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SPORTS / TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear."
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FACT OF THE DAY
On Sunday in Ames, Iowa, junior Amanda Miller broke the school record in the 5,000 meter with a time of 16:27:03. It was 40 seconds better than her previous best time.
Source: KU Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many women's basketball players played a career high in minutes in Saturday's double overtime loss against Texas?
A: Five. Seniors LaChelda Jacobs and Sade Morris, sophomore Aishah Sutherland and freshmen Carolyn Davis and Monica Engelman.
-KU Athletics
SCORES
NCAA Men's Basketball
NCAA Men's basketball
Connecticut 84, No. 3 Villanova 75
NCAA WOMEN'S Basketball
No. 1 Connecticut 76, No. 12 Okla homa 60
No. 10 Florida State 69, No. 21 Georgia Tech 59
No. 18 North Carolina 78, Virginia 82
Playing ball after the Phog
MORNING BREW
Paul Pierce and Kirk Hinrich might be holding it down, but besides those two, it's been pretty tough going in the NBA for former Jayhawks. Here's a quick run-down on how ex-crimson and bluers are faring this year.
PAUL PIERCE (18.6 PTS, 4.7 REB, 3.3 AST)
Another All-Star selection in the bag. Pierce even took home the Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout title at this past weekend's festivities. Nothing new here. Pierce continues to add to his Hall of Fame resume.
KIRK HINRICH
KIRK HINRICH
(10.2 PTS, 3.6 REB, 4.4 AST)
With the emergence of Derrick Rose, Hinrich fell into anonymity last year and posted the worst season of his career. But Hinrich has returned to relevancy, and the starting lineup, providing a stabilizing force in the Bulls backcourt.
MARIO CHALMERS (7.2 PTS, 1.8 REB, 3.5 AST)
His playing time has taken a big-time hit since the Heat signed Rafer Alston — on top of the usual hit his statistics take by sharing the backcourt with D-Wade. Mario has played well in his reserve role, though he's been out since Jan. 29 with a sprained thumb.
Inconsistency has been the word for Rush this season, as he's mired in the obscurity that is Pacers basketball. He's quietly piecing together a solid year, scoring in double figures in
BY BEN WARD bward@kansan.com
BRANDON RUSH (8.7 PTS, 4.1 REB, 1.3 AST)
eight of his last ten games
JULIAN WRIGHT
JULIAN WRIGHT (3.3 PTS, 2.1 REB, 0.5 AST)
The 2009-2010 season started with promise for Julian, who parlayed a strong off-season into a starting role. Unfortunately, he fell out of favor (again) with coach Byron Scott, finding himself (once again) buried on the bench. Scott has since been given the boot, but Julian still can't carve out consistent minutes in new coach Jeff Bower's rotation. A change of scenery might be in Wright's future, but for now at least, he's still a nasty bowler.
NICK COLLISON (5.4 PTS, 5.1 REB)
Not-nearly-productive-enough-Nick has done a solid job in Oklahoma City, but his numbers don't exactly match his over $6.5 million salary. That, and on a roster littered with talented youngsters fresh out of the lottery, he doesn't do much to stand out.
DREW GOODEN (8.9 PTS, 6.9 REB)
Drew has shown he still has some game, the only problem is no one seems to want him. The Mavericks just shipped him to the Wizards as part their deal for Caron Butler, making the sixth different team Gooden has played in in the past three seasons.
DARRELL ARTHUR
A torn pectoral muscle has all but destroyed Arthur's sophomore season, causing him to miss every game since the season opener. He expected to return this week though, where he looks to build on a modest rookie campaign.
DARNELL JACKSON (0.8 PTS, 0.8 REB)
The bad news? Darnell hasn't scored a point or played a significant minute since early December. The good news? He's reportedly good buddies with LeBron, which bodes well for his future in Cleveland.
SASHA KAUN
And remember our old friend Sasha Kaun? He's still playing professionally in the Euroleague, where he plays for CSKA Moscow and averages a respectable 8.5 pts. and 4.1 rebounds a game.
Oh yeah, and he's in the second year of a three year deal worth 2,700,000 euros.
That's more than $3.6 million in the States.
Edited by Michael Holtz
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Richmond climbs into Top 25 in AP poll
ASSOCIATED PRESS
After two road victories last week moved the Spiders into first place in the conference, they accomplished another goal
Chris Mooney and the Richmond Spiders set a bunch of goals before the season, including an Atlantic 10 regular-season title and their first NCAA tournament bid in six years.
Monday; making the Top 25 for the first time in 24 years.
we've been recognized in a really, really elite category"
"It's really a significant accomplishment, and we've been very open with our guys about this, that
The Spiders (20-6, 9-2)
host Fordham (2-21, 0-11) on
In a week when Kansas State climbed to No. 7, its highest ranking in nearly five decades, the Spiders joined the AP poll at No. 25 for the first time since January 1986. It's just the fourth time in school history that the small, private school has been in the poll.
"It's really a significant accomplishment, and we've been very open with our guys about this."
it was something that we wanted to accomplish," said Mooney, in his fifth season in charge. "It's not going to help us beat Fordham, but it's certainly going to make us feel really good and understand
CHRIS MOONEY Richmond head coach
Wednesday night, trying to stretch their winning streak to seven. Last week, they used a late 9-1 run to hand Rhode Island just its fourth loss, 69-67, and then rolled
"We'll see if it changes anything," he said. Monday, "We
Mooney doesn't expect the Spiders' new status to be a problem.
at St. Bonaventure, 68-49.
didn't want to hide from it. We wanted to seek it, and I know that ultimately it doesn't mean you've
accomplished your other goals. It doesn't give you the championship of the A-10, or it doesn't give you an NCAA tournament berth, but it does mean something."
the other No. 1 nods, moved up one spot to No. 2.
