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Cole AldriCh And the JAyhAwks
Begin their nCAA title deFense
special section MonDaY, octoBeR 13, 2008 pResenteD BY the univeRsitY DailY kansan
THEyRE in THE
LEAguE nOw
Four former Jayhawks will start their
frst season in the NBA this fall, join-
ing eight others. | pAgE 12
FivE sTORiEs
TO wATcH FOR
Will Sherron Collins be healthy? Will
the newcomers step up? See fve
story lines for 2008-09. | pAgE 5
THE RETuRn OF
bOnniE bALL
The womens basketball team has
its eyes set on its frst NCAA Tourna-
ment since 2000. | pAgE 11
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How do you defend a title?
How do you climb Mt. Everest
two times in a row? How do
you defend a title when your best
player sprints off to the NBA?
How do you defend a title
when fans need to buy a pro-
gram for the actual purpose of
figuring out whos on the team?
Scooter Barry may be able to
answer those questions. Barry is
42 years old. Lives in California.
But in 1989, He was a starting
guard on a Kansas team com-
ing off a national championship.
Barry thought his senior year
would be about defending the
title he helped win in 1988. But
then the NCAA told Barry and
his teammates they wouldnt be
defending their title. They were
getting banned from the NCAA
tournament for recruiting viola-
tions, and it was all very confus-
ing because nobody on the team
had anything to do with any of
it. Not the coach, not the players,
not anybody.
That 1989 team didnt really
look anything like the 1988 team.
All-American Danny Manning
was gone, off to play in the NBA.
And maybe the biggest change
was the guy on the sideline. Larry
Brown, the architect behind the
NCAA title, had skated off to
coach the San Antonio Spurs, and
in his place was a dark-haired,
fresh-faced assistant from North
Carolina named Roy Williams.
We had no idea what to
expect, Barry now says.
And things got real com-
plicated when, just weeks after
Williams replaced Brown, Barry
found out Kansas was banned
from the 1989 NCAA tourna-
ment because of some improper
benefits given to former recruit
Vincent Askew two years earlier.
So Barry, a captain on the 89
team, was stuck trying to defend a
championship he couldnt defend.
But Williams rallied his team.
They won some games to start
the season. But then came a rash
of injuries, and it didnt help
that Manning was gone. Kansas
finished 19-12. They missed the
NCAA tournament, of course.
They were the first defending
champs to be banned from the
tournament.
So Barry would like to answer
the questions about defending a
championship. But he cant. He
never got the opportunity. But he
can feel for the returning players
on this years team. And the new
ones.
Theyre starting over and
they have to carry the burden of a
title, Barry says.
Thats the story of this season.
How will Kansas respond after
finally cutting down the nets?
How will those seven newcom-
ers respond?
On Friday night, the 2008-09
Jayhawks will walk onto the Allen
Fieldhouse floor for the first time
at Late Night in the Phog. So grab
some popcorn, buy a program
youll need it and take a seat.
Basketball season is here.
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I
magine this. Five oclock,
Friday evening at the foot of
Mount Oread. Fans, thou-
sands of them line a sidewalk in all
directions, waiting patiently. Many
of them are students, but many
of them have come from all over
the state. A farmer from Gardner.
A barber on Massachusetts Street
whose family has been in busi-
ness for nearly a century. An insur-
ance salesman from Topeka. An oil
refinery worker from El Dorado.
A doctor and his teenage son from
Iola. A family of five from Overland
Park. All of them, dressed in blue.
Thats what the scene will look
like for Late Night on Friday.
Fans surround Allen Fieldhouse,
the home of college basketball. The
season doesnt start for another
month, no exhibition games, no
cheerleaders doing back flips after
a free throw is made. In the sur-
rounding parking lots there are sev-
eral cars with Obama and McCain
bumper stickers. But for all these
stickers, there are far more with the
Kansas Jayhawk. A few fans that
have been waiting at the front of
the line since sunrise fold up their
camping chairs and press toward
the entrance. A woman stands
guard at the entrance of the 53-year
old building.
The doors dont open for 30
minutes, shell probably say.
The spectacle used to start at
midnight, but was switched to
an earlier time a few years ago.
Once a year, fans flock to Allen
Fieldhouse to ring in a new season
of Kansas basketball. It was here
at the turn of the 20th century
where a physical education instruc-
tor from Springfield, Mass., brought
to Lawrence a game he created in
which players shot a ball into a
peach basket. For the better half of
the next century, a man named F.C.
Phog Allen perfected the game
and turned coaching it into a pro-
fession. He is responsible for the
building of the Fieldhouse and the
schools ascension into a basketball
powerhouse. Later coaches would
hold the position as an honor, for
there is no more prestigious job
than Kansas basketball.
The man at the reigns of the
program is Bill Self. As a country
boy from Okmulgee, Okla., Self
has been around the sport since his
days as an all-conference player in
the 80s at Oklahoma State. Since
then, he has taken each school he
has coached at to unprecedented
levels, including Kansas. After lead-
ing Kansas to its best record in
school history and winning the
first National Championship in two
decades, Self has become a hero in
Jayhawk Nation. But for all his suc-
cess, he is a busy man. After an early
morning trip up Jayhawk Boulevard
to field questions from the media,
he is focused on continuing his suc-
cess. After last season, he lost five
seniors to graduation and another
three underclassmen to the NBA
Draft. For the past couple of weeks,
he has been putting seven new guys
and returning players through his
basketball boot camp.
A day before, players took photos
and responded to questions about
the upcoming season from report-
ers on the court in the field house.
Sitting in the bleachers next to the
court, a couple of guests watch the
occasion. Wearing one of his finest
suits, Self might walk down a stair-
case between seats and greet the
two. Hey Lance. Hey Xavier. Hows
it Going?
Thats what it might look like on
Friday.
He then heads onto the court for
a team picture. If the days events
unfold as Self would like, the two
young men watching commit to
Kansas. As two of the top basketball
recruits coming out of high school,
they are considering both Kansas
and Memphis the team the
Jayhawks defeated for the National
Championship.
This is college basketball at the
University of Kansas in 2008. Its
been over a 110 years since James
Naismith brought the sport to
Lawrence. Its been 56 years since
Phog Allen took Kansas to the
NCAA Championship and then
took seven of his players on to take
the gold medal for U.S.A. in the
Olympics. A few years later, Wilt
Chamberlain would begin a Hall-of-
Fame career. In the late 80s, the leg-
endary Larry Brown recruited and
coached Danny and the Miracles
to a National Championship. Roy
Williams, led Kansas to more wins
in the 90s than any other program
and was a great recruiter. Williams
had 17 players drafted by the NBA
during his tenure. Now, Self must
continue the legacy and land top
recruits year in and year out.
This could be the discussion
amongst fans waiting outside on
Friday. Ever since Mario Chalmers
made The Shot that led to Kansas
victory over Memphis, fans have
wanted to relive the glory. For the
past six months, anticipation has
grown high and expectations even
higher. Self has done what Williams
couldnt. He closed the deal, won a
championship and restored order. It
had been two decades since Brown
took Kansas to the big dance.
Self has also done what Williams
couldnt do stay at Kansas.
Speculation rose about whether
Self would leave Kansas when
Oklahoma State fired its coach.
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, an
Oklahoma State alumnus, was to
make an offer Self couldnt refuse.
Self stayed at Kansas.
At about 5:30, and fans will
pack into Allen Fieldhouse for Late
Night in the Phog. All 16,000 of
them, if the place is full, will want
to see what their hero has put
together for the season.
The players will dance and per-
form skits, but there is no game
just a 20-minute scrimmage. The
fans have embraced Bill Self and
trust him with their team. Players
will come and go throughout the
years, but Self is here to stay. As the
eighth coach in Kansas basketball
history, Self understands what he
means to them.
I
t was only the beginning of
the ride a twisting, six-
month roller coaster worthy
of a spot at Worlds of Fun.
On a Monday night in early
April, Sherron Collins drove up
court in San Antonio and
before slipping and sliding four
feet forever entrenched himself
in Kansas basketball highlight lore
with the biggest assist of his life.
You know the rest. Mario
drained it, Mass Street was turned
upside down and students were
granted a day off from classes to
welcome home the champs and
recover from the late night liba.
Where were you? became a
pertinent question to ask a fellow
Jayhawk regarding the night of
April 7. But the real story is about
where players, coaches and some
recruits would (or wouldnt) be in
the days, weeks and months that
followed.
n n n
Bill Self had finally done it.
Every conceivable burden on his
back was gone. Avoid another
Bucknell/Bradley debacle. Check.
Reach the Final Four. Check. Roy
who? Check. National champion-
ship. Check.
How sweet it was.
But two days after cutting the
net in the Alamodome, Self found
himself in Stillwater, Okla., meet-
ing with his alma maters athletic
director for more than two hours.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys
had a head coaching vacancy.
They wanted Self to be their man
and the deep recesses of T. Boone
Pickens pockets were thought to
come into the fold.
Suddenly, impossibly, talk
shifted from Mario and the
Miracles. Where were you
Monday? was replaced by Will
it happen to us again?
But Jayhawk nation instead
had more reason to be whipped
into a frenzy for the weekends
parade as Self said thanks but
no thanks to his alma mater. He
is going to stay in Lawrence for
a long time with a 10-year, $3
million-per-year contract.
n n n
Suddenly they were gone.
Nine players including the
starting lineup from the national
title game either graduated or
declared for the NBA draft.
