Jayhawks take Big 12 Championship

G
oing into Sundays Big 12
Championship, Kansas and
Texas had different perspec-
tives on the conference tournament. The
Longhorns were shooting for the frst Big
12 Conference tournament champion-
ship in the history of the school and
also the frst for any Texas school. For
the Jayhawks, it was an opportunity for
redemption against the only team that
beat them in the past 16 games, as well
as a return to prominence. After winning
the tournament the frst three times it was
played, Kansas had been shut out since
1999.
Kansas got its redemption as well as a
No. 4 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tour-
nament against the No. 13 seed Bradley
Braves by knocking off Texas, 80-68. It
was an unlikely twist for a team that began
the season 1-2. After consecutive losses to
Kansas State and Missouri in mid-Janu-
ary, many fans were thinking NIT. But the
Jayhawks fnished strong, including a 10-
game conference winning streak and a tie
with Texas for the conference regular sea-
son title.
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The sTudenT vOice since 1904
index weather
tuesday wednesday
today
Marchs madness
nTemplin Hall sustained roof damage. Insulation from the
south end of the building and a fresh air unit, used to exhaust
bathrooms, were tossed to the ground.
nThe Computer Center, Malott Hall, Murphy Hall, Robinson Cen-
ter and Stauffer-Flint Hall, among others, suffered roof damage.
nWindows broke at the Adams Alumni Center, Budig Hall,
Green Hall, GSP-Corbin Hall, Marvin Hall, McCollum Hall,
Miller Scholarship Hall, Oliver Hall and Naismith Hall.
Sources: Jim Scribner, assistant director of Facilities Operations; Vince Avila,
associate director of the Department of Student Housing.
major damage on campus
Chancellor cancels classes in Lawrence
By Catherine OdsOn
codson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The KU Lawrence campus will remain
closed today because of safety concerns
stemming from damage caused by Sun-
days storm. Events at the Lied Center
and the Dole Institute of Politics will be
held as scheduled.
Lynn Bretz, KU spokeswoman, said
classes would not be held to allow mainte-
nance crews additional time to recover from
the severe damage the campus suffered dur-
ing the storm. Bretz estimated that 60 per-
cent of campus buildings were damaged.
Falling debris from damaged roofs, fallen
tree branches and shattered glass on side-
walks posed a great enough risk to keep
all non-emergency employees off cam-
pus, Bretz said. Campus roads will remain
closed to vehicular traffc, but on-campus
pedestrian traffc is discouraged. The KU
on Wheels bus system will not be running.
see CaMPUs on Page 6a
By niCOle Kelley
nkelley@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A storm with 70 to 90 mph winds ripped
through Lawrence Sunday morning, leaving the
city and the KU campus in disrepair.
The storm was classifed as a microburst, a brief but
intense downward-moving current of air produced
from severe thunderstorms. No one was seriously in-
jured from the storm, but three people entered Law-
rence Memorial Hospital with minor cuts and bruises.
Douglas County Emergency Management began
receiving information regarding the approaching
storm at about 7:30 Sunday morning. The agency
sounded tornado sirens at 8:08.
see storM on Page 6a
t SundayS Storm
t accident
Extent of damage
considered extensive
Man pinned by crash,
condition unknown
A man was life-flighted to
the KU Medical Center yes-
terday evening after being
trapped between two parked
cars.
The man was identified as
the landlord of 1205 Kentucky
by Kevin Padawer, Memphis,
Tenn., sophomore, who saw
the incident. Padawer was not
sure of the mans name. He
said that the man had been
cleaning up the house after
the storm and had been get-
ting supplies out of the back
of his SUV when he was hit.
Ray Urbanek, Lawrence
Police Lt., said that a car hit
a parked car that was behind
the mans SUV. When the car
was pushed forward, it sand-
wiched the man between the
two cars.
Urbanek had not yet been
informed of the mans name or
condition.
Melinda Ricketts
Megan true/KaNSaN
Lawrence senior Justin davis walks by damage to
Murphy hall Sunday morning. Tornado-like winds blew
roof tiles and insulation from the building.
Kit Leffer/KaNSaN
Scholarship hall students set up a photo shoot with a destroyed car Sunday morning in the parking lot behind Blake Hall. Hundreds of students rolled out of their beds early to
investigate the damage caused by the morning weather.
