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SPORTS / FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"When they treat you bad, you just got to take care of your pride, no matter what."
— Satchel Paige, former pitcher
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas is the best team in the nation in limiting their opponent's effective field goal percentage, which gives 50% more credit for three pointers.
-KenPom.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What team is the worst at effective field goal percentage in the Big 12?
A: Colorado. Giving up 50.8% EFG, the Buffaloes rank 262nd in the nation.
— KenPom.com
SCORES
NCAA Men's basketball:
No. 16 Gonzaga, St. Mary's, late
No. 18 Butler 68, Youngstown State
57
NCAA Women's basketball:
No. 5 Tennessee, Mississippi, late
No. 7 Ohio State 75, Purdue 45
No. 8 Duke 70, NC State 39
No. 10 Florida State 67, Clemson 50
No. 17 Kentucky 64, No. 19 Georgia
48
No. 18 North Carolina 62, Boston College 69
No. 22 Gonzaga, St.Mary's, late No. 23 LSU 70, Florida 30
NBA basketballl:
FOOTBALL
Postseason awards event scheduled
Kansas football will hold its annual postseason awards ceremony in the Kansas Ballroom in the Kansas Union March 6. The event will start at 7:30 p.m. and the public is invited at no cost.
The night will include the 2009 highlight video and a number of awards presented to members of the football team.
Jayson Jenks
MLS
Danish goalkeeper transfers to Wizards
COPENHAGEN — Danish goalie Jimmy Nielsen says he is joining Kansas City Wizards on a one-year contract.
Nielsen's team Veije Boldklub said in a statement Thursday that Nielsen needs to undergo a medical check before switching to the Major League Soccer team.
The Danish club didn't disclose financial details of the transfer.
The 32-year-old Nielsen joined Vejle Boldkclub in January 2008 from Leicester City.
Associated Press
MORNING BREW
Brady's shot a YouTube fave
Messing up free throws is tough. Making them isn't difficult, drawing rim is respectable and even NBA players airball occasionally. Former NBA great Rick Barry shot them underhanded.
So how a clip of Morningstar's free throw gaff against Texas on Monday garnered three million views on YouTube — the most-watched video on Wednesday — and a front page spot on Yahoo.com is truly remarkable.
If you don't remember, Cole Aldrich fouled out of the game after "elbowing" Damion James. James also recorded a foul, so Bill Self had to choose someone to shoot the free throws. With Texas shooting a technical afterward, no Longhorns lined the paint
All eves on Bradv.
As Morningstar rose to shoot the ball, it slipped it on his hands. He recovered to catch it, but lost his balance and fell towards the paint. Realizing he had to shoot before his foot hit the lane, he shot again.
it looked like a kid diving off the diving board for the first time.
"I'm glad I could be a lot of entertainment for people." Morningstar said with a smile Thursday. "Maybe I should start doing movies or sometimes"
Was he try to imitate Cole Aldrich's herky jerky free throw motion?
"That is a good story," Morningstar said. "Actually, that's what I was doing."
Aldrich said the team had already given Morningstar a hard time
BY CLARK GOBLE
cgoble@kansan.com
"That's a tough one to imitate." Aldrich said. "It's a good PLG shot though."
about the blooper.
Bill Self said he had never seen anything like the play.
"That one's a hard one for me to really get my arms around," Self said. "I've never seen a guy miss two shots on one free throw attempt. I wonder if he got a rebound. Maybe that's why we out-rebounded them in deadball rebounds because they gave us credit for one when he rebounded his own miss."
The gaff might also serve as a way to clear the Jayhawks head before playing two games in three days once again starting Saturday.
"Brady's the one guy who can handle it because he can laugh at himself," Self said, "and that's definitely worth laughing it."
Morningstar has kept a good attitude about the situation.
"It's a sports blooper," Morningstar said. "I'm sure I will be on Whacked Out Sports for the next ten years."
FRIDAY YOUTUBE SESH
If you haven't seen Morningstar's gaff, check it out. Searching Brady Morningstar will work just fine.
Self also commented Thursday on Julian Wright's memorable "dunk" attempt against Colorado in 2007.
Wright got a steal and saw open floor in front of him. Self called it "hot-dogging", but it's more hard to watch than anything.
Let's save Wright some embarrassment and just say no dunk was attempted.