Kansas went from the highest
of highs with the deepest team in
the nation to the greenest. On a
team with five freshmen and four
sophomores, Collins, a junior, was
assumed to be the leader of the
2008-09 team. Little went right
for Collins after April 7.
In June, a Douglas County
judge ruled in favor of a former
Jayhawk Towers employee that
had filed a civil suit against
Collins alleging that he exposed
and rubbed himself against her in
a Jayhawk Towers elevator in May
2007 despite being told repeat-
edly to stop. The judge ruled in
July that there was insufficient
evidence to charge Collins in a
criminal case, and Collins civil
lawsuit was conveniently set for
trial on April 15 at 9 a.m. well
after the final shot of the 2008-09
season.
n n n
With the 13th pick in the NBA
draft...
Three of Kansas early entrants
into the June 26 draft junior
Brandon Rush, sophomore
Darrell Arthur and junior Mario
Chalmers were banking on
their championship win to equate
to lottery pick money. None were
selected higher than Rushs selec-
tion at 13.
Chalmers and Arthur slid in
the draft and switched teams sev-
eral times before landing with the
Heat and the Grizzlies. Darnell
Jackson landed in Cleveland,
along with Sasha Kaun, but Kaun
opted to play pro ball in Russia.
Chalmers and Arthur really
had no business declaring for the
draft as they nearly missed not
being guaranteed a dime.
But that wouldnt be the twos
only questionable decision.
n n n
While at the August NBA
rookie symposium where first
year pro hoops players are advised
what NOT to do, Chalmers and
Arthur were booted out of the
program and fined $20,000 after
they were caught with two women
and a strong odor of marijuana in
their hotel room.
Im not going to further
demonize them but wont mince
words either in including this
incident for some perspective of
this wild offseason.
An interesting footnote to
this occurred about a month
ago. Michael Beasley, formerly of
Kansas State, was fined $50,000
more than the combined fine
of Chalmers and Arthur for
his role in that same incident. You
try and tell me that none of those
three could have used another
year or two of college before land-
ing large sums of money.
Either way, vindication came
for the embattled Jayhawks when
they returned to Lawrence last
month to receive their champi-
onship rings and the adoration
of the fans whose lives they left
a mark on. A celebration and
reminder of a time just five
months removed but oh so far
away.
n n n
So ends this ride that started
with an ascent up the Alamodome
court by Collins. So begins the
next. Only this ride has no clear
direction, no way to anticipate the
sharp turns and corners and ups
and downs. But its that unpre-
dictability that all great rides are
known for.
BasketBall Preview 3C Monday, october 13, 2008
By Stephen MonteMayor
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1. Sherron Collins health
2008 Kansas JayhawKs
5 storylines
From returners to newcomers to future recruits, heres what fans should keep
their eyes on as the defending national champions take the court this year.
BY CASE KEEFER
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The junior point guard is
returning from ofseason
knee surgery and will be fne
for the start of the season. Col-
lins, however, missed six games last
year and has played at below 100
percent during stretches of both of
his seasons as a Jayhawk. To put it
bluntly, the Jayhawks cant aford
for that to happen this year. Collins,
who has averaged nine points
per game for his career, is the
only proven ofensive commodity
returning. If he can stay healthy,
Collins has All-American potential.
If he doesnt, Kansas might be in for
a long season.
2. The maturation
of Cole Aldrich
Kansas coach Bill Self has
already tabbed Aldrich, a
sophomore center, as the
leader of the Jayhawks and
raved about his progression.
His defensive abilities were
never in doubt. Refer to last
years Final Four game against
North Carolina. Aldrich came
in during the frst half because
of foul trouble and efectively
defended Tyler Hansbrough,
the national player of the year,
and recorded seven rebounds
and four blocks. Aldrich
has work to do ofensively,
though. He doesnt have a
wide arsenal of post moves,
and he struggles fnishing
around the basket. Aldrich did
show signs of improvement
last season when he scored a
career-high 11 points against
Texas Tech in the last regular
season game of the year.
3. Aiming at
another Big 12
Championship
Sure, the Jayhawks
would love to repeat
and bring home another
national championship. But
frst and more realisti-
cally they need to focus
on winning their confer-
ence. Kansas has won six of
the last seven Big 12 titles,
but if it did it this season it
might be the most remark-
able one yet. Teams arent
supposed to win confer-
ence titles after losing six of
their top seven players and
bringing in seven newcom-
ers. Kansas could defy that
thought with a champion-
ship season in 2009. The
Big 12 Conference coaches
arent expecting it, as they
only picked Kansas third in
the Big 12 preseason poll.
what
do you
think?
BY AmBER jACKSon
Who do you
think will be
the basketball
teams leading
scorer this year?
KASey TAliAferro
Sophmore, Topeka
Cole, just because as a freshman
he stepped up and did well.
Billly finSholm
freshman, overland Park
Probably Sherron Collins. Hes
our most agressive player on of-
fense, and hes one of the oldest
players weve got.
SArAh liCKTeig
freshman, overland Park
Id say Cole, just because I know
how he plays and hes a center.
grAnT TreASTer
Junior, Shawnee
Cole Aldrich would be my best
bet. Hes the next big man.
4. Junior college recruits at Kansas?
Jayhawk fans were
surprised to see two
junior-college transfers in
Selfs latest recruiting class.
Junior guards Mario Little
and Tyrone Appleton, how-
ever, arent your ordinary
junior college recruits. They
were two of the most high-
ly regarded junior college
players in the nation. Self
brought them to Lawrence
to contribute immediately.
Little is
likely to
start at
small for-
ward, and
Appleton
could be a
key back-
up in the
guard rotation. They both
can play multiple positions
because they were used in
a variety
of ways
at junior
college.
Their tran-
sition to
Division-1
college
basketball
should be smoother than
that of typical newcomers.
5. Kansas vs. memphis round ii
Little Appleton
No, the Tigers didnt make
it onto the Jayhawks non-
conference schedule this
season. Self and Memphis
coach John Calipari, how-
ever, are competing head-
to-head for three of the best
recruits in the nation for
2009. Oklahoma City guard
Xavier Henry and Raleigh,
N.C., guard John Wall are
choosing between the two
schools, and Wolfeboro,
N.H., forward Thomas Rob-
inson already chose Kansas
over Memphis, according to
Rivals.com. Rivals.com ranks
Wall as the best player in
the nation while ESPN.com
gives the honor to Henry.
According to Rivals.com,
Kansas is targeting eight
prospects for its next class.
Self, however, only has three
available scholarships, so
the spots may fll fast.
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Emily mEyEr
Shawnee junior
I was at my boyfriends house.
There were about 70 people there
watching it altogether, and right
before the shot, everyone held their
breath, you could just hear a big
inhale and right when he made the
shot everyone just started scream-
ing and jumping. They had a huge
upstairs and big downstairs so
there were people in both places,
and the people downstairs were
banging on the ceiling and the
people upstairs were jumping on
the ceiling, and I remember think-
ing the foor was going to cave in. It
was crazy.
KatiE tannEr
Overland Park senior
I was in an apartment above
Chipotle on Mass. Street watching
the game, and I remember right
before Chalmers hit the shot, the
entire apartment was silent. I had
my head down and was just crying
and then he made the basket,
and everybody, which was like 30
people in this tiny apartment, just
went crazy. Bodies just got pushed
together, alcohol and champagne
went fying everywhere and we
all fell over because we were so
excited.
luKE mOrriS
Humboldt senior
Kansan copy chief
I was at the Alamodome in San
Antonio. When he hit the shot, I
thought we were down four and was
on the brink of crying. Then everyone
around me went crazy and I realized
the scoreboard showed a tie.
Where
were you?
When Mario Chalmers
hit the clutch three-
pointer that tied the
2008 NCAA National
Championship game?
by kathryn mcstowe
Stacy cartEr
De Soto junior
I was watching the game at The
Reserve. We were all standing in a
circle holding hands, and I actually
closed my eyes because I was so
nervous. I didnt think he was going
to make it and I didnt want to see
that, so I had my eyes closed when
the shot actually went in. And
when I opened them everyone was
screaming and crying. It was the
most exciting moment ever.
carlOS ramirEz
new york sophomore
I watched the game in Allen
Fieldhouse, and it felt like we
were in San Antonio watching the
game. It was packed like a regular
season game, every seat was flled
except the top row. Right before
the shot, I remember everyone was
holding hands. There were people
crying, just disappointed. Once it
went in, everyone just went crazy.
I looked down at the basketball
court and the security guards who
had been blocking of the court
had dropped the ropes and were
gone, they literally were terrifed
of being trampled. My shortest
friend, hes like 5-foot-3, he ended
up being fve or four rows down
from us right after, from everyone
just jumping and hugging and
throwing each other around, it was
crazy.
anDrEW PrObaScO
Ozawkie senior
I had about 25 people over at my
house to watch the game, and
when he made the shot we all just
jumped up and went wild. It was
shocking, we were in absolute
shock that he actually made the
shot.
briEn marti
Erie, Pa., junior
We were all at my friends house
and after he made the shot, I was on
top of a pile of people who were all
jumping up and down.
liSa Sullivan
Overland Park senior
Championship night was one of
the craziest, best moments of my
life. I wasnt sure what was going to
happen leading up to the shot. It
was tense and I remember feeling
pretty scared. But after he made it,
we pretty much knew we were go-
ing to win. There was no doubt in
my mind. It was a crazy, awesome
night to say the least.