Melinda Ricketts/KaNSaN
the landlord of 1205 Kentucky was trapped between his white SUV and the
car behind it when a vehicle collided with a parked car. The white vehicle
was later moved by police. The man, who has not yet been identifed, was
fown to the KU Medical Center.
Matt Slocum/tHE aSSoCIatEd PRESS
Kansas forward Julian Wright stuffs the ball in the second half against Texas in the
Big 12 Mens Championship basketball game, Sunday in Dallas.
n For more
coverage
of the Big
12 Tour-
nament,
see pages
1B, 6B
and 7B.
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March 13, 1897 The University
of Kansas faculty and administra-
tion salaries were reduced when
the legislature announced large
funding cutbacks for the Univer-
sity.
March 17, 1942 In the midst of
Japanese-American deportation on
the west coast, Chancellor Deane
W. Malott invited Japanese-Ameri-
can college students to the Univer-
sity of Kansas. He said the deporta-
tion would seem, utterly foolish
in the light of later years.
March 17, 1960 University of
Kansas Chancellor Franklin D.
Murphy resigned from the Uni-
versity after a long feud with Gov-
ernor George Docking. During
Dockings 1956 campaign for gov-
ernor, Murphy supported the op-
posing Republican candidate War-
ren W. Shaw.
Murphy said, Democrats can
only promise to continue, or at
most expand, Republican pro-
grams. This should be put to the
electorate so constantly and so
frequently that they cannot forget
it.
After Docking won the elec-
tion, tension between him and
Murphy grew. Docking did not
approve of Murphys vision for
the future of KU, which called
for a large investment from the
state to improve facultys salaries,
research facilities, technological
equipment, library holdings and
an expansion of the Universitys
physical plant.
Murphy believed the funds for
the University were needed imme-
diately and lack of vision, short-
sightedness, political infghting,
at the expense of adequate invest-
ment in higher education could be
devastating.
Docking thought any invest-
ment in the University should go
directly to student education and
was skeptical of allocating state
funds to academic research. He be-
lieved museums, libraries and gal-
leries were luxuries.
The feud between Murphy and
Docking continued in The Law-
rence Journal-World, The Universi-
ty Daily Kansan, The Topeka Capi-
tal-Journal and Salina Journal. But
on March 17, 1960, after 12 years
at KU, Murphy announced he
was leaving KU to take the job as
chancellor at UCLA. That night, a
dummy of Docking was hung and
burned in the company of about
600 students.
The day after Murphys resig-
nation, more than 4,000 students
gathered in Hoch Auditoria to pro-
test and show their disgust of the
treatment Murphy had received
from Governor Docking.
Murphys colleagues at UCLA
said through countless private
kindness, Franklin D. Murphy
endeared himself to a legion of
admirers around the world. Two
campus facilities were named in
Murphys honor, Murphy Hall
and Murphy Art and Architecture
Library.
March 18, 1968 Senator Rob-
ert F. Kennedy began his presi-
dential campaign at the Univer-
sity of Kansas and Kansas State
University. His speech on March
18 brought over 20,000 students
to Allen Fieldhouse. KU stu-
dents interrupted him 38 times
during the course of his speech
with applause.
One of the interruptions of
applause was most likely after
Kennedy surprisingly com-
mented, The more riots that
come out of our college cam-
puses, the better the world for
tomorrow.
There is nothing I love
as much as a good fght.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
There are more possible
chess game outcomes (10
to the 120th power, or a bil-
lion billion googol) than the
estimated number of atoms
in the universe (between 4
x 10 to the 78th power and
6 x 10 to the 17th power).
Source: www.wikipedia.org
In a blaze of glory
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A Hollywood flm stunt man sitting atop a car in motion drives through a ball of fre as the stunt group shows its performance for the
frst time in China, at the Shanghai International Circuit, in Shanghai, east China, Sunday.
ODD nEwS
Public urination illegal
despite lack of law
SAN FRANCISCO Empty-
ing ones bladder in a public
place is a crime, even if there
is no specifc law prohibiting
the practice, a state appeals
court ruled.
Ruling on an appeal brought
by a Berkeley man who was
charged with cocaine posses-
sion after an offcer stopped
him mid-pitstop, the Court
of the Appeal for the Second
District said Wednesday that
public urination is a crime that
justifed the offcers search of
the mans pockets.
