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SPORTS / WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"When I went down, I thought it was over. I heard that pop that I'd never heard and didn't know what that meant. But I'm glad, I'm happy that I'm walking, and I'm going to play Wednesday."
Alec Burks, Colorado freshman
FACT OF THE DAY
Burks has scored more than 20 points in three conference games already this season: at Texas, at Oklahoma State and vs. Nebraska
Source: ESPN.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: According to Ken Pomeroy's advanced metrics, who has the worst defense in the Big 12?
A: Colorado. The rankings rate Colorado's defense 205th in the nation out of 337 eligible teams.
Kenpom.com
Saints will finally march in
MORNING BREW
he day is soon upon us and the question should be clear:
Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints? (You didn't see that one coming?)
It seems as though we've been waiting on this for some time, but now it's official Colts. Saints. Super Bowl.
Back in mid-December when both Indianapolis and New Orleans were 13-0 and running the two most explosive offenses in the league, an eventual Super Bowl between them seemed inevitable.
Since that time, the Saints had some end-of-the-regular-season hiccups, and the Colts turned down perfection for health, resting their starters and sacrificing two games in the process.
But in the postseason, both teams have lived up to the hype. After beating the Arizona Cardinals into submission and sending Kurt Warner into retirement, the Saints barely escaped an overtime shootout against the Vikings.
The Colts defeated the less-talented Baltimore Ravens and found a way to score on Rex Ryan's New York Jets, avoiding an almost impossible upset. Now it's time for the big one, and your cheering section should be plainly defined.
Unless you are from Indiana, love Peyton's Volunteers, wager serious money on the Colts or are not nothing more than a sinful or irrational person, how on earth can you root against the Saints?
We're talking about the pride and joy of a city being rebuilt and a team that has gone from the Aims (what New Orleans fans used to write on their paper bag misery masks) to the number one seed in the NFC. They've done so under the resurrecting wings of head coach and offensive mastermind Sean Payton and his shiniest toy, deadly-accurate quarterback and year-to-year MVP candidate Drew Brees.
this is a team that has served not only as a form of entertainment, but also as the sole bright spot of a city still overcoming the tragedies of Hurricane Katrina. The Saints have been New Orleans' team at a time when they were needed most. Then there's the Colts, Peyton Manning is diving his four MVP trophies as we speak. He's also got a Super Bowl ring. He's done it all before, and he's had his time to shine.
So the question arises once more.
Who dat say dey gonna beat dem
Saints?
If karma and just reasoning have anything to do with it, no one.
MUSIC FROM THE VAULTS
tions), but it really just sounds like one long limb-shaking groove. An onslaught of instruments takes you straight to the scene of the crime against jazz conventions—distorted guitar, jangling percussion, soprano sax-blurts, steady-droning bass, shimmering keys and of course, Miles' clamoring trumpet. Featureting names such as John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea, this piece could be considered Miles' boldest and most perverse work.
Miles Davis wastes no time bringing the listener into his cooky, drugged out world. The beginning of 1972 "On the Corner" sounds as though it was chopped from the middle of a dissonant funk set. The album consists of four tracks (whose titles are more themes than defini-
Far away from his "Kind of Blue" days, Miles seems to be dipping his experimental brush into the colors of the future. By no means is this a starting point for those new to Miles or even his fusion era (I'd direct you to "Bitches Brew" instead). But for those that can appreciate a sometimes difficult yet undeniably trailblazing step, this album epitomizes cool. From the bright yellow cover scattered with decals saying "Vote Miles" and "Free Me" on the outside, to the street-accessible sounds of the inside, "On the Corner" makes you proud to say that it ain't your mom and pop's funk.
- Edited by Sarah Bluvas
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY
Men's basketball at Colorado, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY
No events scheduled
FRIDAY
Tennis
vs. Notre Dame, 3 p.m.
Women's swimming at Iowa State, 6 p.m.
Track at Husker Invitational, all day
SATURDAY
Swimming at Iowa State, 10 a.m.
Men's basketball vs. Nebraska, 5 p.m.
Track at Husker Invitational, all day
SUNDAY
Women's basketball vs. Kansas State, 1 p.m.
MONDAY
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
Men's basketball at Texas, 8 p.m.
Kansas State recovers from weekend loss with 76-57 win against Nebraska
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LINCOLN, Neb. — After a heart-wrenching overtime loss to archrival Kansas, Kansas State blew off some steam against Nebraska.
Denis Clemente matched his season high with five 3-pointers.
It was Kansas State's most lopsided Big 12 road win since the conference's inception in 1996-97 and its most one-sided win in Lincoln
and scored 23 points to lead the 10th-ranked Wildcats to a 76-57 victory over the overmatched Huskers Tuesday night.
since 1973. The victory took some of the edge off Saturday's 81-79 overtime home loss to a Kansas team that moved from No. 2 to No. 1 in The Associated Press poll.
"It was a tough loss, and we've still got it in our system a little bit," said Kansas State reserve forward
Jamar Samuels, who had 15 points and nine rebounds. "We felt we should have won that game, so we came in here and won this one."
The Wildeats (18-4, 5-3) were far superior athletically to the Huskers, who lost their first five Big 12 games before beating Oklahoma
on Saturday.
Nebraska scored just one field goal in the $6 \frac{1}{2}$ minutes before halftime, and that appeared to be by accident. Standhardinger was preparing to rebound Brandon Ubel's short shot when the ball glanced off his hands and went through
the hoop.
While Clemente roamed mostly free behind the 3-point line, Samuels and Sutton had their way inside: They got behind Nebraskas press for a couple of easy baskets, and they outmaneuvered the Huskers' big men for big dunks.
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