Poll numbers compiled by Barbara Platts
How far will Kansas go in the
NCAA tournament this year?
37%
Go to Elite Eight
23%
Go to Sweet Sixteen
26%
Go to Final Four
3%
make the tournament
10%
Win the championship
1%
not in tournament
Youd think the expecta-
tions would be lower, right?
Kansas wins its frst Natty
in 20 years, proceeds to lose
seven of its eight best play-
ers including all fve start-
ers and then adds seven
newcomers to the mix. Yep,
lower expectations, right?
Rebuilding, right?
Well, dont expect Kansas
students to temper their
expectations. At least, if
you believe our totally
unscientifc poll results. 96
(96!) percent of the 70 KU
students interviewed predict
that Kansas will advance
to at least the Sweet
16. Meanwhile, 73 percent
have their eyes on the Elite
Eight, and 36 percent think
Kansas can go back to the
Final Four.
And then theres this. Ten
percent of people believe
Kansas will become the third
team in the last 17 years to
repeat as champions.
The optimism is admi-
rable, but really people?
Really?
Rustin Dodd
Expectations for team high
despite rebuilding season
Iowa
State
(14-18,
4-12 BIg 12)
Key losses center Jiri Hubalek,
forward Wesley Johnson, forward
Rahshon Clark, forward Cory
Johnson
Key newcomers center
Justin Hamilton, forward Jamie
Vanderbeken, forward Clinton
Mann, forward L.A. Pomlee, guard
Wes Eikmeier, guard Dominique
Buckley
Breakdown The Cyclones lose
three out of their top four leading
scorers from last year. One of the
departures came out of nowhere
when sophomore forward Wesley
Johnson left the team. Many in
the program think the relationship
between Johnson and coach Greg
McDermott came to a crossroads.
Johnson certainly was seeing playing
time, averaging 27 minutes per game.
Last year, the Cyclones managed to
win just one out of their last 10 games, losing their last fve. McDermott had lofty expectations upon his arrival at Iowa State and had a successful frst year
that didnt carry over to the second season. With four key players out of the rotation and a lack of upperclassmen, the Cyclones will turn to senior guard Bryan
Petersen and sophomore forwards Diante Garrett and Craig Brackins. Both Petersen and Brackins started all 32 games for the Cyclones last year, and Garrett
came of the bench, averaging 22 minutes per game.
All six newcomers were three-star recruits on Rivals.com. One of the newcomers who will be a likely contributor is freshman Dominique Buckley. Buckley
was a frst-team all-state pick as a senior in Detroit. Another key newcomer that will receive playing time on this young Cyclone squad is freshman Justin
Hamilton. The 6-foot-11 center played on his Utah prep team that was in the top 25 in the high school national rankings. Hamilton set a single-season school
record with 77 blocks during his senior season. McDermott may be on the hot seat with another shaky season. If McDermott can create some Hilton Magic,
the Cyclones may receive an NIT bid and save McDermotts job.
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NeBraSka
(20-13, 7-9 BIg 12)
Key losses center Aleks Maric, forward Shang Ping, guard Jay-R Strow-
bridge
Key newcomers guard Eshaunte Jones
Breakdown Coach Doc Sadler is going into his third season as the coach
at Nebraska. Sadler is 37-27 in his two seasons with the Huskers, and he is
only the second person to record 37 victories in the frst two years of coach-
ing the Cornhuskers.
The other coach to do it was Paul Schlisser in 1921.
With the departure of Australian center Aleks Maric, the Huskers
will lack size in the post. Adding to the loss of Maric, freshman center
Christopher Neimann was ruled ineligible by the NCAA for the 2008-2009
season.
Neimann, Sadlers prized recruit from Germany played on a club team
in Germany that included professional players. That leaves junior Chris
Balham at 6-foot-8 as the tallest player on the roster with signifcant
playing time.
Backcourt play will determine whether the Huskers are above .500 in Big
12 Conference play. With Maric gone they will have to have a team efort on
the boards.
Look for junior guard Ryan Anderson to step up as the go-to guy for
Nebraska this season.
Neimanns ineligibility will hurt the Huskers when facing teams with true
centers in the post. Sadler and the Huskers will also have to rely on a four-
guard lineup throughout the season.
In year three, Sadler may fnd it difcult breaking into the top half of the
Big 12.
Colorado
(12-20, 3-13 BIg 12)
Key losses guard Marcus Hall, guard Richard Roby, forward Marcus King-
Stockton, guard Xavier Silas
Key newcomers forward Trey Ecklof, forward Austin Dufault, forward
Toby Veal, guard Ryan Kelley, guard Nate Tomlinson
Breakdown If last season was bad for the Bufaloes, dont tell Colorado
fans whats in store this year. Colorados all-time scoring leader, Richard
Roby, graduated, along with the Bufaloes next two leading scorers. Roby
surpassed the 2,000-point mark in his career and landed fourth on the all-
time Big 12 scoring chart. One of the key problems for the Bufaloes last year
was their lack of big men. Coach Jef Bzdelik brought in a few missing puzzle
pieces in his frst recruiting class at Colorado. Time will tell whether Bzdeliks
recruiting eforts will help the Bufaloes dig their way out of 12th place in the
Big 12.
Bzdelik will try out his Princeton ofense again this season, with the possi-
bility of using freshmen recruits Trey Ecklof and Austin Dufault to excel in his
system. Ecklof and Dufault have the versatility and size to work the constant
motion, passing, and back-door cuts of the Princeton ofense.
Sophomore Cory Higgins, who started all 32 games last season, is the
leading returning scorer for the Bufaloes and will have to fll the leadership
role that is now vacant with Roby gone.
Bzdelik will be given time to develop his own system and bring in more
recruits. But it could be another long season in Boulder for Bzdelik.
kaNSaS State
(21-12, 10-6 BIg 12)
Key losses forward Michael Beasley, forward Bill Walker
Key newcomers guard Denis Clemente, forward Victor Ojeleye
Breakdown So whos left? Forward Michael Beasley, after a historic freshman
season, now resides in Miami. Beasleys former sidekick, forward Bill Walker, is
trying to make a living playing for the Boston Celtics. So who does second-year
Kansas State coach Frank Martin have left? Sophomore guard Jacob Pullen is
back after an up-and-down freshman season. Sophomore forward Dominique
Sutton returns as well. And Martin adds depth in the backcourt with Miami-
transfer Denis Clemente now eligible. But where will the scoring come from?
Well, Martin will have to rely on a team-oriented ofensive strategy and hope his
team buys into his defense-frst philosophy. The Big 12 coaches arent exactly
optimistic. One year after K-State advanced to the second round of the NCAA
tournament, the Big 12 coaches picked the Wildcats to fnish eighth in their
preseason poll.
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KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Jermyl Jackson-Wilson and the Bufaloes could face a tough season after losing their
top three scorers, including all-time leader Richard Roby.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kansas State had it rough in Allen Fieldhouse last season and has lost its top two players.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Guard Steve Harvey averaged 9.1 points for the Cornhuskers last season.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Iowa State sophomore forward Craig Brackins started all 32 games for the Cyclones last year and will be key returner this season.
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a&M
(25-11, 8-8 big 12)
Key losses center DeAndre Jordan,
forward-center Joseph Jones
Key newcomers guard Dash Har-
ris, forward David Loubeau
Breakdown Coach Mark Turgeon,
a Kansas alum, will be hard-pressed to
fnd the same success he did last year
after losing his two leading rebound-
ers and two of the three big men who
started every game last year. The Ag-
gies would love to have DeAndre Jor-
dan, who was taken 35th in the NBA
draft, but the seven-footer left for the
league and hasnt looked back. Also
gone, to graduation, is Joseph Jones,
who led the team in scoring during
the 2008 campaign while starting ev-
ery game the Aggies played. Despite
the losses, coaches picked A&M to
fnish ffth in the conference.
6-foot-9 power forward Bryan Da-
vis will look to carry the inside game
on his broad shoulders with help
from Chinemelu Elonu, a 6-foot-10
sophomore out of Houston, and true
freshman David Loubeau, who comes
to Texas A&M as Rivals No. 63 recruit
in the country. Expect Loubeau, who
picked the Aggies over UCLA, Pitts-
burgh and Florida among other top
schools, to contribute immediately.
The strength of A&M lies with its
guards. After leading the Aggies in
scoring last year with just more than
12 points per game, 6-foot-7 Josh
Carter comes back for his senior cam-
paign and looks to repeat the feat.
Also back are junior Donald Sloan and
senior Dominique Kirk, who joined
Carter in starting all 36 of the Aggies
games last year.
The good news for A&M fans
is that all three of them can score,
averaging more than eight points
per game. The bad news is that not
one of them is a pure point guard.
Kirk and Sloan split time last year
and both fnished with more than
120 assists.
The task for Turgeon is fguring
out whether one of them will claim
the position for his own, or if it will be
incoming freshman Dashan Dash
Harris. Harris, Rivals No. 93 recruit in
the country, will likely see time from
the start.
