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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The scoreboard doesn't lie. Never has."
Actor Charlie Sheen in one of his recent interviews
FACT OF THE DAY
New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams has 47 assists in his first three games with the Nets. It's the most assists in the first three games on a new team for any player in NBA history.
ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many games did it take Deron Williams to get to 47 assists when he started his NBA career in high?
A:11
— ESPN
FOOTBALL
Berglund returns home for the Spring
Freshman quarterback Brock Berglund will return home to Colorado and not participate in spring practices, Kansas Athletics announced Wednesday.
Berglund, a three-start recruit from Highlands Ranch, Colo., committed to Kansas in December and graduated high school early to enroll in classes second semester.
nim classes second semester Berglund threw for 2,150 yards as a senior on his way to be named the Colorado 4A player of the year and winning the 4A state championship.
— Kory Carpenter
It's hard not to like Kansas State
MORNING BREW
I know that this may be sacrilegious considering that I am a student from the University of Kansas, but I really like Kansas State and the way that the team is playing right now.
Everyone needs a good rival. And I think respect is something that's important in a rivalry.
Behind Frank Martin's sideline-stomping tantrums, ill-fitting mobster suits and stares that could probably turn someone to stone, I do think there is a guy who cares a lot about his players and the game of basketball.
players and the game of basketball Just look at what he's done this season. After the UNLV loss in December, many wrote the team off. Right before the game it was announced that two of K-State's veteran players, Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly, would not be playing because they received impermissible benefits at a clothing store. Pullen missed three games and Kelly four.
missed three games and The team kept spiraling downward, opening the Big 12 season with a pair of losses against Oklahoma State and Colorado at home.
home. Finally K-State managed to beat a lackluster Texas Tech team at Bramille, but that was followed by another pair of losses. The team's trip to Allen Fieldhouse was embarrassing, and following that game it lost one of its big men, Wally Judge.
of its big men, Wally Judge. It seemed like K-State hit rock bottom. The projected No. 3 team in the nation was
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON sanderson@kansan.com
in shambles. How much of that had to do with overly high expectations? How much was due to bad luck? And how much of it was Martin and his over-the-top coaching style, we won't know. The good thing about rock bottom, however, is that there is only one way to go.
So what did the Cats do? Well, to me, it appears they got angry and scared. Jacob Pullen said he wasn't going to play in the NIT tournament, and he meant it. When a freshly crowned, No.1 Jayhawk team traveled to Manhattan, a desperate Wildcat team was waiting to claw its way back into the NCAA tournament. And that's exactly what it did. I was at that game, and K-State was a completely different team. It came alive. Every shot was contested; every rebound was important. And Jacob Pullen was playing a game that even I had to be impressed with. The Big 12 player of the year candidate came to life with an unbelievable 38 points against
a No.1 ranked team.
Now the question for Jayhawk fans is what kind of threat will Kansas be? Can they beat a healthy Kansas team in a neutral site, either at the Big 12 tournament or even during the NCAA tournament? Has K-State finally found its stride? Or has it just been lucky to face teams who are down on their luck? I'm not sure, but I do know that I would not want to risk facing that Frank Martin stare come mid-March.
That win lit a fire for the Wildcats, more than even Frank Martin's wide-eyed, spit-spewing screams could. Since then, K-State has been unbeatable. Winning a hard-fought contest against Missouri at home and then traveling to Texas to control a game against a team that had the Big 12 conference title in its grasps.
Edited by Emily Soetaert
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Kevin Jones scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half and West Virginia used a late run to beat No. 16 Connecticut 65-56 on Wednesday night.
Jones had 10 rebounds for his second straight double-double. Joe Mazzulla led the Mountaineers (19-10, 10-7 Big East) with 18 points, three after halftime.
Kemba Walker led Connectt-
cut (21-8, 9-8) with 22 points
on 8-of-23 shooting. Shabazz
Napier added 18.
Napier's jumper with 2:49 remaining broke a 5-minute scoring drought and brought the Huskies within 56-53, but West Virginia scored the next nine points, with Truck Bryant sealing the win with seven free throws over the final 1:19.
West Virginia moved into a three-way tie for sixth place in the Big East entering the conference's final weekend. Connecticut lost for the third time in four games and dropped into a three-way tie for ninth.
Associated Press
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
CINCINNATI — Senior guard Dante Jackson scored 18 points Wednesday night, and No.23 Xavier beat Charlotte 68-48 to secure at least a share of its fifth straight Atlantic 10 regular-season title, tying the league record.
Xavier clinches its fifth straight A-10
During its 16 seasons in the A-10, Xavier (23-6, 14-1) has won outright or shared nine regular-season titles and four tournament championships. The victory on Wednesday secured the top seed in the
conference tournament
Xavier completed its fifth straight undefeated A-10 season at home. The Musketeers have won a league-record 40 consecutive home games.
The Musketeers ended the night by taking turns cutting down the net in front of their bench while a spray of blue, white and silver confetti fluttered from the ceiling.
Nobody's done more net snipping in the A-10.The five straight titles ties the league record with Massachusetts, which finished with the best record in the A-10 from 1992-96.
Associated Press
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Baseball
vs. UC Riverside
5 p.m.
Surprise, Ariz.
FRIDAY
Baseball
vs. CSU Bakersfield
5 p.m.
Surprise, Ariz.
Track
Softball
vs. Bradley
11 a.m.
vs. San Jose State
3:30 p.m.
Las Vegas, Nev.
Track
Alex Wilson Last Chance
Meet
NCAA Qualifier
All Day
South Bend, Ind.
SATURDAY
DAY
Tennis
Houston
11 a.m.
Lawrence
SUNDAY
Baseball
vs. Air Force
11 a.m.
Surprise, Ariz
Tennis
vs. St. Louis
11 a.m.
Lawrence
Softball vs. San Diego 2:15 p.m.
Las Vegas
MONDAY
Men's Golf
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Lafayette, La.
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