Hall Opens For Nebraska Blowout: Prisoners Receive Standing Ovation
Hall Opens For Nebraska Blowout: Prisoners Receive Standing Ovation
Hall Opens For Nebraska Blowout: Prisoners Receive Standing Ovation
Jonathan Anderson
By Evan KafaraKis
ekafarakis@kansan.com
kansan sportswriter
The Kansas mens and wom-
ens track and
feld teams
placed second
in the annual
KU/KSU/MU
Triangularatthe
Anschutz Sports
Pavilion.
Kansas coach
StanleyRedwine
said the team
was closing the
gap with Kansas
State, the team
that hoisted the Jug, the trophy
awardedtothewinningteam,Fri-
dayfortheeighthstraightyear.
TheWildcatsmensandwom-
ens teams earned a total of 265
points. The Jayhawks garnered
240.5pointsandtheTigersplaced
thirdwithascoreof212.5.
Themeetbeganwiththemens
weight throw, which spotlighted
Kansas senior Sheldon Battle,
whowontheevent.
Hopefully I can stay consis-
tent with my technique and can
continuetocompetewell,Battle
said.
Battlealsowonthemensshot
put event. With the victories, he
already qualifed in the weight
throw and the
shot put events
for the NCAA
Indoor Champi-
onships, which
will take place
in Fayetteville,
Ark.,inMarch.
Going into
his fnal weight
throw, Battle al-
ready had won
the event. That
didnt stop him
from landing the best throw of
themeet.
Battlewonhissecondeventin
twoweeks,aftertakinghomethe
weight throw and shot put title
lastweekintheArkansasInvita-
tional.
Sheldon Battle certainly im-
pressedmetoday,Redwinesaid.
Redwine also said that senior
CharisseBacchushadimpressed
himthatday.
Bacchus placed in the top
threeinfoureventsandwonthe
womenslongjumpwithaleapof
19-11.00.Shefnishedsecondin
both the 60-meter dash and 60-
meterhurdles.
It was great competing in
front of the home crowd, Bac-
chussaid.
Records were set throughout
thenight.
SeniorTiffanyCherrywonthe
60-meter dash in a time of 7.55,
.08 seconds faster than the meet
record.
Senior Aaron Thompson
broketwomeetrecordsinthe60-
meter dash and in the 60-meter
hurdles.
It felt good to come out here
andcompetestrong.Wejustneed
to take one meet at a time and
we will continue to improve,
Thompsonsaid.
Were defnitely happy with
where we are and we need to
continue to get better, Redwine
said.
The Jayhawks will be home
again on Saturday at Anschutz
Sports Pavilion, where they will
play host to the Jayhawk Invita-
tional.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
The funny thing about KU
basketball, now that football
seasonisover,istheattitudeof
many students and fans. It al-
ways seems to change dramati-
callyfromgametogame.
One moment, after an ugly
home loss against Kansas State
andanotherontheroadagainst
Missouri, the town sank into a
near depression. Most talk of
the team began with the letters
NIT.
Then less than a week later,
everyone was hugs and giggles
after Kansas 96-54 blowout of
NebraskaSaturday.
That is the main difference
with basketball at the University
comparedtoallothersports.The
fans are quick to reverse their
opinion. Its either feast or fam-
ine.SometimesIfeelbadforthe
coachesandtheplayers.Itseems
like neither can ever truly please
thefans.
Fansandstudentsseemtothink
the2002or2003Jayhawkswilljust
walkontothecourt.Igetthefeel-
ingthatthoughtheydontadmit
it,theyexpectKirkHinrich,Nick
Collison, Drew Gooden or even
RoyWilliamstowalkthroughthe
door. This attitude is ridiculous
andneedstobeovercome.
SometimesIwonderifcoach
Bill Self has any regrets about
coming to Kansas. Basketball
minds such as Jerry Tarkanian,
RickMajerusandJayBilashave
each recently called Self one of
Americas best young coaches.
Several schools would sacrifce
their frst-born to hire a coach
withSelfsrespectability.
Ironically, Self doesnt seem
tocommandthesamerespectas
hegetsoutsideofLawrence.In
fact, Self resembles Texas foot-
ballcoachMackBrown.
Year after year Self has had
fantastic recruiting classes and
has produced teams that won
a lot of games. But, because of
missed opportunities in games
hereandthere,Selfhasreceived
criticism. The resemblance to
the criticism Brown had en-
dured through the years is al-
mosteerie.
Ofcourse,peoplewhofrequent
talk radio and message boards
are the most brutal, but it isnt
onlySelf.Beforewinningthena-
tional championship three weeks
ago,Brown,likeSelf,hadtohear
criticism of many of his players.
In Selfs case, hes dealing with
mostlyfreshmenandsophomores
whoaretryingtofndtheirniche
atKansas.Atthesametime,they
have to please the fans night in
andnightoutbypretendingtobe
amongthelikesofDukeandCon-
necticut.
