18 KANSAN KNOCKOUT
KANSAN KNOCKOUT
Pick the winners in 10 of next week's games and you could get your picks printed in The Wave and win a National Championship poster.
Take your picks
Every week The Wave will feature a set of 10 college basketball games and challenge any student to correctly predict the winners. If you can pick more games correctly than The Wave editor, Scott Toland,
you will receive a prize and get your picks printed in next week's edition.
Submit your picks online by 5 p.m. Tuesday at promos.kansan.com/kickthekansan or send them to theweave@kansan.com.
Next week's games
Kansas @ Colorado
Texas @ Oklahoma State
Texas A&M @ Missouri
Pittsburgh @ West Virginia
Connecticut @ Louisville
Kansas State @ Nebraska Cincinnati @ Notre Dame Stanford @ UCLA Michigan State @ Wisconsin Elon @ Wofford
Scott Toland, The Wave editor
Missouri @ Kansas Kansas - Missouri's guards should provide a challenge, but Cole Aldrich will be too much for Missouri to handle inside.
Georgetown @ Syracuse Syracuse - Georgetown has a solid team this year, but sharp-shooting Andy Rautins should make the difference for Syracuse.
Kentucky @ South Carolina Kentucky - Freshman John Wall has already shown that he can play well under pressure, and he will control this game down the stretch.
Kansas State @ Baylor Baylor - Kansas State picked up a big victory against Texas, but the Wildcats are due for a letdown at Baylor.
Michigan State @ Michigan Michigan - Manny Harris should play well enough at home to lead the Wolverines to a victory against their in-state rivals.
Vanderbilt @ Tennessee Tennessee - The Volunteers still have a lot of confidence after knocking off Kansas, and they should play well at home against Vanderbilt.
Notre Dame @ Villanova Villanova - Luke Harangody is having another good season, but the Irish won't have quick enough guards to keep up with the Wildcats.
Clemson @ Boston College Clemson - Clemson is off to a good start in the ACC, and should use their momentum to pick up a victory at Boston College.
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State Oklahoma State - The Aggies are a good team, but the Cowboys' home court advantage should make the difference.
Samford @ Furman Furman - The Paladins should have just enough to take down the Bulldogs at home in a big Southern Conference matchup.
The Kansan sports editors and basketball writers make their picks for this week's Kansan Knockout.
Top Right: South Carolina guard Devan Downey
Left: Michigan State guard Kalin Lucas
Bottom Right: Texas A&M guard Donald Sloan
Clark Goble
Kansan sports editor
Jayson Jenks
Kansan associate sports editor
Corey Thibodeaux
Kansas basketball writer
Tim Dwyer
Big 12 basketball writer
Missouri @ Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Kansas
Georgetown @ Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Syracuse
Kentucky @ South Carolina
Kentucky
Kentucky
Kentucky
South Carolina
Kansas State @ Baylor
Baylor
Kansas State
Kansas State
Baylor
Michigan State @ Michigan
Michigan State
Michigan State
Michigan State
Vanderbilt @ Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee
Notre Dame @ Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Villanova
Clemson @ Boston College
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Clemson
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State
Texas A&M
Samford @ Furman
Furman
Samford
Furman
Furman
THE WAVE JANUARY 25,2010
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN