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A disturbing trend
Wake Forest's Josh Shoemaker stops sophomore forward Nick Collison from reaching the basket during Kansas' 84-53 loss last Thursday. Collison went 5-10 from the field and scored 12 points against the Demon Deacons. Photo by Aaron Lindenberg/KANSAN
Blowout at Wake Forest mirrors last season's Oklahoma State fiasco
By Michael Rigg
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Kansan sportswriter
In both games, each opponent had a half where it couldn't miss, as Oklahoma State's 54 percent first half shooting against Kansas was good, but not nearly as good as the 68 percent the Demon Deacons put up in the second half Thursday. The Jayhawks scored 53 points in each contest. And to add to the similarities, both games were played on the seventh day of the month.
The Jayhawks, as the old saying goes, have been down this road before.
"Last year, a big game would come up, and we would kind of put our tails between our legs and hide," said junior guard Jeff Boschee, who scored eight points in each contest. "That's kind of what we did out there."
Sophomore forward Drew Gooden said the feelings after both losses were similar.
Just 10 months ago, Kansas was heading back to Lawrence after getting blasted by 33 points at Oklahoma State. On Thursday, the Jayhawks fell victim to a similar fate, but this time Wake Forest was doing the blasting, by 31 points in Winston-Salem, N.C.
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The statistical similarities between the two blowouts are uncanny. In both Stillwater, Okla, and Winston-Salem, the Jayhawks were ice-cold from the floor, as Thursday's 38 percent shooting was just a hair better than the 34 percent they shot against the Cowboys.
"We got our butts kicked like this against Oklahoma State," Gooden said. "It's about the same feeling. But this one might even hurt more, since we're a much better team than we were last year."
But senior center Eric Chenowith, who played 18 minutes in each game, said the two losses were different.
Kansas might have performed better against the Cowboys and the Demon Deacons if the Jayhawks weren't missing a top scorer in both contests. Last season, the Jayhawks were playing their third straight game without Luke Axtell, who would miss the rest of the season because of an undisclosed medical condition. Thursday, the Jayhawkes were without leading scorer Kenny Gregory, who is out indefinitely because of a stress fracture in his right foot.
and get some wins over DePaul and Tulsa, then we'll be all right."
Still, Kansas must rebound. Just like after the loss to the Cowboys, the Jayhawks have only four days between games, and in that time, Kansas must find out how to return to its winning ways. And, for what it's worth, the Jayhawks won the game after the Oklahoma State loss, downing Kansas State 94-65.
"We know that we can be beat," Gooden said. "This game kind of lowered our heads a little bit and took our self-esteem. But if we go out
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Have you ever seen that list of similarities between the assassinations of presidents Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy? Well, Thursday's' 31-point shelling by Wake Forest and February's 33-point drilling at the hands of Oklahoma State have some eerie similarities, as well. Consider:
Each game was played on the seventh day of the month.
The Jayhawks scored 53 points in both games.
Senior center Eric Chenwith played 18 minutes in both contests.
Junior guard Jeff Boschee scored eight points in each lopsided loss.
A member of the class of 2003 led the Jayhawks in scoring in both losses.
The Jayhawks shot less than 40 percent in each game.
Both coaches, Eddie Sutton and Dave Odom, have sons who are assistant coaches at Big 12 Conference schools.
■ In both losses, the Jayhawks were reeling from the loss of a high-scoring small forward. The loss to the Cowboys was the Jayhawks third straight without Luke Axtell, and on Thursday, Kansas was missing Kenny Gregory.
Both games were televised nationally by ESPN.
After both losses, Kansas' next games were played on the twelfth days of the month on the road.
Gregory won't play tomorrow against DePaul
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By Michael Rigg
For the Jayhawks' first seven games, Kenny Gregory soared and scored. Now, he'll have to sit and wait.
Gregory, a senior forward and the Jayhawks' most explosive player and leading scorer, will not play in Kansas' game against DePaul tomorrow because of a stress fracture in his right foot.
Kansas coach Roy Williams made the announcement during the weekend, when the Jayhawks were practicing — sans Gregory — for the game against the Blue Demons. It will be the second consecutive game Gregory will miss, after sitting out the Jayhawks' 84-53 pasting at the hands of Wake Forest because of the same fracture.
Gregory first felt the pain in his foot a few weeks ago at practice. The pain gradually worsened, and it was diagnosed as a stress fracture last Sunday.
Still, Gregory was expected to play against the Demon Deacons, but he felt too much pain in the pregame drills and could not play. Senior forward Luke Axtell filled the hole in the starting lineup and scored 10 points — eight in the first half — against Wake Forest.
Before the Demon Deacon game, Gregory said time off from basketball — perhaps as much as three weeks — would be necessary for the injury to heal.
"I know if I decide to suit up and play, I am going to go full speed," Gregory said. "If I am out there, I am out there. I don't want to be babied at all."
The Jayhawks miss Gregory's team-leading 17.9 points per game.
"It's definitely a blow." Axtell said of Gregory's absence. "We need him. But on the other hand, we have to step up."
The Gregory-ess Jaynaws play
DePaul at 4 p.m. tomorrow in Chicago.