Missouri
(16-16, 6-10 big 12)
Key losses guard Stefhon Hannah, guard Marshall Brown, guard Keon
Lawrence
Key newcomers forward Kim English, center Steve Moore, guard
Marcus Denmon
Breakdown So far the Mike Anderson era has been a struggle. In two
seasons at Missouri, Mike Andersons teams are 34-28 and without
an NCAA tournament appearance. Entering this season, the Tigers will
move forward without guards Stefhon Hannah, Marshall Brown and
Keon Lawrence, who transferred to Seton Hall. Senior forward Leo
Lyons returns to lead the ofense after averaging 13.1 points per game
last season. Hell be joined in the frontcourt by senior forward DeMarre
Carroll Andersons nephew who averaged 13.0 points per game in
2007-2008. Senior guard Matt Lawrence will lead the backcourt. The Big
12 coaches tabbed Missouri to fnish seventh, just outside the top half of
the conference. Missouri fans would most likely like to see more progress
than that.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Bryan Davis will try to carry Texas A&Mon his shoulders in 2008-2009.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior forward Leo Lyons returns to lead Missouri after he averaged 13.1 points
per game last season for the 16-16 Tigers.
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Key losses center Longar Longar, guard David Godbold
Key newcomers guard Willie Warren, forward Ray Willis
Breakdown For the frst time in the13 year history of the Big 12 confer-
ence, the Oklahoma Sooners are the preseason favorites. Picked to fnish No.
1 in the conference, barely edging out Texas, the Sooners look to back up
the hype.
It wont be easy for OU to do so. Their margin is slim in the coaches poll,
as only six points separate the Sooners from three other schools.
Freshman combo guard Willie Warren, the No. 10 recruit in the
country according to Rivals.com, should provide a legitimate outside
threat that, when coupled with returning All-Big 12 sophomore forward
Blake Griffin, should help Oklahoma stake its claim to a top spot in the
conference.
Add in sniper Tony Crocker, who hit about 42 percent of his threes last
season, and quick-handed guard Austin Johnson, who led the Sooners in
both assists (91) and steals (39) last season, and the Sooners will have a
legitimate chance of unseating four-time defending champion Kansas as the
regular season Big 12 champions.
The Sooners weakness will be their bigs, even though Grifn is listed
by many as a potential No. 1 pick in this summers NBA Draft. The gradua-
tion of Longar Longar will hurt more than most people realize, as the 6-11
center went largely under the radar while he led the team in blocks and was
second in both rebounds and points per game.
Expect Grifns brother, senior Taylor Grifn, to step into the power
forward role while Blake moves to center, but dont expect him to produce
as well as Longar.
Coach Jef Capel has the best team he has ever had at Oklahoma, but it
remains to be seen whether he can bring it all together.
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Texas
(31-7, 13-3 Big 12)
Key losses
guard D.J. Augustin
Key newcomers
guard JCovan Brown
Breakdown The Texas Long-
horns may well be the team to
beat in the Big 12 this year. After
garnering more frst-place votes
(four) than any other school in the
preseason coaches poll, Texas will
have added pressure to succeed in
the Big 12 this year.
The Longhorns greatest strug-
gle will be replacing All-America
point guard D.J. Augustin, who
was selected ninth by the Char-
lotte Bobcats in last Junes NBA
Draft. Augustin, who won the Bob
Cousy Award as the nations best
point guard and had 104 assists more than anyone else on the Texas squad
in 2008, will leave a void in the Longhorn ofense that few can expect to fll.
Attempting that Herculean feat will be 5-foot-11 senior A.J. Abrams, who
up to this season has played Robin to Augustins Batman.
A sweet-shooting guard out of Round Rock, Texas, Abrams will shift
over to the point after playing the last three years as an undersized two-
guard.
The Longhorns dominating inside game should help Abrams transi-
tion. Damion James, a 6-foot-7 junior swingman, exploded onto the scene
last year while averaging a double-double in points (13.2) and rebounds
(10.3).
Also on the inside will be 6-foot-10 senior Connor Atchley who, along
with James, led the team in three-point percentage, burying 41.3 percent of
his shots from beyond the arc.
Clint Chapman and Alexis Wangmene should both see extended playing
time as sophomores, along with junior Dexter Pittman. He tips the scales at
298 pounds.
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(17-16, 7-9 Big 12)
BaylOr
(21-9, 9-7 Big 12)
Key losses guard Aaron Bruce
Key newcomers forward Quincy Acy, forward Anthony Jones
Breakdown The Baylor Bears, last years surprise of the Big 12, come into
the 2008-2009 season with high aspirations. The Bears are tied with defending
national champion Kansas at third in the conference preseason poll released
Tuesday. Expect Baylor to live up to the hype.
After a fabulous coaching job from Scott Drew in the 2007-2008 season, the
Bears add two four-star recruits in Anthony Jones and Quincy Acy the 44th-
and 84th-ranked recruits in the country, according to Rivals.com and bring
back their top fve scorers, including All-Big 12 guard Curtis Jerrells. Jerrells, a
6-foot-1 senior, also led the team in assists with 121. Behind Jerrells is LaceDar-
ius Dunn, a 6-foot-4 sophomore guard out of Monroe, La., who was second on
the team in points despite playing as the sixth man. After receiving a Freshman
All-America honorable mention last year, Dunn should really explode onto the
scene in 2008. The sweet-shooting sophomore will likely start for the Bears as a
swingman and bump either Jerrells or senior Henry Dugat into the point guard
role formerly flled by Aaron Bruce and Tweety Carter.
Bruce, who graduated after starting 24 games at the point, is the only real
loss for the Bears this year. The Bears will surely miss the three-year starters
veteran presence, along with his 8.4 points per game. Also gone is forward/
center Mark Sheperd, who started seven games, but only averaged 1.6 points
and 2.4 rebounds.
While the Bears guards should again be among the best in the Big 12, the
same cant be said about their inside presence. Behind 6-foot-9 forward Kevin
Rogers, the Bears have a pair of 7-footers in Josh Lomers (7-foot) and Mamadou
Diene (7-foot-1). Despite their size, both averaged less than four points and four
rebounds per game.
Texas Tech
(16-15, 7-9 Big 12)
Key losses guard Martin Zeno, guard Charlie Burgess
Key newcomers forward Corbin Ray, guard Tyree
Graham
Breakdown Coach Pat Knight has his work cut out for
him with this years Texas Tech team. Knight took over
the team from his legendary father Bobby for the last 11
games of the year, going 4-7, and retained the position for
the 2008-2009 season.
After losing leading scorer Martin Zeno to graduation,
Knight will be forced to pass the reins to senior sniper Alan
Voskuil, who hit 50 percent of his three pointers in 2008,
and sophomore John Roberson, who had an impressive
freshman campaign, averaging 12.2 points per game and
leading the team in assists.
After those two, the Red Raiders may be in trouble.
No other returning player started more than 17 games or
averaged more than eight points. The real struggle for Tech
is rebounding. Remarkably, Zeno led the team in rebounds
with only 4.5 per game. Damir Suljagic, 6-foot-9 senior, led
all returning players with only four boards per game.
Knight does have one thing going for him and that is
his coaching pedigree. His father has more wins than any
coach in Division 1 history, and the younger Knight has
shown some of that ability.
Of his four wins, two of them came against ranked foes
that were leading the Big 12 at the time No. 5 Texas and
No. 18 Kansas State.
Knight, who was a four-year letterwinner at Indiana
under his father, coached the team to its only road victory
in conference play, something hell have to continue to do
if he wants the team to fnish higher in the conference than
its preseason position, 10th.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The Texas Tech Red Raiders have their work cut out for themthis season after losing leading scorer Martin Zeno to graduation.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Point guard Byron Eaton will be the center of the Cowboy ofense this season after averaging 11.5 points in 2007-2008.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
A.J. Abrams should be the manfor the
Longhorns this season after backcourt mate
and All-American D.J. Augustin bolted for the
NBA Draft.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Taylor Grifn, left, and brother Blake will power the Sooners this season. Big 12
coaches picked Oklahoma to fnish frst in the conference.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Curtis Jerrells could fll the point guard role for the much- Bears in 2008-2009.
Key losses guard-forward Marcus Dove
Key newcomers forward-center Teeng Akol, forward
Malcolm Kirkland, coach Travis Ford
Breakdown Oklahoma State will miss guard/
forward Marcus Dove more than the statistics reveal.
Though his 9.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game
werent going to have him competing for any postsea-
son accolades, the 6-foot-9 Dove was without question
the best defender the Cowboys had, and his lockdown
abilities will be hard to replicate.
They will not, on the other hand, miss former coach
Sean Sutton, who resigned under pressure with a 39-29
record in two years after replacing his legendary father
as coach. New coach Travis Ford should prove to be a
good one, but it may take time. Ford, a former Univer-
sity of Kentucky standout and All-SEC guard, is coming
of a runner-up fnish at the NIT with the University of
Massachusetts. His career record is 190-146, and he
went 62-35 in three years at UMass.
This year the Cowboys will revolve around bulldog
point guard Byron Eaton. Measuring in at 5-foot-11
and 215 pounds, Eaton has time and again proved his
mettle as a primetime point guard for the Pokes, lead-
ing the team in assists and averaging 11.5 points per
game. Also returning is leading scorer James Anderson,
who started 31 of the teams 33 games as a freshman in
2008, more than any player besides Dove.
Anderson will be forced to shoulder a little more of
the load, as Oklahoma State will likely run a four-guard
system unless they can fnd someone to fll Doves
shoes in the paint. The only returnee with signifcant
playing time inside is Ibrahima Thomas, so the task
falls to Sudanese freshman Teeng Akol or juco transfer
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Auditioning for anything can
cause great commotion, stress and
anxiety, but trying out for the pep
band is more than that. It is an
awkward experience.
