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1958 — Bill Russell, in only his second season with the Boston Celtics, scored 18 points and pulled down 41 rebounds against the Syracuse Nationals on his 24th birthday.
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Inside: The Kansas baseball team relied on its pitching staff during a successful weekend at the Round Rock Classic. SEE PAGE 7A
Inside: Oklahoma guard Nolan Johnson was named Big 12 Conference Player of the Week.
SEE PAGE 7A
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Jayhawks name new defensive coordinator
The Kansas football team finally can get defensive.
Tom Hayes was named assistant coach and defensive coordinator yesterday. Hayes replaces Darrell Wyatt as assistant coach and Ardell Wiegandt as defensive coordinator.
Hayes spent the last five seasons as secondary coach with the NFL's Washington Redskins.
"Tom represents the perfect fit for our coaching staff," said Kansas coach Terry Allen. "We wanted someone who had experience as an NFL coach and as a coordinator at the collegiate level."
"We wanted someone who
Before working in Washington, Hayes spent four seasons (1991-94) as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Oklahoma
experience as
an NFL coach and as a coordinator
at the collegiate level."
Terry Allen Kansas football coach
under Gary Gibbs. He was part of two nine-win seasons and three bowl games, including wins in the 1993 John Hancock Bowl and the 1991 Gator Bowl.
Hayes, who was a 1971 graduate and three-year starter at Iowa, coached two seasons at Texas A&M (1989-90), where he was assistant coach and secondary coach under R.C. Slocum. He helped direct the Aggies to a combined 17-7-1 record and two trips to the John Hancock Bowl.
Overall, Hayes has coached on staffs that have a combined 10-3 record in bowl games.
Hayes also worked nine years (1980-88) as an assistant with Terry Donahue at UCLA. He was part of eight bowl games with the Bruins, including three Rose Bowl victories. UCLA also played in the Cotton, Aloha, Freedom, Fiesta and bluebonnet bowls during Hayes' stint with the Bruins. UCLA also won four Pac-10 Conference championships and was ranked in the Top 10 five times in final college football polls.
"One of the most impressive aspects of his 11 years as a defensive coordinator at UCLA and Oklahoma and two years as assistant head coach at Texas A&M is the fact that he helped direct teams to bowl games in 13 of those season." Allen said.
Allen was thankful to fill the position many thought former Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Kurt Schottenheimer would take. Schottenheimer was hired as defensive coordinator with the Redskins.
Hayes will begin his duties at Kansas on Monday, Feb. 26.
— Shawn Linenberger
TOM HAYES' RESUME
Year Team
2000 Washington (NFL)
1999 Washington (NFL)
1998 Washington (NFL)
1997 Washington (NFL)
1996 Washington (NFL)
1995 Washington (NFL)
1994 Oklahoma
1993 Oklahoma
1992 Oklahoma
1991 Oklahoma
1990 Texas A&M
1999 Texas A&M
1988 UCLA
1987 UCLA
1986 UCLA
1985 UCLA
1984 UCLA
1983 UCLA
1982 UCLA
1981 UCLA
1980 UCLA
1979 Cal-State Fullerton
1978 Iowa
1977 Iowa
1973 Coe College
BIG MONDAY MELTDOWN
Bears scorch 'Hawks
By Chris Wristen
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
WACO, Texas — First came a heartbreaker at Missouri, and then a near-miss against Iowa State, but last night No. 6 Kansas had a Big Monday meltdown as Baylor rolled to an 85-77 win at the Ferrell Center.
It marked Kansas' third loss in three weeks on ESPN's Big Monday after a road loss at Missouri two weeks ago and a home defeat to then-No. 12 Iowa state last week.
This one might hurt the most, though, as the Jayhawks (19-4, 8-3 Big 12) lost control of their destiny in the conference race and, worse yet, lost some of their dignity.
"I'm totally stunned, totally embarrassed," said a misty-eyed Kansas coach Roy Williams. "I don't know that I've ever been involved in anything that was that complete of a breakdown. I'd use the word stunned. I've just very, very seldom had a team that was not really ready to play.
"I didn't like the feel that they gave me in the locker room before the game. I don't think you should fear anyone, but you've got to respect everybody you play. I didn't like the whole attitude, the whole feel in the locker room before we even started."
The Jayhawks were in trouble from the beginning, and not just because forward Drew Gooden was out with a sprained wrist.