Urination on or near a
busy commercial street in-
terferes with the comfortable
enjoyment of both life and
property, Presiding Justice
J. Anthony Kline wrote in an
opinion.
The offcer arrested McDon-
ald and while searching him
allegedly found cocaine in the
suspects pocket.
Renter takes bizarre
revenge on landlord
ANTIOCH, Calif. A man
who was evicted from the
house he rented for years
allegedly took revenge on
his landlords by dumping
the homes hoarded contents
fve-gallon buckets of cook-
ies, canned food, old batteries
and puzzle pieces on the
lawn.
The homeowner, Ann Ste-
venson, said she rented the
house to Lloyd Annesley and
his partner, Margaret McCoy,
with a subsidized rent as a
favor to the longtime family
friends.
After McCoy died, Annes-
ley learned he would have to
move and his relatives helped
him dump the debris before
they abandoned the property
last week.
Stevenson said she spent
$4,000 to clean up the mess.
Besides spoiled candy and
food, the litter included
handcuffs and Scrabble
pieces.
CAMPUS
Million dollar payout
isnt for KU employee
KU employee Johnny Andris
won $8,000 on the TV show
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
The show aired Friday on NBC.
Andris, a media relations
assistant for the KU Athlet-
ics Department, was close to
winning $16,000, but he got
stumped by a question and
used a life line to phone his
dad. Because his dad wasnt
sure of the answer, Andris
decided to walk.
Looking back, I wish I
couldve won more, he said.
I shouldve gone with my gut
instead of walking away.
He would have won if hed
gone with his dads answer.
The question was: In 2005,
a Russian astrologer fled a
$300 million lawsuit against
what U.S. agency for interfer-
ing with her horoscope? Out
of Environmental Protection
Agency, FBI, NASA and CIA,
his dad gave the correct an-
swer of NASA.
I cant complain though,
I still won money, he said. I
cant be disappointed.
Andris hasnt done anything
with the money yet. He hopes
to use some of it toward a trip
to see the World Cup in Ger-
many this summer. He wants
to attend law school soon, but
he said the money was not
enough to put toward it.
Kristen Jarboe
KU HISTORY
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Loring Henderson, Director of the Law-
rence Community Shelter, will present
the issues surrounding homelessness
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supported and/or impeded by political
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Join the KUYDs for a
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Congressional Candidate
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By Anne Weltmer
aweltmer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
While Islamic law and morality
might be compliant with capitalism,
Raj Bhala, KU professor of law, said
doing business in Islamic society may
not be easy.
Bhala and Mohamed El-Hodiri, KU
professor of economics, spoke to a
crowd of more than 40 people Friday at
the Doing Business in Islamic Society
breakfast seminar hosted by the Law-
rence Chamber of Commerce.
The chambers goal was to educate
Lawrence business owners about over-
seas expansion, said Hossein Gerami,
president of the chamber.
El-Hodiri said fairness and equality
were two of Islams axioms. Islam en-
courages capitalism as long as businesses
dont harm others.
There are a few things that arent busi-
ness-friendly though, he said. Islam bans
interest because in the Koran, it states
that one cant take multiples of his capi-
tal. While the sale of alcohol and tobacco
are prohibited, they are not against Is-
lamic law to sell. Since Muslims cannot
consume them, most countries prohibit
the sale to all.
Citibank has been the most successful
in Islamic society because it has adopted
Islamic banking laws for those coun-
tries.
He said Muslims are honest and re-
spect contracts because of their Islamic
morality, which comes from three main
sources: the Koran, the suna - the words
of Mohammed- and the majority of Mus-
lims today, who are constantly relooking
and revising Islamic morals.
No one can say we shut down the
thinking process, El-Hodiri said. If you
travel to that part of the world, you can
expect the hospitality of a lifetime. El-
Hodiri said.
Bhala didnt quite agree. I think we
are trying to get along. Im going to be
a little more provocative, he said, to
counter El-Hodiris speech.
He said trade was minimal compared
with the rest of the world. He said the en-
tire Arab-Muslim worlds gross domestic
product was equal to that of Spain alone.
Muslim banks rip off customers even
more than Western banks because they
do charge high interest rates, he said.
