UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, March 10, 1997
Jacque
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"When I watched him on tape,I thought I had it on fast forward." Western Kentucky coach Matt Kilcullen
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championship.
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Here is how another local boy and highly-touted recruit, Charles O'Bannon, handled the same situation: Live broadcast on a Long Beach cable television station and simulcast on radio. A well-planned news conference with 25 newspaper, television and radio reporters. O'Bannon stayed home from school to rest for the evening's press conference.
Here is how Jacque Vaughn told Roy Williams he was going to Kansas: "I told him that I had made up my decision. .and that I was going to change my mind and go to UCLA."
Here is what Jacque Vaughn said before he came to Kansas: "I want to break the stereotypes."
Here is how Williams responded: silence.
Here is how Jacque Vaughn broke the lull: "Just kidding, Coach. I'm going to be a Jayhawk."
Here are three stereotypes of a Division-I athlete: Dimwitted, vain and inarticulate.
Here's what Jacque Vaughn considers to be the toughest thing about being an athlete: The constant scrutiny.
Here's how the scrutiny that Jacque Vaughn has faced in his four years can be described: More salutary than sinister.
Here is what The Sporting News predicted would happen after Jacque Vaughn's junior season:
"..g. guard Jacque Vaughn will become a first-team All-American."
Here's why: NBA Draft expert Don Leventhal said Vaughn was a certain lottery pick. "He's quick. He can pass, and he's a traditional point guard."
Here is what Kansas men's basketball coach Roy Williams predicted the future calling of Jacque Vaughn: "He might be governor of California. Or governor of Kansas."
Here is how Jacque Vaughn's defensive tenacity has been described: "He's the fly that can't be swatted." — Austin American-Statesman.
Here is what New York Daily News writer Dick Weiss said about the sophomore Rick Vaughn: "Vaughn is the best pure point guard in the country."
Here is how Western Kentucky
coach Matt Kilcullen described scouting Jacque Vaughn: "When I watched him on tape, I thought I had it on fast forward."
Here is what Roy Williams said about Jacque Vaughn the player and the person: "You get the total package with Jacque. He's a joy being around and would be successful if he never played the game of basketball."
Here's what Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton said about Jacque Vaughn in his sophomore season: "I think Vaughn's as good a point guard as there is in college basketball."
Here's what the Unofficial Oklahoma Football Page said about Jacque Vaughn being named Big Eight Conference Player of the Year instead of Sooner Ryan Minor last year. "What the hell were they thinking?"
Here is how former Kansas forward Sean Pearson said the Jayhawks broke the full-court press: "We just try to get the ball to Jacque and have him break the press and find the open man."
Here is how the Buffalo News described Jacque Vaughn in his first year at Kansas: "He is the team's heart and brains, its coach on the court."
wouldn't trade Jacque Vaughn for anyone in the country."
Here's what Roy Williams said:
"For what Roy Williams wants, I
Here is what Providence coach Pete Gillen, who coached Jacque Vaughn in the U.S. Olympic Festival, said about his intelligence: "If he tells me something, I go with it. He's smarter than me."
Here's how old Jacque Vaughn was when these remarks were made:19.
Here is what backcourt mate Jered Haase said about what it's like to play with Jacque Vaughn: "Jacque Vaughn makes it a lot easier for me."
Here's how many total strangers followed the then-freshman Jacque Vaughn from Wescoe Hall to his bus stop in front of Snow Hall: seven. None spoke a word to Vaughn, they just wanted to get a close-up glimpse of their hero.
Here is how Jacque Vaughn celebrated his 20th birthday: getting seven stitches to close a cut on his head during the Feb. 11, 1995, game against Oklahoma.
Here's what a bus driver belted out at Jacque Vaughn during his sophomore season before the Iowa State game: "Hey Jacque, kick ass on Saturday, man."
Here is what Jacque Vaughn said was his role on the team as a sophomore: "It's my job to sacrifice myself to get the other guys great shots."
Here's how he sacrificed himself as a sophomore: playing 35 minutes or more in 15 games, playing on a sprained ankle and dishing out 238 assists.
Here is what the Jayhawks were nicknamed in Jacque Vaughn's junior year when the team's towers were Greg Ostertag and Scot Poliard: "Jacque and the Beanstalks."
Here is what Jacque Vaughn said when asked if fatigue was contributing to his ineffectiveness as a sophomore when he hit a dry spell: "I don't make excuses."
Here is how Williams warned Connecticut before their Jan. 28, 1995, meeting: "We've got a guy that can go coast to coast."
Here's what the guy that can go coast to coast did to the Huskies: 10 assists, seven rebounds and nine points.
Here is what UConn coach Jim Calhoun said about Jacque Vaughn: "I don't know if he knows other teams are pressing him, because he goes by them so fast."
Here's what Calhoun said about Jacque Vaughn two years later when Vaughn guided the Jayhawks to a 73-65 victory against UConn, despite trailing by as many as 19 points in the first half. "I called my players to the sideline when we were up 19 and said, 'Did you guys look at Jacque Vaughn? He never blinked.'"
Here are the first words Jacque Vaughn uttered after the Sept. 10, 1996, fall that forced him out of action for 10 games: "It's bad."
Here's how bad it was: A scapohunate disassociation. In layman's terms — the ligaments in his right wrist were torn from the bone. Prognosis — sidelined for 10 weeks.
Here's how many major newspapers and magazines reported Jacque Vaughn's injury: 104.
Here is one of the strongest encouragements that got Jacque Vaughn through the rigorous day of rehab. While in Maui earlier this year, Magic Johnson sent a messenger to tell him he wished Vaughn was playing, but he knew that he'd see him back on the court again.
Here's what Jacque Vaughn said about returning to Kansas despite tearing a ligament in his hand and possibly hurting his standing in the NBA draft: "I think I'm still getting better as a player and as a person also. I HAVE NO REGRETS!"
Here's why: "I have no fear. I've really been blessed. So many people love to be in the situation that I'm in now. I have no regrets at all about coming back. Why should I?"
Here is how many times Jacque Vaughn was asked if he had any regrets in a 25-minute press conference in late-February. Four.
Here is what Jacque Vaughn shouted in his first game back on Dec. 30, 1996, after giving a trademark assist which led to a three-point play: "I'm back I'm back."
Here are three words that Jacque Vaughn said best describe him: Meticulous, proud and unique.
Here's what Jacque Vaughn does to get psyched up for a game: "I watch old Magic Johnson video tapes."
Here is who Jacque Vaughn would pretend to be as he dribbled and shot on the playgrounds in Pasadena: Magic Johnson.
Here is what Jacque Vaughn once told a reporter was his optimum nightly performance: "I'll take 25 assists," he said.
Here is how the reporter responded: "Is this guy from another planet or what? Are personal pronouns not part of his vocabulary?"
Here is what one reader wrote
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