The Bears (16-6 and 5-6) roared to a 10-0 lead — Kansas' largest game-opening deficit in the Williams era — before Kirk Hinrich finally got the 'Hawks on the board with a free-throw at
the 16:31 mark. Jeff Boschee the three-pointer trimmed the lead to six, but that was as pretty as things got for Kansas until the game was almost finished.
Kansas shot a horrendous 29 percent from the field in the half, including three-for-14 from behind the arc. The Hawks were out-rebounded and turned the ball over 11 times.
"You can't spot anybody those kind of points and play the way we played in the first half," Williams said. "We didn't touch iron the first five possessions. We completely lost our poise in the first half and took bad shots. It was a complete breakdown. We weren't ready to play."
After Baylor pushed the lead to 27 points in the opening seconds of the second half, Kansas began taking better shots. The Jayhawks shot 55 percent in the second period and unleashed a 26-6 run during the next eight minutes that cut the lead to four points after a Hinrich three and a Bosche jumper.
The Bears countered with a 12-5 run and nailed their free-throws down the stretch before the fans stormed the court in celebration.
"That was the worst game I've ever been a part of," said Hinrich, who scored a game-high 26 points. "Nobody was playing good, there were no bright spots. It was just embarrassing."
Wounded, the Jayhawks now must try to mend their wings before Saturday's rematch at Iowa State where the Cyclones own a 33-game home-court winning streak, the second longest in the nation.
Edited by Erin McDaniel
Kansas guard Kirk Hinrich defends former Baylor guard Tevis Stukes during a game against the Bears last year in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks won that contest but weren't as fortunate last night, losing to Baylor 85-77 in Waco, Texas. KANSAN file photo
Kansas falls one spot in poll
The Associated Press
Kansas dropped one spot in the latest Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll released yesterday, just one week after the Jayhawks suffered a 79-77 loss to the Iowa State Cyclones in Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks, who were ranked fifth last week, dropped to sixth, while the Big 12 Conference-leading Cyclones jumped from 12th to seventh. No. 13 Oklahoma was the only other Big 12 school ranked in the Top 25.
North Carolina remained the No. 1 team in the nation for the secondstraight week, while two of college basketball's other premier programs reentered the Top 25.
North Carolina (21-2), which extended the nation's longest winning streak to 18 games with victories against Wake Forest and Maryland last week, received 62 first-place votes and 1,742 points from the national media panel.
The Kentucky Wildcats (15-7) and UCLA Bruins (15-6), who both dropped from the rankings 11 weeks ago, came in this week at Npos. 22 and 24.
Illinois, which beat Michigan State last week in the only regular-season meeting between the Big Ten's top two teams, jumped from seventh to fourth, while the Spartans dropped one spot to fifth.
Stanford (22-1), which got the other eight No. 1 votes and 1,659 points, and Duke (22-2) remained second and third, respectively.
Florida dropped three spots to No. 11 and was followed in the second ten by Virginia, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Mississippi, Maryland, Georgetown, Wisconsin and Fresno State.
Arizona, Boston College and Syracuse rounded out the Top Ten. Boston College jumped from 17th to ninth — the Eagles' first appearance in the Top Ten since they were sixth on Dec. 20, 1983.
Iowa State guard Jamaal Tinsley puts up a shot against Kansas forward Nick Collison and guard Jeff Boschee. The Jayhawks dropped one spot to No. 6 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll, while the Cyclones jumped from 12th to seventh. KANSAN file photo
The last five ranked teams were Alabama, Kentucky, Wake Forest, UCLA and Iowa.
An 85-76 loss to UCLA knocked the USC Trojans (16-6) out of the rankings from No. 22. It is their first time out of the poll this season, after being ranked as high as 12th.
Xavier (18-4) also fell out of the Top 25 after one week in the rankings at No. 24. The Muskeeters lost to St. Joseph's last week before beating Temple.
The biggest jump of the week was Mississippi' rise from No. 25 to No. 16 after SEC wins against LSU and Tennessee.
The biggest drop of the week was Iowa's fall from No. 14 to No. 25 after the Hawkeyes, playing without injured guard Luke Recker, lost Big Ten games to Ohio State and Northwestern.
Tennessee (18-6), which also lost a SEC game to Arkansas last week, dropped from No. 10 to No. 15 - the first time the Volunteers have been out of the Top Ten all season.