"...we've been recognized in a really, really elite category."
Villanova moved up one place
CHRIS MOONEY Richmond head coach
Richmond, whose winning streak includes a 71-54 victory over Temple, was also ranked for three weeks in 1954-55, two weeks in 1957-58 and the one-week stint in January 1986.
Kansas (24-1) was again a runaway No. 1, receiving 62 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to hold the top spot for the third week in a row. Kentucky (24-1), which had
Its success last week stood in contrast to four of the top 10 teams losing.
d up one place to No. 3, with Purdue gaining two places to fourth, the sixth week this season the Boilermakers have reached that spot. Syracuse, which had its 11-game win
ning streak stopped by Louisville on Sunday, dropped from second to fifth. Duke strengthened its lead in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a win over Maryland on Saturday and jumped from eighth to sixth.
Kansas State (20-4) achieved its highest ranking since it was sixth in the final poll of the 1961-62 season, West Virginia, which lost to Villanova and Pitt last week, fell to No. 8, followed by Ohio State and Georgetown, an upset victim of Rutgers on Sunday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
1) Kansas
2) Kentucky
3) Villanova
4) Purdue
5) Syracuse
6) Duke
7) Kansas State
8) West Virginia
9) Ohio State
10) Georgetown
11) Michigan State
12) New Mexico
13) Gonzaga
14) Wisconsin
15) Texas
16) Brigham Young
17) Vanderbilt
18) Butler
19) Pittsburgh
20) Tennessee
21) Temple
22) Baylor
23) Wake Forest
24) Texas A&M
25) Richmond
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Michigan State, which lost to Purdue, dropped one spot to 11th and was followed by New Mexico, Gonzaga, Wisconsin, Texas, BYU, Vanderbilt, Butler, Pittsburgh and Tennessee, which dropped eight spots after losing to Vanderbilt and Kentucky.
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The last five teams were Temple, Baylor and newcomers Wake Forest, Texas A&M and Richmond.
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Wake Forest (18-5), which has won four straight and six of seven including a 75-64 victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday, moved in for the first time this season. The Demon Deacons, who were ranked all last season including one week at No. 1, are in second place in the ACC.
Texas A&M (18-6) was ranked for four weeks earlier this season and the Aggies moved back in having won four straight and six of seven, moving into a second place tie with Kansas State in the Big 12 behind Kansas.
Northern Iowa (22-3), which has cinched at least a share of
the Missouri Valley Conference title, dropped out from No. 19 following a 68-59 loss at Bradley on Saturday that snapped a six-game winning streak.
Georgia Tech (17-8) fell out from 20th after six straight weeks in the rankings. The Yellow Jackets, who lost to Miami and Wake Forest last week, dropped to 1-5 in ACC road games.
Softball
vs. Marshall in Gainesville,
Fla., 12 p.m.
UNLV (19-6) returned to the poll last week at No. 23 after being out the previous eight weeks. The Rebels had won seven of eight games before losing to New Mexico and San Diego State.
Ohio State is in two of this week's six games between ranked teams. The Buckeyes host Purdue on Wednesday and are at Michigan State on Sunday. The other games are: Kansas at Texas A&M on Monday; Syracuse at Georgetown on Thursday; Kentucky at Vanderbilt on Saturday; and Villanova at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Men's Golf
at Rice Intercollegiate,
all day
Women's basketball at Colorado, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
WEDNESDAY No events scheduled.
Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY No events scheduled.
FRIDAY
Softball vs. Florida in Gainesville, Fla., 5 p.m.
SATURDAY
Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan, 10 a.m.
Mens's Basketball vs. Colorado, 3 p.m.
Softball vs. Campbell in Gainesville, Fla., 3 p.m.
Softball vs. East Carolina in Gainesville, Fla., 6 p.m.
SUNDAY
Softball
vs. Marshall in Gainesville,
Fla., 10 a.m.
Tennis at Tulsa, 11 a.m.
Baseball vs. Eastern Michigan, 12 p.m.
Women's Basketball at Texas Tech, 5 p.m.
Women's Golf at Kiawah Island Classic, all day
HIGH SCHOOL
Coach resigns after violating regulation
DODGE CITY — The Dodge City High School football coach has resigned after district officials determined he was holding football practice during his before-school conditioning class.
The practice constituted a violation of the Kansas State High School Activities Association's rules.
Justin Burke resigned last week. Burke claimed he was introducing a game of two-hand touch into the routine to break up the daily monotony of lifting weights and running.
But the state activities association insists that what happened was football practice.
Associated Press
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
North Carolina falls out of top 25 poll
The Tar Heels fell out of The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday for the first time in 163 weeks, while Connecticut pushed its remarkable run at No. 1 to 39 straight weeks.
North Carolina dropped from the ranking for the first time since Nov. 19, 2001. It was the fifth-longest active streak in the country behind Tennessee (447 weeks), Connecticut (309), Duke (200) and Stanford (165), and ended three weeks after the North Carolina men's program fell from the Top 25.
Associated Press