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SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Everybody pulls for David, nobody roots for Goliath."
— Wilt Chamberlain
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas coach Bill Self will look for his 400th career victory against Iowa State on Saturday. He is 192-41 during his tenure at Kansas.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time Kansas started conference play 9-0?
A: The 2004-2005 season. That team's first loss happened in its 11th game to Texas Tech.
-Kansas Athletics
SCORES
NCAA Men's Basketball:
No. 3 Kentucky 66, Alabama 55
No. 4 Purdue 76, No. 10 Michigan State 64
No. 7 Georgetown 79, Providence 70
No. 22 Vanderbilt 90, No. 12 Tennessee 71
Illinois 63, No. 11 Wisconsin 56
Texas Tech 72, Oklahoma 71
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL:
No. 3 Nôtre Dame 66, Cincinnati 50
No. 25 Hartford 59, Maine 32
NBA BASKETBALL:
Cleveland 104, New Jersey 97
Chicago 109, Indiana 101
Philadelphia 119, Minnesota 97
Charlotte 94, Washington 92
Miami 99, Houston 66
Sacramento 118, New York 114
Atlanta 108, Memphis 94
Detroit 93, Milwaukee 81
Early recruiting a bad idea
MORNING BREW
W whether you think that new USC coach Lane Kiffin is a major jackass or just a
minor one (it's undoubtedly one or the other), no hater can deny his recruiting prowess. After stacking the Trojans with a top-10 incoming class on top of an already loaded roster for the upcoming season, Kiffin decided to take a longer look down the roads of the future.
I can picture it now: Kiffin quickly glances around a press conference room, chugs two Red Bulls in 10 seconds, flees any previous job commitments that don't include the letters U-S-C (this month at least), literally tramples scurrying journalists in the process, pauses his steps and brushes his play-signaling right hand through his California-tailored dirty blond hair. Then he thinks to himself: How about that 2015 class?
With guidance from national quarterback tutor Steve Clarkson, Kiffin has offered a scholarship to Wilmington, Del. quarterback prospect David Sills. The catch: Sills is in seventh grade.
Yet at nearly six feet tall and already breaking down NFL film, Sills is no brace-faced middle school chump.
BY MAX ROTHMAN
rothman@karaae.com
Clarkson, who has developed bigtime players such as Matt Barkley, Jimmy Clausen and Ben Roothlisberger, said Stills's skill-set at age 13 indicates that he might someday be better than all
Because the NCAA takes no action to this absurdly premature recruitment and Kiffin repeatedly leaves hesitation in the waste basket, Sills has verbally committed to his dream college, USC, before he has even chosen his high school.
three of the aforementioned and already established stars.
Such an unorthodox decision brings a king-sized buffet of questions to the table.
What will this kid look like at age 18? Will USC still be such a heavenly destination after Kiffin has had his way? Should schools be allowed to snoop around Pop-Warner fields and schoolyards for prospects?
Sills' commitment equates to nothing more than a pinky swear, not a signed letter of intent. But such publicity could spell a dooming fate for a kid so young
He may lose a certain work ethic while dreaming of girls and beaches in sunny southern California. He may
succumb to the pressures of childhood celeb status and falter under the bright lights of stardom.
Or he may pan out to be the next great USC quarterback.
Either way, Kiffin and Clarkson should have waited this one out instead of starting a possibly horrifying trend.
After Sills, why wouldn't several other big-money schools poke their noses around the jungle gym or the crib of the baby with the oversized right arm?
Skills aside, this prospect is simply too young to glorify.
Hey Sills, you thought long division was tough? Try lugging a Kiffin-wrapped Trojan sword from class to class.
Edited by Drew Anderson
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Women's basketball vs. Nebraska, 7 p.m.
Tennis vs. UMKC, 2p.m.
FRIDAY
THURSDAY No events scheduled
FRIDAY No events scheduled
SATURDAY
Softball vs. Louisville in Houston, 11 a.m.
vs. Sam Houston State in Houston, 1 p.m.
Track
ISU Classic/Tyson
Invitational, Ames,
lowa/Fayettville, Ark.,
All Day
MONDAY
St. Louis receives rare home victory
Men's basketball at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.
Men's Golf at Rice Intercollegiate, All Day
ST. LOUIS — Paul Kariya scored twice for his first goals at home in more than 15 months and the St. Louis Blues recovered after blowing a two-goal cushion.
The team beat the Detroit
Red Wings 4-3 in a shootout Tuesday night.
T. J. Oshie and Brad Boyes scored in the shootout for St. Louis.
But goalie Chris Mason clinched it with a left pad save on Henrik Zetterberg in the third round.
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Parading around
New Orleans saitch Coach Payton displays the Vince Lombardi Trophy to fans while riding a boat during a parade in New Orleans Tuesday. The Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 21-17 in Super Bowl XLIV to attain the first championship in the team's franchise history.
NEW YORK — Kevin Martin scored nine of his 17 points in overtime, and the Sacramento Kings beat the New York Knicks 118-114 Tuesday to end a six-game losing streak.
NBA
Tyreke Evans finished with 27 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, scoring 12 points in the final 7 minutes of regulation after the Knicks had built a 15-point lead
New York can't stop Sacramento in OT
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