From Oct. 7 to Oct. 8, auditions
seized the lives of those who were
vying for a position on the pep
band. Unlike the marching band,
the pep band consists of 30 par-
ticipants and primarily plays at bas-
ketball games. Potential members
of the pep band must audition in
order to join. Any student, regard-
less of major, is eligible, but another
prerequisite to join is that you must
have participated in the marching
band.
Alexandra Gregory, Crane,
Texas, was one of the freshmen who
tried out for the pep band.
They just sat there staring at
me, Gregory said. It was kind
of awkward. I played Fighting
Jayhawk, Im A Jayhawk and most
of Free Bird. It lasted less than 10
minutes.
For many freshmen, the whirl-
wind experience of being so direct-
ly associated with the University of
Kansas basketball team is just one
step away.
Being in the pep band can be
encompassed by a crescendo of
emotions. These emotions and
experiences can be known by only
those who have been on the pep
band. From not knowing anyone at
the University, to having an imme-
diate family of band members, from
sweating during two-a-day march-
ing band practices, to celebrating
the momentous victory, last years
freshmen went through several
emotional stages.
Sara Minor, Lawrence sopho-
more, arrived at Kansas last year
without knowing many faces. To
meet new people, she decided to
join the marching band. This left
a good taste on her tongue. After
the dates for the pep band audi-
tion times were listed, she decided
to audition, and it worked out for
the best.
People that I have befriended
on the basketball band have become
my best friends, Minor said. I
knew the people from marching
band. I already had a connection
with them, and the traveling solidi-
fied our friendship.
During the Big 12 and the
NCAA tournaments last year, the
pep band shadowed the basketball
team, which was eventually bound
for the Final Four. The pep band
followed the team to Omaha, Neb.,
Detroit, Mich., Kansas City, Kan.,
and last, but certainly not least, San
Antonio. Luckily for the band and
the basketball team, they traveled
in style to each game in a plane
chartered by the University.
While stationed at a tournament
site, the pep band and the basket-
ball team stayed at the same hotel.
But despite flying together and stay-
ing in the same place, the members
of the pep band and the basketball
team werent allowed to associate.
Nathan Hutchcraft, Lenexa sopho-
more, was a member of the march-
ing band along with the pep band
last year.
We arent supposed to associate
during the season, Hutchcraft said.
They are supposed to get rest.
But they still felt a special con-
nection during the championship.
At the end of overtime, every band
member was at a loss for words.
Some of them broke down in tears.
Taylor Smith, Fulton, Mo., soph-
omore, was there as a band member
when the game expired in over-
time.
It was awesome, it felt like
everything we did had paid off. It
paid off when we got to go to all of
those places. Going free was awe-
some and winning made it better,
said Smith.
For every home game, the pep
band has ritualized their routines
to an exact science. The band will
play before the home games The
Song of Summer, which is a song
composed of classic songs from the
Beach Boys to Jerry Lewis. They
also will take requests from the
audience. During the actual games
a routine called Beat the Clock is
performed. The purpose of Beat
the Clock is to finish the song
when the clock hits zero. They also
play the role of a cheerleader.
I felt like I was more than just
a part of the crowd. I felt like we
initiated the energy. We made it
more enjoyable to watch the game,
Smith said.
All interviewed members of last
years Pep Band felt like being in
the band wasnt merely about play-
ing music, surviving an audition,
watching college basketball and
having a role in the crowd volume.
It was something greater than that.
They were a part of the price of
admission.
Youre not just a spectator,
Hutchcraft said. Youre involved
with an experience for the fans,
whether its hearing the band or
eating a hot dog.
BY BARBARA PLATTS
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Basketball season is approach-
ing at a fast pace this year. As it
gets closer, excitement and des-
peration are on the rise among
KU fans. Excitement for the
games to start and desperation to
claim the best tickets possible for
each game. With such high levels
of desperation around campus,
many students are making prepa-
rations for camping.
Camping out for tickets at
Allen Fieldhouse is a strategy to
attain the best seats for basket-
ball games. Students will wait for
days before each game in order
to receive the best seats possible.
This is a tradition that has been
carried out for a long time at the
University of Kansas.
I have been here for six years,
and it has been around a lot lon-
ger than I have, Casey Cook,
the director of Facility and Event
Services, said. They used to do
it outside but with the extreme
weather they decided to bring stu-
dents into the Fieldhouse.
The Facility and Event services
is the group that helps super-
vise camping each basketball sea-
son, but the students do the most
work.
Students plan every detail of
how it works, from deciding the
date camping begins, to when
random roll call is taken during
the day. Any group that wants to
participate in the lottery for the
upcoming home game must show
up with all members accounted
for the morning after the previ-
ous game.
Many students have enjoyed the
benefits that come with spending
their basketball season camping
at Allen Fieldhouse. Steve Sanger,
Oklahoma City junior, has been
involved in the process for the last
two years.
I was in a group my freshman
year. We got really good seats.
They were front-row for the Texas
game, Sanger said.
Camping was so successful for
Sanger his freshman year that he
formed and organized a group for
his sophomore year.
When a camping group is orga-
nized, its important that an accu-
rate schedule of shifts is given
to every member so someone is
always present to represent their
group.
While taking their shift, stu-
dents generally use the time to get
class work done. Wireless Internet
is available for the students to use
in the building.
Camping out was successful
for Sanger his sophomore year as
well, and his groups effort allowed
them to sit front-row for the
Missouri and Kansas State games.
This tradition is not only
practiced by upperclassmen. The
prospect of prime seats has many
freshman making their arrange-
ments.
I have already met tons of ran-
dom people just by telling them
I am setting up a group, said
Kylinn Gerstner, Colby freshman.
Everyone wants to get involved.
Band of brothers and sisters
Members cherish
time with team
Students salute their seats
What do you think? BY HALLIE MAnn
Do you caMp, anD is it worth it?
Emily liEsEr
Overland Park sophomore
I camped for almost every
game last year. For me its more
fun to camp than the game itself
sometimes.
Eric DysOn
HuntingtonBeach, calif., freshman
Im a student athlete and I get
free seats but my foor in McCol-
lum has already started a list for
camping and I plan on doing it a
few times.
AjAni jAcksOn
East lansing, mich., senior
Im into sports but I dont camp
because I grew up in a college
town and Ive been to my share
of athletic events.
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Womens basketball preview
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
[email protected]
The Kansas womens basketball
team has optimistic hopes after
a disappointing 17-16 finish last
season.
The Jayhawks return four
starters this year, including junior
guard-forward, Danielle McCray.
McCray led the Jayhawks in scor-
ing and rebounding last season,
averaging almost 15 points and
7.1 rebounds per game. She,
along with junior guard Sade
Morris and sophomore center
Krysten Boogard, hope to lead
Kansas to a much better season
in 2008-2009.
With all but one starter returning
for Kansas, the Jayhawks should be
a competitive team in an extremely
tough Big 12 conference.
After going 4-12 in conference
play last season, the Jayhawks
hope to compete with teams like
Oklahoma, Texas, and Iowa State
who were ranked one, two and
three respectively in the Big 12
Coaches Preseason Poll earlier this
week. Kansas own ninth-place
prediction should allow the team
to coast under the radar until they
establish themselves as a dominant
force in the Big 12.
With the direction of coach
Bonnie Henrickson and the lead-
ership of McCray, the Jayhawks
should improve on last seasons
10th-place finish in the Big 12.
McCray and Morris impressive
performances last season need
to be elevated further if Kansas
hopes to contend for a Big 12 title.
With two years of starting expe-
rience for both players, McCray
and Morris should be the driving
forces behind Kansas offense this
year.
The two, along with senior guard
and returning starter Ivana Catic,
need to create offensive opportu-
nities often and help each other
get open, as all three are excellent
shooters. Catic had a team-high
105 assists last season. Her unself-
ish play will be the glue that holds
Kansas offense together.
Morris 17-point performance
against No. 17 Oklahoma last sea-
son was also solid. If she can pro-
duce numbers like these in difficult
games on a consistent basis, the
Jayhawks offense should be excit-
ing and effective.
The inside play of Boogard
will be another decisive factor for
Kansas this season.
Standing at 6-foot-5, Boogard
is full of potential and will play a
vital role in the Jayhawk offense.
Last season she averaged 9.4 points
and 5.6 rebounds per game, earn-
ing her a spot on the All-Big 12
Rookie Team.
Boogard was also named Kansas
most improved player at the team
banquet. Morris and McCray have
to get the ball to Boogard often,
and the sophomore must continue
to improve if Kansas wants to com-
pete this season.
Kansas returning starters are not
the only players who will be vital
to the teams success this season.
The play of freshman guards Aisha
Sutherland and Angel Goodrich
will have a large impact on the
Jayhawk team as well.
Goodrich was one of the top
prospects from the class of 2008
and should provide depth at the
guard position. Her high school
play earned her WBCA/State
Farm All-American Honors and a
McDonalds All-American nomi-
nation. Goodrich and Sutherland
will provide excellent depth to an
already young team and should
be effective additions at the guard
position.
Kansas begins play on Nov. 2
against Fort Hays State.
If last seasons team can mature
and grow as a whole, the Jayhawks
will pose a serious threat in the Big
12 North and should be on their
way to a successful season.
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Guard Sade Morris begins a drive to the basket against Oklahoma. The teamexpects Morris and Danielle McCray to step up as teamleaders.
