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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it."
— Lou Holtz
FACT OF THE DAY
The Colorado Buffalo basketball team leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage at 77.9 percent and are second, behind Kansas, in field goal percentage at 48.6 percent.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Following a loss, how many times has the Kansas basketball team bounced back with a win?
A: Nineteen straight times
Kansas Athletics
There's no place like the Phog
MORNING BREW
Last weekend I spent 12 hours in a production truck at the UMKC men and women's
UMKC men and women's basketball double header. While it was a very valuable experience, learning the magic buttons that make sporting events go on air, spending my Saturday with a bunch of middleaged guys was not exactly what I wanted to do, especially with the KU game on.
The UMKC atmosphere was very interesting, it had a wide range of fans: from students to scraggly looking cowboys with snake skin boots to Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnansski Swinney Recreation Center is a nice place to catch a game and UMKC has some players who are very fun to watch, players like Jay Cousinard or Spencer Johnson, but something was missing. As I sat there in the freezing production truck watching the game, I didn't feel like I was watching a college basketball game. And when the scoreboard went out and I asked the guy next to me why it wasn't working, his reply told me what was wrong, "Well, this isn't Allen Fieldhouse."
BY SAMANTHA ANDERSON
sanderson@kansan.com
And he was right.
I think KU students forget just how special our home for basketball is. Swinney auditorium won't seat more than about 1,500 people, and very rarely is full, while the fieldhouse officially seats 16,300, and is almost always filled to the brim with students and alumni. KU students wait outside for hours for their chance to get a good seat, while UMKC kids can mosey on in halfway through the game and still find first row seats. For about 100 dollars a year students get to watch a team that other people would pay 100 dollars a game to watch. KU game's are on national TV on at least a weekly basis while the next TV game for UMKC won't be until February 10th.
KU basketball may be on a down beat
after losing at our beloved fieldhouse to the Longhorns, but I can guarantee that the next home game will be packed and the students will still be as exuberant as ever. I still get chills before our players names are called and when they show the KU video before tip off. I think every KU student knows Allen Fieldhouse is special, but I think that if they sat through a game at another school they would be reminded just how rare it really is.
Edited by Erin Wilbert
TODAY
Men's basketball
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Colorado
7 p.m.
Boulder, Colo.
WEDNESDAY
Women's basketball
THURSDAY No events scheduled
Missouri
7p.m.
Columbia, Mo.
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
FRIDAY
Track
Lawrence
All day
SATURDAY
**Women's basketball**
Kansas State
2p.m.
Manhattan
**Men's basketball**
Kansas State
6p.m.
Lawrence
Breaking down the Big 12 rankings, records, schedules and statistics
1. National Ranking: #7 AD
Record:
16-3) Overall (4-0) Conference
With wins over No. 10 Texas A&M and No. 2 Kansas, the Longhorns put themselves in the drivers seat to stop another Kansas streak: six straight conference titles.
Last Week:
Last Week:
Def. Texas A&M 81-60 (1/19)
Def. Kansas 74-63 (1/22)
This Week:
1/26 at Colorado 1/29
vs. Missouri
2. Kansas
Record:
National Ranking: #6 AP
6 Coaches Poll
The loss to Texas snapped its home-court winning streak. Emotions were running high on Saturday after the team had been with Robinson until the early hours of Saturday morning.
National Ranking: #13 AP
3. Texas A&M
Last Week: Def. Baylor 85-65 (1/17), Lost to Texas 74-63 (1/22)
This Week: 1/25 at Colorado, 1/29 vs. Kansas State
(18-1) Overall (3-1) Conference
Record:
11 Coaches Poll
(17-2) Overall (4-1) Conference
The Aggies lost to the Longhorns by 21 in Austin, but have a second chance in College Station on Jan.31. They have split for the last six seasons with the home team winning each time.
Last Week: Lost to Texas 81-60 (1/19)
Def. Kansas State 64-56 (1/22)
This Week: 1/29 at Nebraska
National Ranking: #11 AP
13 Coaches Poll
(17-2) Overall (4-1) Conference
The Tigers lost some ground early with a loss to Colorado, but can make it up by defeating Texas in Austin.
Last Week: Def. Kansas State 75-59 (1/17), Def. Iowa State 87-54 (1/22)
This Week: 1/29 at Texas
Missouri
5. Colorado
Record:
(14-6) Overall (3-2) Conference
Unranked
Colorado's hot start was cooled off last week with two straight losses.The Buffs look to get back on track with two tough games this week.
Last Week: Lost to Nebraska 79-67 (1/18), Lost to Oklahoma 67-60 (1/22)
This Week: 1/25 vs. Kansas, 1/29 at Baylor
6. Baylor
Unranked
Record:
(13-5) Overall (3-2) Conference
Baylor set a new attendance record (10,596) against Kansas. The Baylor women against Tennessee set the previous record of 10,569, on Dec. 14, 2010.
Last Week: Lost to Kansas 85-65 (1/17). Def. Oklahoma State 76-57 (1/22)
This Week: 1/29 vs. Colorado
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7. Oklahoma State
Record:
(13-5) Overall (3-2) Conference
The Cowboys are hurting without James Anderson. They did open the Big 12 season with a nice win against then No. 17 ranked Kansas State, but in retrospect, the win isn't all too impressive.
Last Week: Def. Iowa State 96-87 (1/19), Lost to Baylor 76-57 (1/22)
This Week: 1/26 vs. Texas, 1/29 vs. Texas Tech
Kansas State
Unranked
Record:
(13-7) Overall
(1-4) Conference
Kansas State is in a huge hole. Senior guard Jacob Pullen said before the Big 12 started that the title goes through Manhattan. Things have changed and for Kansas State to make the NCAA tourney, it will need to go 8-3 from here on out.
Last Week:
Lost to Missouri 75-59 (1/17)
Lost to Texas A&M 64-56 (1/22)
This Week: 1/24 vs. Baylor
1/29 at Kansas
Record:
10-9) Overall (2-3) Conference
9. Oklahoma Unranked
Last Week:
The Sooners picked up a huge win at home against Colorado, but haven't hung with the big boys of the Big 12.
This Week:
Def. Texas Tech 83-74 (1/18)
Def.Colorado 67-60 (1/22)
1/29 at Iowa State
Record:
1. Overall (2-3) Conference
10. Nebraska Unranked
Def. Colorado 79-67 (1/18),
Lost to Texas Tech 72-71 (1/22)
Last Week:
(14-5) Overall (2-3) Conference After hanging with Kansas, Nebraska defeated a good Colorado team, only to turnaround and lose in Lukhock
This Week:
1/29 vs. Texas A&M
11. Iowa State
Unranked
(14-6) Overall (1-4) Conference
The Cyclones have an easier stretch coming up in the next four games after a tough overtime loss to Oklahoma State coupled with a thumping by Missouri.
Last Week:
Lost to Oklahoma State 96-87 (1/19)
Lost to Missouri 87-54 (1/22)
This Week:
1/26 vs. Texas Tech
1/29 vs. Oklahoma
12. Texas Tech
Record:
(9-11) Overall (1-4) Conference
The Red Raiders are
the only big 12 school with an overall record under .500. It did pick up a nice win at home against Nebraska.
Last Week:
Def. Kansas State
75-59 (1/17). Def.
Iowa State 87-
54 (1/22)
This Week:
1/29 at Texas
—Mike Lavieri