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/ **SPORTS** / TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"If the NBA were on channel 5 and a bunch of frogs making love were on channel 4, I'd watch the frogs, even if they were coming in fuzzy."
Bobby Knight
FACT OF THE DAY
Texas Tech's 21 offensive rebounds against the women's basketball team were the most the Jayhawks have given up this season.
Source: KU Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time the women's basketball team defeated Texas Tech?
A: Jan. 23, 1999. Kansas defeated Texas Tech 55-45 in Lawrence.
KU Athletics
SCORES
NCAA Men's Basketball:
No. 1 Kansas City, Oklahoma 68
Connecticut 73, No. 8 West Virginia 62
NCAA Women's Basketball:
No. 4 Tennessee 70, No. 2 LSU 61
No. 17 Baylor 65, No. 12 Texas A&M 63
No. 9 Florida State 59, No. 21 Virginia 58
Gooden continues NBA tour
MORNING BREW
A hypothetical Craigslist ad from Dallas Mavericks general manager Don Nelson:
For Sale: 2002 PF/C, Drew Gooden model, lots of owners and miles, but runs great! A consistent performer, this model provides 12 points and eight rebounds per game since it first hit showrooms to near universal acclaim. Despite high miles and numerous owners, neither temperament nor performance will be a problem. In fact, Sporting News named Gooden a "Good Guy in Sports" and the National Association of Basketball Coaches named him its college Player of the Year in 2002. Body also in solid condition, with past aesthetic damage thoroughly corrected. You'll never know the duck flap haircut happened! Priced to sell, don't miss this opportunity to nab a former lottery pick and propro pro with high re-sale value. Call today with best offer. Willing to listen to pretty much anything.
BY ALEX BEECHER
beecher@lanen.com
I would be shocked by two things if I stumbled upon this ad: First, that Craiglist actually had a listing for something worthwhile; and second, that the Dallas Mavericks were shopping Gooden at all. The Mavs weren't necessarily in position to supplant the Lakers as Western Conference favorites, but they certainly weren't struggling either. Gooden, while far from a star on the squad, certainly contributed to that success. So why shop him? Moreover, why does Gooden basically have a permanent
place on the shopping block?
That trek, with stops in Cleveland, Chicago, Sacramento, San Antonio and Dallas, now has Gooden playing for the Los Angeles Clippers. But if history has taught us anything, Gooden should probably just leave his bags packed.
For those of us who watched him mature from a talented freshman into a dominant Player of the Year at Kansas, the questions are even more difficult to answer. He had all the assets you look for in a star player: athleticism, offensive skill set, rebounding prowess, winning pedigree, etc. The Memphis Grizzlies, at least, agreed with that assessment. They liked Gooden enough to select him fourth overall in the 2002 NBA draft. But, despite a rookie campaign in which he averaged a promising 12 points per game, the Grizzlies didn't like Gooden enough to keep him around. The team shipped him to Orlando, beginning Gooden's meandering trek around the league.
In fact, why not encourage further trades? If you're going to be a
Being the league's most mysteriously well-traveled player may not be the dream career for someone who entered the NBA with the expectations that Gooden did; but there is another positive spin — Gooden would hardly be traded so frequently if he weren't universally valued.
productive journeyman, why not be the most productive journeyman? Gooden, in only eight NBA seasons, has technically played for nine teams. With plenty of prime years left, that leaves Gooden only three teams short of the record of 12, currently shared by Chucky Brown, Tony Massenburg and Jimmy Jackson.
So let's hope Gooden plays well enough in Los Angeles to maintain that value... Just not well enough for the team to keep him.
Edited by Cory Bunting
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Duke's Jon Scheyer with Virginia Tech's Matalon Delaney, left, during an NCAA basketball game in Durham, N.C. on Sunday, Feb. 21, Duke is ranked fifth in the nation.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
One ACC team in AP poll
ASSOCIATED PRESS
For the first time in 33 years, there is only one team from the Atlantic Coast Conference in The Associated Press Top 25.
Fifth-ranked Duke was the lone ACC team in the college basketball poll Monday, something that last happened on Dec. 13, 1977, when North Carolina was No. 5 in what was then the Top 20.
Seven other schools from the 12-team league have been ranked at some point this season: North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Maryland, Florida State, Miami and Wake Forest.
Kansas (26-1), one of five teams from the Big 12 in the rankings, is again the runaway No.1, receiving 61 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel Monday. The Jayhawks were on top for the fourth straight week and 13th this season.
Kentucky (26-1), which was No. 1 on the other four ballots, held onto second after surviving its trip to Vanderbilt last weekend with a 58-56 victory.