Jayhawks hope to continue growing into stars
BY DANNY NORDSTROM
[email protected]
Danielle McCray
Class: Junior
Heightt: 5-foot-11
Position: Guard-Forward
Hometown: Olathe
Last season McCray led the
Jayhawks in scoring 14.9 points
per game rebounding and
steals. Her offensive dominance
and aggres-
sive defense
will be vital to
a more experi-
enced but still
young Kansas
team. McCrays
breakout per-
formance in the
Marquette game last season should
be characteristic of what fans can
expect to see this season. Her 29
points and 11 rebounds marked
career bests in both categories and
led the Jayhawks to an impressive
74-55 victory against the Golden
Eagles. With three years of start-
ing experience, McCray should be
a strong leader on this seasons
Kansas team. If she can elevate her
game to the level she played on at
Marquette regularly, the Jayhawks
should be a strong Big 12 team.
Sade Morris
Class: Junior
Height: 5-foot-11
Position: Guard
Hometown: Norman, Okla.
Morris play last season was
strong in all categories. Her
shooting was
i mp r e s s i v e
with 9.8 points
per game and
a 79.8 percent
accuracy from
the free throw
line. Morris
also finished
with 82 assists
to aid her
strong offensive presence. She
played well in big games and con-
ference play, most notably scoring
17 points against No. 17 Oklahoma
State. If Morris can have more
strong performances in conference
play, the Jayhawks should improve
greatly on last seasons 4-12 record
in the Big 12. Like McCray, Morris
is a three-year starter and should
step up her game further this sea-
son. With Morris and McCray at
the guard positions, the Jayhawks
should be a dominant and creative
offensive threat in the Big 12.
Krysten Boogard
Class: Sophomore
Height: 6-foot-5
Position: Center
Hometown: Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada
At 6-foot-5, Boogard is the tall-
est player on the Kansas team, and
is a dominant presence inside.
Her strong offensive and defen-
sive play last season earned her a
spot on the Big
12 All-Rookie
Team. Boogard
averaged 9.4
points and
5.6 rebounds
per game,
not to men-
tion swatting
36 total blocks
on the season. At the end of the
season, her team named her its
most improved player. This sea-
son Boogard needs to continue to
improve if the Jayhawks want to
contend for a Big 12 title. After
coming into her own last season as
a freshman, Boogard should con-
tinue to mature and become an
excellent weapon for Kansas on
both offense and defense.
McCray
Morris
Boogard
Application of returners experience from past seasons
will be key to top last years 17-16 season record
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Missouri (10-21, 2-14)
Last seasons 2-14 conference
record will be difficult to improve
on, as the Big 12 is extremely tough
this season.
The Tigers
will return
five start-
ers, including
senior guard
Alyssa Hollins, who averaged a
team best 16.6 points per game, and
hope last seasons team can mature
into a winning program.
Kansas state
(22-10, 13-3)
The Wildcats return three start-
ers this season after winning the Big
12 in 2008. Senior forward, Marlies
Gipson, who
averaged 7.5
rebounds per
game and had
70 blocks on
the season,
will be a key
player for the
Wildcats. Guard Shalee Lehning will
also play a vital role. She will have
to step up her game after the loss
of star point guard Kimberly Dietz.
Kansas State finished its season with
a second-round loss to Louisville in
the NCAA Tournament, 80-63.
nebrasKa (21-12, 9-7)
Last season the Cornhuskers
finished sixth in the Big 12 with a
solid 9-7 conference record, going
21-12 overall.
After mak-
ing it to the
second round
of the NCAA
Tournament
two years in a
row, Nebraska
has the Sweet
16 in its sights this year. Returning
four of five starters, and a very deep
bench, the Cornhuskers should be
a solid team in the Big 12 this
season.
Colorado (19-15, 5-11)
After finishing ninth in the Big
12, with a 5-11 conference record,
Colorado hopes to improve on its
record this
season. It
will be a dif-
ficult task,
however, as
the Buffaloes
return only
two starters. Also disappointing
for Colorado is the recent season-
ending knee injury to point guard
Whitney Houston.
iowa state (21-13, 7-9)
Picked third in the Big 12
P r e s e a s o n
Coaches Poll,
Iowa State
returns seven
starters from
last season.
After losing
in the second
round of the
NCAA tournament to Rutgers, the
Cyclones hope to improve on last
seasons impressive finish and take
their program to the next level. If
the Cyclones can avoid injuries and
stay healthy, they should be a seri-
ous contender for the Big 12 title.
oKlahoMa (22-9, 11-5)
The Sooners return five of
their six leading scorers, includ-
ing two-time Big 12 player of the
year Courtney Paris, from a team
that finished
third in the
Big 12 last
season. Paris
averaged 18.6
points and
15 rebounds
per game last
year, while
being named
first team
All-America. This year, expecta-
tions are even higher the Big 12
coaches picked Oklahoma to finish
first in the league.
texas teCh (17-16,
4-12)
The Red
R a i d e r s
return three
of their top
four scorers
from last year
a sign that
they could
be improved
from last year. Dominic Seals and
Jordan Murphree combined to
average nearly 28 points last season
and should provide a solid one-two
punch on the offensive end. But
dont expect a drastic increase in
the number of conference victories
as Texas Tech is buried in the tal-
ented Big 12.

texas (22-13, 7-9)
If Texas is going to live up to
its preseason
hype the
L ong hor ns
were picked
second by the
Big 12 coaches
then experience will carry them.
The Longhorns return their top
five scorers from a year ago. The
question, though, is whether the
Longhorns can consistently win in
the tough Big 12 South. Five of the
top six teams in the Big 12 coaches
poll were from the Big 12 South.
baylor (25-7, 12-4)
Outside of Oklahoma, Baylor is
probably the
deepest team
in the Big
12. The Lady
Bears gradu-
ated point
guard Angela
Tisdale, who earned All-America
honorable mention with 16.4 points
per game and 107 assists. However,
they return almost everybody else
who helped them reach the second
round of the NCAA tournament.
Senior forward Rachel Allison,
who also earned honorable men-
tion All-America honors, will lead
Baylor underneath the basket.
Junior Danielle Wilson is a ver-
satile player who can play on the
perimeter or down on the block.
oKlahoMa state
(27-8, 11-5)
Oklahoma State will live and die
with pint-sized point guard Andrea
Riley. Last year the 5-foot-5 junior
averaged 23.1
points per
game and also
tallied 145
assists and
104 assists.
Despite play-
ing with a very physical style
despite her small stature, Riley
never missed a start and led the
Cowgirls with nearly 35 minutes
per game.
texas a&M (29-8, 11-5)
The Aggies will rely heav-
ily on senior guards Takia Starks
and Danielle Gant. Starks led the
team with 16.3 points per game
and 34 minutes per game, while
Gant scored 14.7 ppg and led Texas
A&M with 35 blocks and 81 steals.
Gant may
have to step
up her assist
total this
year, as the
Aggies gradu-
ated stellar
point guard
AQuones i a
Franklin. Franklin dished out 173
assists last season, almost 100 more
than Gant. Much like Baylor, this
team has a lot of potential with
its robust recruiting class. Coach
Gary Blair welcomes in five fresh
faces and theres an opportunity for
most of them to compete for play-
ing time. This team is in a bit of a
transition, but it would be a shame
if they fell completely off the table
this season and wasted the last year
for Gant and Starks.
BY ANDREW WIEBE
[email protected]
T
he Big 12 sent 31 teams
to the NCAA Tournament
during the past five seasons.
Every March, half of the confer-
ence disperses around the country
to represent Big 12 basketball.
Every team but one has been
a part of March Madness. Every
team but Kansas.
In fact, the Jayhawks havent
tasted NCAA Tournament play
since the 1999-2000 season, the last
of nine straight NCAA appearances
under coach Marion Washington.
For the first time since Lew
Perkins handed control to Bonnie
Henrickson in March 2004, she
has a team all her own and tal-
ent spread evenly throughout the
roster.
Whether or not Kansas finally
puts its mark on the Big 12 after
eight years depends largely on two
things; winning on the road and
protecting the basketball.
Had Henricksons team done
either of those last season they may
have played meaningful basketball
in March. Kansas started the sea-
son 13-4, rolling through weaker
nonconference opponents and
picking up a few solid victories. But
they did so while battling through
chronic turnover problems.
Once the Big 12 season rolled
around and those lost possessions
found their way into the hands of
the likes of Oklahomas Courtney
Paris, Texas A&Ms Danielle Gant
and others, Kansas NCAA hopes
withered.
The Jayhawks averaged 19.7
turnovers per contest to only 13.3
assists. Though solid defensive play
and junior guard Danielle McCray
and sophomore center Kristen
Boogaard kept Kansas in games, it
won very few.
The Jayhawks lost 12 of 16
conference games and were win-
less away from Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas played in the WNIT, but
that was little consolation for a
team that lost five straight to con-
clude regular season play.
In March the Big 12 sent eight
teams to the Big Dance. Once again
Kansas wasnt one of them.
But with the start of every
season hope springs eternal.
McCray and Boogaard are a year
older. Heralded freshman Angel
Goodrich adds another option for
Henrickson at point guard. The
NCAA Tournament is a legitimate
goal for Kansas.
Its now or never for the
Jayhawks. Learn to gut out vic-
tories on the road and value ball
security or risk drifting further
from relevance in the Big 12.