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Kansas wins lackluster game against Washburn
Kansas junior guard K.C. Hilgenkamp traps Washburn guard Thoran Buchanan during the Jayhawks' exhibition game at Allen Fieldhouse Saturday. Kansas won the game 72-46. Photo by Justin Schmid/ KANSAN
By Zac Hunter
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Kansan sportswriter
And that is exactly what happened to the Kansas women's basketball team in its 72-46 exhibition victory against Division II Washburn on Saturday. While the Jayhawks ran away with the game in the second half, they were only up by eight points at halftime, and managed to score only 33 in the second half against a team that was decidedly overmatched.
It's tough to get up for a game when you are 5-2 before the game, and you'll be 5-2 after the game.
"I think too often when you're in a game like this, your players tend to let up a little bit, and I thought that happened to us," Kansas coach Marian Washington said.
Senior forward Brooke Reves agreed with Washington's assessment of the game, and said the 'Hawks couldn't afford to let that happen.
"It's somewhat hard to get up for games that don't count," Roves said. "But we really should have been ready to play as if it was the next Big 12 championship."
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Despite Kansas' lackluster performance, Washington was willing to give credit where it was due. The Lady Blues out-hustled the Jayhawks in the first half before Kansas' overwhelming talent took over.
"They played with a lot of enthusiasm." Washington said.
With an eight-point cushion at the half, Kansas came out firing. The Jayhawks went on a 17-4 run that ended Washburn's hope of an upset, and Reves said that was how Kansas should have come out in the first half.
"Big teams don't mess around," she said. "If you come out flat, short, and when people aren't ready, they are going to jump all over you."
The Jayhawks did get big performances from the usual suspects. Senior forward Jaclyn Johnson, junior guard KC Hilgenkamp and Reves all poured in double figures in points. Hilgenkamp led
the charge with a team-high 15 points, and continued her torrid pace from the three-point line, hitting two of three.
She leads the Big 12 Conference in three-point accuracy, draining them at a 78 percent clin.
But the overwhelming focus after the game was that the 'Hawks must do something quickly to keep from coming out flat for the rest of the season, starting with a Dec. 16 game against Creighton.
"Our play wasn't very good at all," Johnson said. "We are going to have to come out a lot harder."
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STATISTICS
Kansas 72
Washburn 46
Washburn • Butcher 5-14 7-1-9, Buchanan 6-0 D, Walker 2-8, Antho 2-0 D-4, O'Neill 3-1 D-4
Chapman 04-2-2.2, McGraw 1-5-0.1 2. TOTALS
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Kannse  -  Hikigumka 6:7 1-2,15  Johnson 5:12
4-14  Revis 7:14  2-0,12  Jackson 3:4, 39
Geoffroy 6:14  Bott 2:6  2乔木 0-5  Brown 2:3
Otterford 3:4  2乔木 0-2  White 1-2 0.2  Totals
8:14  Bott 7:2
Three-point field goals - Warburton 2-8
(Guther, Kirmann). Kismas 3-4 (Hilgmann)
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Shawn Hutchinson
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Rough times in sports world call for words of inspiration
It's not exactly the easiest time of the semester to be writing a sports column for the Kansan.
Writing about depressing stuff like that is not quite the inspiration needed during this time of the semester, when finals are about to begin and college careers can be made or broken.
For one, the men's basketball team was throttled by 31 points last week by a certain team from North Carolina. For two, Kansas football coach Terry Allen has been firing assistant coaches left and right, as the Jayhawks try to recover from yet another losing season. Word is Big Jay may be the next on the chopping block if that whole hygiene problem doesn't clear up fast.
Therefore, this column is all about inspiration. Need inspiration to pass one of your finals? Read on. Need inspiration to land that dream job? Read on. Need inspiration to keep from falling asleep in class? Read on.
I have assembled a plethora of sports quotes that are supposed to draw inspiration from all angles. One is a quote that I jotted down during a press conference, and the other ones are from various Web sites (if you want the addresses, e-mail me).
Hidden among these quotes is an inside joke between my friend and fellow Kansan sportswriter Jason Franchuk. This column is dedicated to Jason and ali the other seniors who will graduate this month.
Without further adieu, let the inspiration begin.
■ "Show me a guy who's afraid to look bad, and I'll show you a guy who you can beat every time." — Lou Brock.
"Life is like a roller-coaster. There's hills and there's valleys. There's good days and there's bad days. All I know is that I'm still climbing." — Jeff Blake.
■ "If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it." — Ronnie Lott.
"Set your goals high and don't stop till you get there." — Bo Jackson.
- "There's no substitute for guts." — Bear Bryant.
- "To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you." - Tony Dorsett.
- "You have to expect things from yourself before you can do them." — Michael Jordan.
- ■ "You can be anything you want to be if you're willing to pay the price. If you just don't quit." — Evander Holyfield.
- "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." — John Wooden.
- "My motto has always been to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging." — Hank Aaron.
- "Don't go chasing waterfalls just yet, Salt-and-Pepadine." — Jason Franchuk.
- "Besides pride, loyalty, discipline, heart, and mind, confidence is the key to all the locks." — Joe Paterno.
"I'm going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes." former basketball player at Pittsburgh.
I hope at least some of these quotes were — at least in a minor way — inspirational. Maybe now you graduating seniors can pass your finals or land that dream job.
Whatever you get out of this, just remember to look back on the University of Kansas fondly, read the Kansan sports page online on a regular basis, and say "Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk" at least once a day to a random person you meet on the street. Most importantly, have fun with your lives.
You can quote me on that.
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Hutchinson is an Overland Park senior in journalism
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