Purdue, Syracuse, Duke and Kansas State all moved up one spot from last week to round out the first six. Villanova, which lost to Connecticut and Pittsburgh last week, dropped four places to seventh.
The Wildcats, Kansas, Kentucky and Duke are the only teams to remain in the top 10 all season.
West Virginia, Ohio State and New Mexico rounded out the top 10. It is New Mexico's highest ranking since being eighth on Dec.2,1997.The Lobos have won 11 straight and at 25-3 have the best record in school history after that many games.
Georgetown led the second ten, followed by Pittsburgh, BYU, Michigan State, Butler, Vanderbilt, Wisconsin, Gonzaga, Tennessee and Temple.
Texas, which was ranked No. 1 last month for the first time in school history, is at the lowest ranking of the season.
The last five ranked teams were Texas, Texas A&M, Richmond, Baylor and Northern Iowa.
MEN'S BASKETBALL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
1) Kansas
2) Kentucky
3) Purdue
4) Syracuse
5) Duke
6) Kansas State
7) Villanova
8) West Virginia
9) Ohio State
10) New Mexico
11) Georgetown
12) Pittsburgh
13) Brigham Young
14) Michigan State
15) Butler
16) Vanderbilt
17) Wisconsin
18) Gonzaga
19) Tennessee
20) Temple
21) Texas
22) Texas A&M
23) Richmond
24) Baylor
25) Northern Iowa
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
TUESDAY
Women's golf at Kiawah Island Classic, all day
WEDNESDAY
Women's swimming at Big 12 Championships, College Station, Texas all day
THURSDAY
Women's basketball vs. Iowa State, 6:00 p.m.
Women's swimming It big 12 Championships, College Station, Texas all day
FRIDAY
Baseball
Softball
vs. Kentucky in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
11:30 a.m.
Baseball vs. Sacramento State in Peoria, Ariz., 4 p.m.
Softball
Softball vs. Tennessee at Chattanooga, 4:30 p.m.
Track
Track at Big 12 Indoor Championships in Ames, Iowa, all day
Women's swimming at Big 12 Championships, College Station, Texas all day
SATURDAY
Softball
Women's tennis vs. New Mexico State, 10 a.m.
vs. Tennessee Tech in Chattanooga, Tenn,
11:30 a.m.
Men's basketball at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m.
Baseball
Softball
Softball
vs. Lipscomb in
Chattanooga, Tenn.
4:30 p.m.
Baseball vs. Sacramento State in Peoria, Ariz., 4 p.m.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Baseball
vs. Gonzaga in
Peoria, Ariz., 8 p.m.
Track at Big 12 Indooro Championships in Ames, Iowa, all day
Women's swimming
at Big 12 Championships,
College Station, Texas,
all day
UConn reaches 40th week at No.1
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hartford rode a school-record winning streak to its first Top 25 appearance, and gave UConn a little Nutmeg State company in The Associated Press women's basketball poll.
The Hawks entered the ranking for the first time in school history
"It's a thrill for our program to be in," Hartford coach Jen Rizzotti said. "It's a first, but we take it one game at a time. If we're ranked and
on Monday, tied at No. 24. Hartford has won 16 straight contests and will play their first game as a ranked team at Albany on Wednesday night with a chance to clinch the America East regular season championship.
Connecticut ran its remarkable streak at No. 1 to 40 weeks. The Huskies (27-0) have won 66 consecutive games after beating Providence on Saturday, They play at Syracuse on Wednesday before hosting No. 13 Georgetown on Saturday.
we lose it won't mean anything. We want to be ranked at the end of the year"
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For one week, though, the Huskies gave up a little spotlight to the Hawks.
Hartford is just the second American East school to earn a berth in the Top 25 — Vermont was ranked for one week earlier this season. Having two teams from the conference ranked in the same season meant a lot to Rizzotti, who called it "a sign of respect."
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-CLEBRATING 55 YEARS OF TRADITION-
1) Connecticut
2) Stanford
3) Nebraska
4) Tennessee
5) Xavier
6) Duke
7) Notre Dame
8) West Virginia
9) Florida State
10) Ohio State
11) Oklahoma
12) Texas A&M
13) Georgetown
14) Texas
15) Iowa State
16) Kentucky
17) Baylor
18) St. John's
19) Gonzaga
20) LSU
21) Virginia
22) Georgia Tech
23) Oklahoma State
24) Georgia
25) Hartford
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Connecticut's Kalana Greene drives for the basket past Providence' Emily Courtney in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Hartford, Conn. ... Saturday, Feb 20, 2010
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