But with the start of every season
hope springs eternal. McCray and
Boogaard are a year older. Heralded
freshman Angel Goodrich adds
another option for Henrickson at
the point guard spot. The NCAA
Tournament is a legitimate goal
for Kansas.
Its now or never for the
Jayhawks. Learn to gut out vic-
tories on the road and value ball
security or risk drifting further
from relevance in the Big 12.
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the 2007-2008 season.
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South teams take fve of six top spots in Big 12 preseason coaches poll
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Brandon Rush
No. 25, shooting guard
Indiana Pacers
Kansas 2005-2008
Being a lottery pick certain-
ly has its perks. Brandon Rush,
who was selected No. 13 overall
by the Portland Trailblazers and
then traded to
Indiana, did
not have to par-
ticipate in the
NBA Orlando
Pro Summer
League like
the rest of the
Pacers rookies;
his roster spot
is guaranteed. Although he is list-
ed as the second-string shooting
guard on the Indiana depth chart
and will be sharing time with five
other potential shooting guards,
Rush should get the playing time
that a lottery pick deserves. Rush
is the kind of player who could
make the Pacers a playoff team
again, especially on an Eastern
Conference team that fell just one
game short a year ago.
Mario Chalmers
No. 6, point guard
Miami Heat
Kansas 2005-2008
Just two months and eigh-
teen days after Mario Chalmers
hit arguably the greatest shot in
Kansas bas-
ketball histo-
ry, the young
point guard
was selected by
the Minnesota
Timberwolves
with the 34th
overall pick
in the 2008
NBA Draft. Shortly thereafter,
Chalmers was traded to the Miami
Heat for two future second-round
draft picks. Aside from his now-
infamous expulsion from the
NBAs rookie symposium for frat-
ernization with two women and
alleged marijuana use, a charge
he shared with fellow Jayhawk
teammate Darrell Arthur, Rio
had quite a productive summer.
Chalmers started all five games
for the Heat in the Orlando Pro
Summer League and averaged
15.8 points, two rebounds, 5.4
assists and two steals per game,
earning him All-Summer League
Second Team honors. Also vying
for the starting point guard spot,
a position that the Miami Herald
recently reported was in des-
perate need of an upgrade, are
Chris Quinn, who started 26
games for the Heat last season;
Marcus Banks, who in 12 games
with the Heat started only two;
and the recently signed Shaun
Livingston, who is still recover-
ing from a gruesome knee injury.
Look for Marios production to
increase as he progressively earns
more and more minutes through-
out the season.
Darrell Arthur
No. 00, power forward
Memphis Grizzlies
Kansas 2006-2008

Just a few days after he slid
to the bottom
of the NBA
Drafts first
round, Darrell
Arthur said hed
be playing with
a chip on his
shoulder dur-
ing his rookie
season.
Arthur was
quoted as saying this just a few
days after he had fallen drastically
on draft day after inaccurate blood
tests suggested that he had kid-
ney problems. He was eventually
selected by New Orleans with the
27th overall pick, but Arthur didnt
stay a Hornet for long. He was first
traded to the Trailblazers then dealt
to the Rockets and lastly shipped to
the Grizzlies, finally finding his
home in Memphis. Its obvious why
hes got that chip on his shoulder.
In Las Vegas Summer league play,
Arthur started all five games and
started to prove why he should
never have been slept on, averag-
ing 13.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.8
assists and 0.8 blocks per game.
Arthur should get significant min-
utes during the regular season in
spite of the fact that he is currently
listed as the third-string power
forward for the Grizzlies, playing
behind starter Hakim Warrick and
second-stringer Antoine Walker.
Darnell Jackson
Cleveland Cavaliers
Kansas 2004-2008
Darnell Jackson is one
of Lawrences most beloved
Jayhawks from the 2008 National
Championship
squad and thats
why Kansas
fans felt so
gratified when
Miami selected
Jackson with
the 52nd over-
all pick in the
2008 NBA
draft. He was quickly moved to
Cleveland. Coach Mike Brown
compared Jackson to the legen-
darily tough Chicago Bears line-
backer Dick Butkus. Perhaps thats
why they signed him to a guar-
anteed two-year deal. In the Las
Vegas Summer League, Darnell
started four out of five games
and averaged 5.8 points and 5.4
rebounds per game. Jackson is
listed as fourth on the preseason
depth chart at the power for-
ward position and will be behind
Ben Wallace, J.J. Hickson, a fel-
low rookie, and Lance Allred, the
NBAs first deaf player.
Paul Pierce
No. 34, small forward
Boston Celtics
Kansas 1995-1998
Paul Pierce is coming off a
dream year in Boston in which he
was able to finally lead the Celtics
to their 17th NBA Championship
after ten frus-
trating seasons
with the fran-
chise. It helped
that Boston
went out and
got future hall
of fame players
Kevin Garnett
and Ray Allen
in the offseason. Pierce averaged
16.4 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.18
assists and 1.36 steals per game
in the 07-08 season. His No. 34
jersey will eternally hang in Allen
Fieldhouse and may someday soon
also grace the rafters of the TD
Banknorth Garden.
Drew Gooden
Chicago Bulls
Kansas 1999-2002
Since graduating from Kansas
in 2002, Drew Gooden has played
for Orlando, Cleveland and
Chicago, where he now teams
with fellow Jayhawk Kirk Hinrich.
According to
Chicagos pre-
season depth
chart, Gooden
is currently
the starting
power forward
for the Bulls.
In the 07-08
Jayhawks in the
Photos by assOCiateD PRess
above: newOrleans hornet Julian wright contests a loose ball against Golden State.
Wrights teammade it to the playofs last season. Below: Former Jayhawk and current
Boston Celtic Paul Pierce grabs a rebound. The Celtics won the NBA fnals last season.
NBA
Four members of the 2008 National
Championship team join other former
Kansas players in the NBA, including
league champions Pierce, Pollard
BY TommY powers
[email protected]
Rush
Chalmers
Arthur
Jackson
Pierce
Gooden
season he averaged 12 points,
8.6 rebounds and 0.8 blocks per
game. Gooden recently spent
four weeks in Vancouver training
so that he could be healthy for
the entirety of the 08-09 regular
season. His No. 0 jersey is retired
at KU.
Kirk Hinrich
No. 12, point guard
Chicago Bulls
Kansas 1999-2003
Since being drafted seventh
overall by the Chicago Bulls in the
2003 NBA Draft, Kirk Hinrich has
been their starting point guard.
The 08-09 season may be slightly
different for Hinrich thanks to a
player whom
Kansas fans
are quite famil-
iar with: for-
mer Memphis
Tiger and first
overall pick in
the 2008 NBA
Draft Derrick
Rose. Rose is
almost certainly a lock for start-
ing point guard, which would ulti-
mately equate to a heavy reduction
in minutes for Hinrich, especially
given that he has seemingly fallen
out of favor with new head coach
Vinny Del Negro. Hinrich aver-
aged 11.5 points, five assists and
1.2 steals per game in the 07-08
season.
Scot Pollard
No. 66, center
Boston Celtics
Kansas 1993-1997
Scot Pollard is an unrestricted
free agent coming off a year in
which he was a member of the
2008 NBA championship-winning
Boston Celtics. Kansas favorite
goofy-haired free spirit probably
wont be return-
ing to Boston
for the 08-09
regular season
but may get
picked up some-
where midway
through the
season. If not,
Pollard can
always fall back on his burgeoning
sports color-commentating career.
Nick Collison
Oklahoma City Thunder
Kansas 1999-2003
The 08-09 season will be a
strange change of pace for Nick
Collison, who begins his sixth
year in the NBA, and not because
he changed teams but because
he changed cities. The Thunder,
which used to
be the Seattle
Super s oni c s ,
will play their
first season in
Oklahoma City
this year with
Collison as the
starting center.
Alongside him
is former Texas Longhorn Kevin
Durant. Collison averaged 9.8
points, 9.4 rebounds and 0.8 blocks
per game last season. His jersey is
also retired at Kansas.
Jacque Vaughn
No. 11, point guard
San Antonio Spurs
Kansas 1993-1997
Two years removed from help-
ing the San Antonio Spurs win
the NBA championship in 2007;
Jacque Vaughn continues to pro-
duce as the backup point guard
to two-time NBA All-Star Tony
Parker. In an
average of 15.4
minutes per
game last year,
Vaughn aver-
aged 4.1 points,
2.1 assists and
0.3 steals per
game. His num-
bers should stay
about the same, which last year
nearly identically mirrored his
career averages of 16.6 minutes,
4.6 points, 2.5 assists and 0.5 steals
per game. His No. 11 is retired at
Kansas.
Julian Wright
No. 32, small forward
New Orleans Hornets
Kansas 2005-2007
In the 57 games that made up
his rookie season with the New
Orleans Hornets, Julian Wright
averaged 11.2 minutes, 3.9 points,
2.1 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.2 blocks
and 0.5 steals per game. In the Las
Vegas Summer League, Julian start-
ed all six games for the Hornets
and averaged 11 points, five
rebounds, two assists and nearly
two steals per game. Coach Byron
Scott is hoping Wright can bring
energy to a Hornets team that has
a young and talented nucleus. New
Orleans came within one game of
the Western Conference finals last
season. Wright
will be asked
to come off
the bench and
play a support-
ing role to stars
Chris Paul and
David West.
If there is one
thing Jayhawk
fans know about Julian Wright,
its that he can certainly energize a
crowd while he energizes his team.
