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SPORTS MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."
Vince Lombardi
FACT OF THE DAY
Source: Kansas Athletics
Before Saturday's game, Kansas' most recent overtime game was against Syracuse on Nov. 25. 2008. KU lost 89-81.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time Kansas and Kansas State went to overtime in men's basketball?
A: Jan. 14, 1989. Kansas won 75-74 in Manhattan. — Kansas Athletics
SCORES
NCAA Men's Basketball:
No. 12 Purdue 66, Penn State 46
No. 14 Tennessee 61, Florida 60
South Florida 70, No. 17 Pittsburgh 61
No.18 Butler 73, Milwaukee 66
No.20 Mississippi 73, Arkansas 80
No.21 Clemson 62, Maryland 53
No.24 Ohio State 85, Minnesota 63
NCAA Women's Basketball:
No. 5 Tennessee 60, South Carolina 55
Indiana 67, No. 6 Ohio State 62
No. 17 Oklahoma State 67, No. 8
Texas A&M 63
No. 9 Georgia 53, Auburn 67
No. 16 Baylor 50, No. 25 Texas 61
Kansas State 73, No. 18 Iowa State
67
No.19 LSU 78, Alabama 41
Wake Forest 64, No.20 Virginia 57
Mizzou-Big Ten talk makes no sense
MORNING BREW
The term "expansion" has been thrown around college athletics the past 15 years. One of the conferences at the forefront in Division 1-A is the Big 10, which strangely enough has 11 teams (Thanks for the confusion Penn State). The Big 10's quest to enlarge itself has become a reality in the last six months as the Big "11" wants to become a dirty dozen. Teams it is considering include Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Missouri. Yes, our rivals to the east are considering leaving the conference that made it who it is.
Since 1907, the Tigers from Columbia have been a part of the Big 12 in all its forms. It was originally known as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, then the Big Six, Big Seven and, lastly, the Big Eight. This potential disaster of a move is prompted by academics. Missouri's complaints of revenue sharing and threats to move to a conference where it feels it can compete are ridiculous. In other words, Mizzou is tired of dealing with the Texases and Oklahoma of the Big 12 and wants to deal with the Ohio States and Michigan of the world.
If Missouri goes through with this decision, they will have fallen into the trap of big-time athletics and will set tradition aside for a few spare dollars — though Missouri made $8.4 million on athletics alone in 2007-08, according to the Omaha World-Herald — but Missouri, go make
BY ANDREW HAMMOND
ahammond@kansan.com
twitter.com/ahammradiostar
more money. Most people who want a Tiger trip to the Big "11" point out the fact that Missouri is tired of schools like Texas and Oklahoma that have a majority of the shared revenue and make more money off merchandise than the Tigers do. Hey Mizzou, it's called a fanbase. Get one.
With the potential Missouri defection, one of the nation's oldest rivalries would definitely be in jeopardy as the Jayhawks' yearly clash with the Tigers will be put in favor of the always sexy, made-for-TV matchup of Missouri and Iowa. The seeds of Missouri Athletics have been sowed in different forms of the Big 12. If Missouri chooses to leave, it will show that the school's hierarchy is willing to stiff arm tradition when a nice set of greenbacks is staring them in the face.
The biggest line in a set of excuses from the clowns — I mean pro-Big 10 Tiger faithful — is the benefit of academics. Yes, I will admit Missouri is a good
institution, but Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon
— also a Missouri alumnus — all but degraded Texas Tech and Oklahoma State by saying, "I'm not going to say anything bad about the Big 12, but when you compare Oklahoma State to Northwestern, when you compare Texas Tech to Wisconsin, I mean, you begin looking at educational possibilities that are worth looking at." The Big 12 has fine academic institutions, so don't look at your school and compare it to other institutions because they're all above Missouri in class and loyalty.
If Missouri wants to sell out and move to "greener pastures" then I'll help them move. I'll even call them a moving company. To take a quote from Shaq, "Send this to 'The Maneater' (Mizzou's Newspaper), big10mizzou.com." I don't care.
Edited by Drew Anderson
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
TODAY No events scheduled
TUESDAY No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
No events scheduled
WEDNESDAY
Men's basketball
at Colorado, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY
Tennis vs. Notre Dame, 3 p.m.
Women's swimming at Iowa State, 6 p.m.
Track at Husker Invitational, all day
SATURDAY
RDAY
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.
Tigers' shooting shines in victory
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Kim English and Michael Dixon rediscovered their shooting strokes, and the rest of their
The Tigers looked nothing like the Big 12's worst shooting team in Saturday's 95-80 victory over Oklahoma State, shooting 52 percent from the field and draining 17 3-pointers.
Missouri teammates did, too.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Hoyas get win against Blue Devils
ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Barack Obama attends his first Georgetown basketball game with Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday in Washington. The Hoyas rolled past the Blue Devils, 89-77. The Blue Devils shot just 37 percent for the game.
WASHINGTON — Chris Wright and Georgetown put on a show for the commander in chief.
With President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden seated in the front row, the No. 7 Hoyas stole the game from No. 8 Duke, forcing five turnovers in a two-minute, first-half spurt on the way to an 89-77 victory Saturday.
It couldn't have been a much bigger day for Georgetown: the president attending his first Hoyas game, the first sellout of the season in the 20,000-seat Verizon Center, a crowd mostly sporting "We Are Georgetown" T-shirts in a school-sponsored "gray out," the 200th win for coach John Thompson III, the launch of an initiative for Darfur schools, and, of course, a dominant program from the Atlantic Coast Conference in the building.
Wright seemed pumped for it all, scoring 21 points on 8-for-9 shooting and making two defensive plays that helped ignite an 18-3 run and gave the Hoyas the lead for good in the first half. Greg Monroe also scored 21, and Austin Freeman added 20 points for Georgetown (16-4), which shot 77 percent in the first half and 72 percent for the game.
Nolan Smith scored 19 points, Kyle Singler had 18 before fouling out with 2:10 to play, and Jon Scheyer added 17 for the Blue Devils (17-4), who shot 37 percent.
Duke committed 15 turnovers
The key first-halt sequence began when Wright blocked Smith from behind on an outside jump shot, then seconds later stole the ball from Smith under the basket. Then came turnovers by Miles Plumlee, Smith and two by Scheyer, including a charging call. Jerelle Benimon and Hollis Thompson each got a steal during the run, a needed boost from the thin Georgetown bench.
— one fewer than Georgetown — but they came in bunches in rare series of breakdowns from coach Mike Krzyzewski's team.
By the time it was over, Duke had gone nearly four minutes without a field goal, and Georgetown led 34-20.
Georgetown went 17 for 22 from the field in the first half and led 46-33 at the break.
The Blue Devils tried in vain to make a game of it in the second half. A pair of 3-pointers in the first couple minutes cut the lead to seven, but two more turnovers led to a 6-0 run and restored Georgetown's 13-point lead.
The Blue Devils cut the deficit to seven once more at 52-45, but Monroe stopped that momentum with a spin move in the paint and a big pump of the arm to celebrate. There were plenty of free throws from there in a game that had nearly as many fouls (52) as rebounds (54).
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