaps no other coach in the Big 12 can appreciate Drew more than Nebraska's Barry Collier. Drew was Collier's student assistant at Butler.
"It's very obvious that the circumstances he's having to deal with are extraordinary," Collier said. "Just holding the program together for the time being would be a major coup."
BASKETBALL
Of course, there's a downside to playing better than everyone expected.
attention a little more, which will be more difficult for us," Drew said. "I know we're not going to feel invincible. Coaches never overlook an opponent, but players sometimes just look at a record."
Texas A&M however, has no wins to show for a group of closely played games.
"It could be one ball bouncing our way, one rebound bouncing our way," he said. "We sit here and look at our tapes, (and) with a play here and there we could be 4-0."
"When people play us now they'll be a little more focused or have their players'
Missouri coach Quin Snyder is feeling better about his Tigers, who moved to 8-7 and 3-2 Saturday with a 72-51 blowout of Nebraska.
Snyder is also dismissing any suggestions the distractions caused by the Ricky Clemons saga had anything to do with his team's December slump.
Intramural basketball meeting scheduled for tomorrow night
There will be a manager meeting for intramural basketball tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Teams with a representative at the meeting will receive priority when scheduling time for their league.
All games during the winter season will be played between 8 p.m. and 12 a.m. Monday through Thursday at the Student Fitness Recreation Center.
There is no registration fee for students but there is a limit of 232 teams. Kenya staff report
NFL
Chiefs' special teamer Stills awarded AFC Pro Bowl spot
Kansan staff reports
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Gary Stills was added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster Monday as a special teams replacement for
injured Baltimore Ravens defensive end Adalius Thomas.
Stills' first Pro Bowl bid in his five seasons
gives Kansas City nine players on the AFC roster.
Stills had 29 special teams tackles in 2003, second only to his club-record 34 a year earlier.
MLB
The Associated Press
Royals add Cerda to roster; Mets gain minor leaguer
NEW YORK — Reliever Jaime Cerda was traded from the New York Mets to the Kansas City Royals on Monday for minor league pitcher Shawn Sedlacek.
Cerda, a 25-year-old left-hander, was 1-1 with a 5.85 ERA in 27 relief appearances. He has a 1-1 career record and 4.34 ERA in 59 career major league games.
Sedlacek, a 27-year old righty, was 4-11 with a 6.45 ERA for last season for Triple-A Omaha and 1-2 with a 5.60 ERA for Double-A Wichita.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Coach takes leave of absence because of health problems
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville coach Rick Pitino is taking an indefinite leave of absence for health reasons.
"I have been in excruciating pain the last three or four games," Pitino said Monday. "It's getting worse day by day."
Pitino, 51, said the pain was "urological related," and that he had been coaching with it for four to five months. He said doctors have ruled out prostate cancer, but he would be seeking treatment at the Cleveland Clinic.
Louisville (15-1) is ranked fourth in this week's AP Top 25.
-The Associated Press
Assistant Kevin Willard will coach the team in Pitino's absence.
Pitino said he did not know how many games he would miss. The Cardinals host Houston on Wednesday.
Tech's Andre Emmett wins player of the week again
DALLAS Texas Tech's Andre Emmett became the first player in conference history to win Big 12 player of the week honors five times in a single season on Monday.
Emmett, a senior, shot 60 percent from the field and averaged six rebounds in Texas Tech's 67-47 upset win against No.20 Oklahoma and a 80-78 come from behind win at A&M, a game in which he made the winning shot.
The Dallas native leads the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 22.2 points.
The Associated Press
NBA
James returns from injury; Cleveland defeats Orlando
CLEVELAND (AP) - Rookie LeBron James scored 16 points in his first game back from a sprained ankle and Carlos Boozer had 23 points and 16 rebounds, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 99-98 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night
Tracy McGrady tied an NBA record with eight 3-pointers in the first half, but Orlando's star guard played just five minutes after halftime because of a toe injury.
Still, after Cleveland's Eric Williams missed two free
James
throws with 7.5 seconds left, the Magic had a chance to win on their final possession. But Rod Strickland shot an airball on a runner in the lane just before the horn sounded.
James had five rebounds and three assists in 30 minutes, but sat the final 4:51 after forcing a couple shots.
Dajuan Wagner scored a season-high 21 points for the Cavs.
McGrady made eight 3-pointers in the first 24 minutes, tying an NBA record for the most 3s in a half. He didn't miss from beyond the arc until he misfired just before the halftime buzzer.
However, he imped off the court with 6:32 remaining in the third quarter. He finished with 36 points on 11-for-19 — 8-for-10 on 3s — in 25 minutes.
The Associated Press
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