Raef LaFrentz
No. 9, center
Portland Trailblazers
Kansas 1994-1998
On September 26 Raef LaFrentz
successfully underwent arthroscop-
ic shoulder surgery and will be
sidelined for 6-8 months. His min-
utes have slowly dwindled over
the years, averaging only 7.5 in 39
games last year, despite the fact that
he stands to
make $12.5 mil-
lion this year,
the final of his
contract. Greg
Oden should
hog most of
the minutes at
center for the
Tr ai l bl az e r s ,
provided that he stays healthy.
During his career LaFrentz has
averaged a respectable 10.1 points
and 6.6 rebounds per game. During
his four-year career playing at
Kansas, Raef never lost a game at
home, going a perfect 58-0.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
After being teammates at Kansas, Kirk Hinrich and DrewGooden reunited as members
of the Chicago Bulls. Chicago drafted Hinrich in 2003, and traded for Gooden last season.
Hinrich
Pollard
Collison
Vaughn
Wright
LaFrentz
P
hog Allens bronze
eyes stare out at the
University of Kansas
campus. A whistle hangs around
his neck, his left hand pins a
basketball against his left hip
and his right hand rests against
the other. Theres a stern look
on his face as if hes daring you
to trespass upon his hallowed
grounds, the Fieldhouse that
bears his name.
Few come now, just days
before practice starts for the
defending national champions.
Even when they do, when they
walk past Phog and through
the glass doors to stand on the
giant Jayhawk tiled into the
foyer floor, it is eerily silent.
Allen Fieldhouse is an empty
shell, hollow and dead without
the living organism that is the
Jayhawk fan base. KANSAS
reads the red-on-blue lettering
of the display case on the left,
visible from outside.
The monuments, like this
one, stay the same, albeit with
a few new additions. They are
proud tributes, standing as a
testament to the tradition of
a school that once called the
father of basketball Coach.
That was James Naismith, and
the court in Phogs temple of the
game is named in his honor.
Plaques hang on the walls,
commemorating retired jerseys
as if they were commemorat-
ing the gods of the hardwood.
Perhaps they are. The names
on them are easily recognizable:
Wilt, Paul, Jo Jo, Danny. Perhaps
someday Mario or Brandon or
Russell or Darrell or Darnell
will join them.
The national championship
trophies are the centerpieces of
the collection, if not in location,
certainly in magnitude. There is
a letter jacket with a 1952 cham-
pionship patch folded under the
1988 national championship
trophy, which has a net draped
over it. Standing next to that
is a new trophy and a new net,
cut down last April. They cant
help but bring a smile to any
Jayhawks face as they remem-
ber Danny and the Miracles of
1988 or Super Mario and the
Shot earlier this year.
And then theres the inside
of the arena. The silence does
nothing to break its majesty.
The jerseys that were com-
memorated in the foyer hang
here from the rafters, and next
to them four national champi-
onship banners are suspended:
1922, 1923, 1952 and 1988. A
fifth will go up Oct. 17. A sign
that would fit in classic litera-
ture hangs opposite the jerseys
on the north wall: Pay Heed,
All Who Enter: Beware of the
Phog. And of course, Naismith
Court rests below this.
That court has seen its share
of memories, more good than
bad. There was the 150-95
destruction of Kentucky. There
was Dick Vitale giving Nick
Collison a standing ovation
for his 20-point, 23-rebound
performance against Texas in
2003. And in that same year
on senior day, when Collison
and Kirk Hinrich were taken
out late in the game, legendary
Oklahoma State coach Eddie
Sutton walked down from his
bench so he could shake their
hands. Then there was another
senior day, 1988, when Archie
Miller, who could barely walk,
took a final shot as a Jayhawk
off one leg. And then there are
the great seasons. There have
been 22 conference champion-
ships won by teams that called
this court home. Two went on
to win it all. Last years team was
one of 15 that have gone unde-
feated at Allen Fieldhouse.
But there wouldnt have been
any of the winning without the
fans, or at least it wouldnt have
mattered. Kansas has led the
conference in attendance for
22 years running. There hasnt
been an open seat for the last
111 games. And the Rock Chalk
chant has long been acknowl-
edged as one of the most feared
in college sports.
The life will soon return to
the 54-year-old Fieldhouse. Its
quiet now, but students will
come back and the once-hollow
shell will be roused. Beware of
the Phog, they will say, but even
that will be drowned out by the
long, sonorous tones of Rock
Chalk, Jayhawk, KU. Allen
Fieldhouse will again shake up
to the rafters as the Jayhawks
try to become the third repeat
champion since UCLAs seven-
year run ended in 1973.
Until then, the Phog waits.
In silence.
Theres no place like home court
Eerie mystique of Allen Fieldhouse has its own charm
By tim dwyer
[email protected]
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Imports & Domestics
Date Opponent Location Time
11/04/08 vs. Washburn (Ex) Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/11/08 vs. Emporia State (Ex) Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/16/08 vs. UMKC Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/18/08 vs. Florida Gulf Coast Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
11/24/08 vs. Washington Kansas City, Mo. 9:00 p.m. CT
11/25/08 vs. Florida or Syracuse Kansas City, Mo. 6:45/9:15 PM CT
11/28/08 vs. Coppin State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/01/08 vs. Kent State Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
12/03/08 vs. New Mexico State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/06/08 vs. Jackson State Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
12/13/08 vs. Massachusetts Kansas City, Mo. 1:00 p.m. CT
12/20/08 vs. Temple Lawrence, Kan. 1:30 p.m. CT
12/23/08 at Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 9:30 p.m. CT
12/30/08 vs. Albany NY Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
1/03/09 vs. Tennessee Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
1/06/09 vs. Siena Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
1/10/09 at Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. 12:00 p.m. CT
1/13/09 vs. Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
1/17/09 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. 2:30 p.m. CT
1/19/09 vs. Texas A&M Lawrence, Kan. 8:00 p.m. CT
1/24/09 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 1:00 p.m. CT
1/28/09 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 6:30 p.m. CT
1/31/09 vs. Colorado Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2/02/09 at Baylor Waco, Texas 8:00 p.m. CT
2/07/09 vs. Oklahoma State Lawrence, Kan. 2:30 p.m. CT
2/09/09 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 8:00 p.m. CT
2/14/09 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 2:30 p.m. CT
2/18/09 vs. Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
2/21/09 vs. Nebraska Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2/23/09 at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 8:00 p.m. CT
3/01/09 vs. Missouri Lawrence, Kan. 1:00 p.m. CT
3/04/09 at Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 8:30 p.m. CT
3/07/09 vs. Texas Lawrence, Kan. 3:00 p.m. CT
2008 Kansas Jayhawks
Mens Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Location Time

11/02/08 vs. Fort Hays State Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. CT
11/09/08 vs. Washburn Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. CT
11/14/08 vs. Sacred Heart Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
11/18/08 vs. Iowa Lawrence, Kan. 11:00 a.m. CT
11/23/08 at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. 4:00 p.m. CT
11/30/08 vs. New Orleans Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. CT
12/04/08 vs. San Jose State Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/07/08 at Marquette Milwaukee, Wis. 2:00 p.m. CT
12/10/08 vs. Western Illinois Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
12/13/08 at Creighton Omaha, Neb. 3:00 p.m. CT
12/21/08 at UCLA Los Angeles, Calif. 4:00 p.m. CT
12/23/08 at Pepperdine Malibu, Calif. 3:00 p.m. CT
12/31/08 vs. Houston Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. CT
01/04/09 vs. New Mexico State Lawrence, Kan. 2:00 p.m. CT
01/07/09 vs. Fairfeld Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
01/10/09 at Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 6:00 p.m. CT
01/14/09 vs. Missouri Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
01/17/09 vs. Texas Tech Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
01/21/09 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7:00 p.m. CT
01/24/09 vs. Kansas State Lawrence, Kan. 11:00 a.m. CT
01/31/09 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 4:00 p.m. CT
02/04/09 vs. Colorado Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
02/07/09 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 1:00 p.m. CT
02/11/09 at Texas Austin, Texas 7:00 p.m. CT
02/14/09 vs. Oklahoma Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
02/18/09 at Colorado Boulder, Colo. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/22/09 vs. Iowa State Lawrence, Kan. 12:00 p.m. CT
02/25/09 at Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7:00 p.m. CT
02/28/09 vs. Nebraska Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
03/04/09 vs. Baylor Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. CT
03/07/09 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa 7:00 p.m. CT
2008 Kansas Jayhawks
Womens Basketball Schedule
What do
you think?
by Amber JAckson
How many new basketball
players can you name?
FranK TODarO
Freshman, St. Louis, Mo.
I cant. Ive always been a UConn
fan. I didnt become a hardcore
Jayhawk fan until I got here.
nic HunT
Freshman, Leavenworth
I can name one, Travis Releford.
MaTTHeW MuLLigan
Sophomore, Kansas city, Kan.
I know fve; Tyrone Appleton,
Marcus Morris, Markief Morris,
Travis Releford and Mario Little.
MariSSa Perez
Freshman, Topeka
Quintrell Thomas, Morris twins
and Tyshawn Taylor.
NO BOUNDARIES
HERE, THERE ARE
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to help us come up with a new gameday slogan. The top 3
finalists will recieve AMAZING PRIZES to be announced!
*To vote you must be a current University of Kansas student with a valid KU email address. The University Daily Kansan and its affiliated partners reserve the right to make the final T-shirt slogan selections.
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