AP TOP 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' men's college basketball poll; with first-place votes in parentheses; records through Feb. 11; total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote; and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. North Carolina (62) 212-1 1.742 1
2. Stanford (8) 22-1 1,659 2
4. Illinois 19-5 1.487 7
5. Michigan St. 19-3 1,459 C Kenyon 10-2 1,877
6. Kansas 19-3 1,337 5
7. Iowa St. 21-3 1,317 12
7. Iowa St. 21-3 1,317 12
    17-8 16-9 15-8
8. Arizona 17-6 1,263 11
9. Boston College 18-2 1,087 17
12. Virginia 16-6 804 6
11. Florida 16-5 1,0798
20. Fresno St. 20-3 426 23
21. Alabama 18-5 403 18
22. Kentucky 15-7 382 —
23. Wake Forest 16-7 381 19
24. UCLA 15-6 278 —
25 Iowa 17-6 195 14
Others receiving votes: Xavier 168, St. Joseph's 150, Southern Cal 110, Providence 106, Georgia Tech 67, Gonzaga 36, California 22, Ohio St. 21, Cent. Michigan 36, Utah 9, Cincinnati 7, Utah St. 7, Wyoming 7, Georgia St. 6, Hofstra 3, Coll. of Charleston 1, Holy Cross 1.
Sports Columnist
Sarah Warren
sports@kansan.com
All-Star game has elements unseen in pros
Every basket goes in. That's $0000000
exciting ... not.
Professional basketball is a purely offensive franchise of the game of basketball.
Usually, NBA games can be pretty predictable: a very large man dunks, a very large man from the opposing team dunks, another very large man dunks an ally-oop pass from the original man, and so on.
But last night the NBA produced a game that actually could have been dubbed "exciting."
The East Conference overcame a 21-point deficit with 9:10 remaining and won the game 111-110. Impressive, even by professional basketball standards.
This year's All-Star game was actually good basketball. And when I say good basketball I mean that it was a replica of college basketball — there was defense, there was emotion, there was an upset.
Defense, emotion and upsets are all rarities in the NBA. You never see it. And it's the lack of these three things that keep many people, including myself, bored to tears watching the pro boys, wishing Big Monday on ESPN wasn't just a once-aweek thing.
It seems that when college players (or high school athletes in the case of Lakers' guard Kobe Bryant) get to the NBA they forget the defensive skills that their little league coach, their prep coach, their summer league coach and their college coach all worked so hard to try to drill into them.
Roy Williams uses defensive grades to choose starters. He pulls players out of the game for stupid defensive mistakes. He's a guy who values importance of the "10" each minute of a 40-minute contest.
In high school and college hoops the motto "Defense wins championships" is universal. However, in the world of Lakers' Shaquille O'Neal, Raptors' Vince Carter and Bryant, "defense" is almost a dirty word.
I highly doubt Phil Jackson would bench Bryant because his defense was nonexistent.
Besides the lack of defense in professional basketball, the game is almost completely void of emotion as well.
These guys are making millions of dollars a year to avoid getting injured while making some monster slam. They don't really care who wins the game as long as they get their 30 points and Nike contract in the can.
The players don't smile, and they don't show their feelings, even in unbearable losses. They just let the emotions of the game pass by them as if they had no love for the game or for the thrill of competition. Moreover, the players don't connect with the crowd, let alone the movie star with court-side seats.
College kids don't see dollar signs with every point they score. They see the game being played. They smile at the fans and cover their heads with towels after a loss. They aren't afraid to mix the business of the game at hand with the pleasure of being healthy and able to play Division I, Division II or Division III ball. You know that emotion is real when it's on the face of an 18-year-old as opposed to the saccharin smile offered by a cold, hardened veteran.
And finally, there's the upset.
No one expected the East to come back and beat the West. No one expected that the 76ers' Allen Iverson would score 15 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter. A blowout is the most common form of win in the NBA, so who would expect an upset? Unusual and nice.
Upsets are a rarity in college hoops too, but when they happen it's big. Big as in unranked UCLA upsetting No. 1 Stanford and Wake Forest thrashing Kansas by 31 points.
I don't expect to see the NBA follow the All-Star Game's lead and become exciting again, exhibiting defense, emotion and upsets regularly. But I do hope that the All-Star game will have a college-level repeat come Saturday in Ames, Iowa. I hope that there we'll have a thrilling game full of defense, emotion and an upset (in favor of the visiting team, of course).
Warren is an Overland Park sophomore in Journalism and Scottish.
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