That doesnt mean that they
wontjointhoseeliteranksagain
one day, but the key words are
oneday.Thisteamisyoung.Its
notnearlyasbadassomepeople
say,anditsnotasgoodasothers
like to think. It is a very young
team that is looking to fnd a
happymedium,andonceitdoesit
willgivefanstheirfrstrealexcite-
ment in nearly three years. If all
holdstrue,thisteamwillmakethe
NCAA Basketball Tournament
this season and then proceed to
winatleastafewmoregamesthan
itdidinlastyearsvisit.
Afterthat,Selfandhisplayers
might begin traveling down the
same road Brown and his play-
ersdidthisyear.Iftheyfndthe
same fortune at the end of that
road, then they will receive an
abundance of praise and a few
well-deservedapologiesaswell.
F Chavez is a San Antonio
senior in journalism.
athletics
calendar
WEDNESDAY
F Mens Basketball at Texas
A&M, 7 p.m., College Station,
Texas
FRIDAY
F Womens Basketball at Baylor,
3 p.m., Waco, Texas
SATURDAY
F Tennis vs. Drake, TBA, Law-
rence
Player to
watch:
senior forward
Crystal Kemp.
She had 25
points and 13
rebounds in
Kansas victory
over Oklahoma State on Sunday.
F Womens
Basketball at
Kansas State, 7
p.m., Manhattan
F Swimming vs. Drury, 5 p.m.,
Lawrence
F Mens Basketball at Iowa State,
11 a.m., Ames, Iowa
F Track, Jayhawk Invitational, all
day, Lawrence
Tennis
Tennis team opens
season
The Kansas tennis team
opened its season on Sunday
with a victory against Ball State
and a loss against Indiana.
Even though the Jayhawks
fell 5-2 to the Hoosiers, they
still had solid showings from
freshman Ksenia Bukina and
sophomore Elizabeth Avdeeva,
who went a combined 4-0 in
singles competition.
Kansas had no problem with
Ball State, sweeping it 7-0. Se-
nior Christine Skoda, junior Brit-
tany Brown, sophomore Lauren
Hommell and freshman Yuliana
Svistun provided additional
victories against Ball State in
singles competition.
Kemp
Listenup,youfcklefans:Itsayoungteamafterall
By Jimmy ChavEz
jchavez@kansan.com
sports columnist
Secondplaceforteam
afterindividualefforts
It felt good to come
out here and compete
strong. We just need to
take one meet at a time
and we will continue to
improve.
Aaron Thompson
Senior
David Noffsinger/KANSAN
Charisse Bacchus, senior long jumper, takes frst with a jump of 19 feet and
11 inches. Bacchus also placed second in the 60-meter dash and 60-meter
hurdles.
t Track
t The column
t nFl
Strangematch-upsetforSuperBowlXL
By DavE GolDBErG
the associated press
SEATTLE - The contrasts be-
tween the Steelers and the Se-
ahawks make this a fascinating
SuperBowlmatchup.
Goingintoitssixthchampion-
shipgame,Pittsburghwouldseem
likeaseasonedcontender.Seattle,
by contrast, is untested. The Se-
ahawksaregoingforthefrsttime
in their 30-year history and last
weekwontheirfrstplayoffgame
in21years.
TheSeahawksenteredtheplay-
offsastheNFCstop-seededteam.
TheSteelerswerethelastseedin
the AFC, the frst sixth-seed ever
tomakeittothebiggame.
Theres one sure human-inter-
est footnote: Pittsburgh running
backJeromeBettiswillgettoplay
hisfrstSuperBowlinhishome-
town,afttingconclusiontoa13-
yearcareer.
And look for other subplots:
the coaching similarities, the
Seahawks outstanding rookie
linebackers and a close, hard
foughtgame.
The way these teams are play-
ing now make that seem like a
realpossibility:Seattles34-14vic-
toryoverCarolinaintheNFCtitle
gameSundaywasits13thwinin
14games.AndPittsburghs34-17
win in Denver was its seventh in
arow.
PittsburghsBenRoethlisberger,
whohadfveinterceptionsintwo
playoffgamesasarookielastsea-
son, has only one in three post-
season games this year and has
thrownforthreetouchdowns.
Im seeing things a lot bet-
ter and really understanding the
team,saidRoethlisberger.
SeattlesMattHasselbeck,who
hadlosthisfrsttwoplayoffgames
asastarter,hasalsoblossomedin
theseplayoffs.Hewas20-of-28for
219 yards and two touchdowns
Sunday.
And the defense? The Steelers
havebeentraditionallyknownfor
itandwerealloverDenversJake
PlummeronSunday.ButSeattles
defense, overshadowed by the
NFLs highest-scoring offense in
the regular season, showed Sun-
day what it can do Sunday by
shuttingdowntheleagueshottest
postseasonQB,thePanthersJake
Delhomme.
Overall,theyshutouttheCaro-
lina offense Smiths 59-yard
puntreturnwastheonlyscoreun-
tilthegamewasoutofhand.
The coaches are another even
match. Seattles Mike Holmgren
andPittsburghsBillCowherboth
became head coaches in 1992,
and are the leagues two longest-
tenuredinthatposition.
HolmgrenwononeSuperBowl
withthePackersandlostanother.
Cowhers Steelers lost the 1996
Super Bowl to Dallas and are 2-
4 in AFC title games, but theyve
beentosixinthepast12years.
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