"Then he laid on the floor like he was hurt," Self said. "I told the trainer, 'Don't go out there. Make him get up and walk over here by himself.' Sure enough he wasn't hurt, but his pride was seriously damaged."
Search "Julian Wright Embarasses Himself" and... enjoy?
Edited by Megan Heacock
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
Softball vs. Louisville in Houston, 11 a.m.
TODAY
vs. Sam Houston State in Houston, 1 p.m.
Track
ISU Classic/Tyson Inv
tational, Ames, Iowa/
Fayettville, All Day
Women's Basketball vs. Texas, 1 p.m.
Softball at Sam Houston State, 3 p.m.
Men's Basketball vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m.
TENNIS
Softball at Houston, 7 p.m.
vs. ISU Classic/Tyson Invitational, Ames, Iowa/Fayettville, Ark., All Day
Track
SUNDAY
Tennis vs. Iowa, 10 a.m.
Doubleheader and recruit visits highlight team's busy weekend
BY KATHLEEN GIER
kgier@kansan.com
twitter.com/kgier
The Kansas women's tennis team is set for a doubleheader on Sunday to take on the University of Iowa at 10 a.m. and the University of South Dakota at 3 p.m. at the Jayhawk Tennis Facility.
"It will be a long, long day," sophomore Erin Wilbert said. "We had a doubleheader last year and I remember it being one of the longest days of my life."
Wilbert's personal plans for success on Sunday include lots of carbs and lots of sleep. The second part of that plan, however, may take a hit because the team will be attending the men's basketball game Saturday night as a part of this weekend's Recruit Den.
At Recruit Den, prospective players meet with advisors, eat
with the team, attend the team's matches, and do other activities like a watch movie or a basketball game with the current athletes.
"It is just trying to sell the program and trying to sell the university," head coach Amy Hall-Holt said. "It is going to be a really exciting weekend."
"I think that whenever they come they see how close we are," Wilbert said. "I think they like that idea."
On her own recruiting trip, Wilbert stayed with senior Kuni Dorn. Dorn joked that Wilbert's stay with her was the reason for her decision to come and play at Kansas.
Being close will help the team get through the matches this weekend.
"It is going to be tough, it is always tough to play two matches a day, but I think we are all in
really good shape," Dorn said. "We have really good strengths and we practice a lot, so it shouldn't be a problem."
The Iowa team that Kansas will face this weekend is led by sophomore Sonja Molnar, who is the 65th-ranked singles player in the country according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. In the summer of 2008, she was the National under 18 singles champion and doubles runner up, and she was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year last spring. The team is 1-1 right now, and will stop in Manhattan to play Kansas State on Saturday.
"We are very excited about getting Iowa here and South Dakota and playing some competitive tennis," Hall-Holt said.
NHL
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Sophomore Erin Wilbert returns the ball against No. 6 Notre Dame. Wilbert lost both her doubles and singles matches.
Senators hand Capitals second straight defeat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
OTTTAWA — Chris Phillips and Alex Kovalev scored in the third period, and Jason Spezza had a goal and two assists in the first in the Ottawa Senators' 6-5 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night.
Brian Elliott made 19 saves to help Ottawa win for the 13th time in 14 games, and hand Washington
its second straight loss after a team-record 14-game winning streak. On Wednesday night in Montreal, the Canadiens beat the Capitals 6-5 in overtime.
Chris Neil scored late in the second to draw Ottawa even at 4. Milan Michalek and Daniel Alfredson also scored for the Senators, up 3-1 after the first.
Alexander Semin scored his third goal of the game—his 29th
of the season — 13:37 into the third to draw Washington within one.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 22 shots in his first game in more than two months.
Semin scored goals 42 seconds apart in the second to give the Capitals a 4-3 lead. Tomas Fleischmann and Jeff Schultz also scored for the Capitals.
Kovalev assisted on Phillips'
seventh goal 2:23 into the third that put the Senators up 5-4. The Russian winger made it 6-4 with his 16th goal on a power play at 7:36.
Semin scored an unassisted goal with 6:23 remaining to make it a one-goal game.
Spezza had three points in the opening period, including his 11th goal in his last 11 games to open the scoring 6:03 in.
Michalek, who assisted on Kovalev's power-play goal in the third, scored his 20th to put the Senators up 2-0 at 10:09.