He also warned against making con-
tracts under the local laws because the
religious courts might overturn even
a written contract. He advised going
through the international trade laws,
Hong Kong or the United States to make
contracts.
Bhala said private property was re-
spected usually, but never guaranteed.
Islamic society was far from democratic,
he said. If one owned a house, he would
always run the risk that the government
might take it away, even though the sce-
nario was unlikely.
Insurance is also a tricky matter be-
cause gambling is not allowed under Is-
lamic law. Life insurance is not allowed
because its gambling on someones life,
Bhala said, but horse and donkey racing
bets are allowed because theyre consid-
ered a game of skill.
Ashlee Crowl, Topeka senior, said she
attempted to learn more about Islamic
business for AIESEC, of which she is a
member. AIESEC promotes internation-
al internships, and this seminar helped
them know more of what business peo-
ple want, she said.
Ernie Cummings of Kizer-Cummings
Jewelers, said he attended because he did
business with people from the Islamic
world and wanted to learn more about
their way of doing business.
Whenever we increase understand-
ing, it increases ability to be more suc-
cessful in business, he said.
Edited by Meghan Miller
N
o one can say we shut
down the thinking
process. If you travel to that part
of the world, you can expect the
hospitality of a lifetime.
Mohamed El-Hodiri
Professor of Economics
By rAhim FAiez
tHe assOCiateD Press
KABUL, Afghanistan A roadside
bomb killed four U.S. troops passing
by in an armored vehicle in eastern
Afghanistan on Sunday, the deadliest
attack on coalition forces in a month.
In Kabul, a suicide bombing Sun-
day killed two people and narrowly
missed the chief of Afghanistans up-
per house of parliament, and he ac-
cused Pakistani intelligence of trying
to assassinate him.
The two bombings were the latest in
a series of militant attacks that appear
to be gathering intensity four years
after the oust of the hard-line Taliban
regime by a U.S.-led invasion.
The four American troops died
when their vehicle was hit by an im-
provised explosive device in the Pech
Valley in Kunar province as they pa-
trolled to keep a road open to civilian
and military traffc, military spokes-
man Col. Jim Yonts said.
Kunar governor Asadullah Wafa said
the blast went off as a convoy of six
American vehicles passed at 4:15 p.m.
Yonts accused militants of launch-
ing cowardly attacks, placing bombs
and detonating them from a distance.
He said that would not deter the U.S.-
led coalition from their mission of de-
feating Taliban and al-Qaida militants
and establishing lasting security.
Sundays bombing raised the death
toll of U.S. military personnel in the
region to 220 since a U.S.-led offen-
sive toppled the Taliban regime in
Afghanistan in late 2001. It was the
deadliest attack since Feb. 13, when
a roadside bomb killed four American
troops traveling in an armored vehicle
in central Uruzgan province.
Also Sunday, a car bombing in the
capital targeted Sibghatullah Mujad-
dedi, a Muslim cleric who briefy served
as president in 1992. He now heads the
new Meshrano Jirga, or upper house of
parliament, and leads a commission
encouraging Taliban fghters to recon-
cile with the government.
Mujaddedi escaped with burns to his
hands and face, but two bystanders, a
girl on her way to school and a man on
a motorbike, were killed. Five others
were wounded, and the two attackers
who drove the explosives-laden station
wagon into the convoy died.
The explosion was very strong.
For a while I couldnt see anything. I
was in the front seat of my car. I saw
a big fre came toward me, the white-
bearded Mujaddedi told a news con-
ference a few hours later.
His hands were wrapped in ban-
dages burned when he raised them
to protect his face from the blast.
Bomb explodes, kills four U.S. troops
twar on terror
Professors speak
on Islamic business
t forum
Stormy Sunday roll-over
Jill Toyoshiba/THE KANSAS CITY STAR
A tractor trailer carrying several giant rolls of paper overturned on northbound Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Mo., on Sunday morning.
According to tow crews and a police offcer on the scene, the truck was overturned by strong winds or a microburst passing through the
area. One tow operator said the rolls of paper weigh 6,000 pounds each. The truck company was RFK Transportation, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
news 4a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan monDay, march 13, 2006
By Rachel PaRkeR
rparker@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Rock Chalk Revue this
weekend at the Lied Center
raised close to $38,000 in rev-
enue this year for its philan-
thropy.
Scott Ferguson, fundraising
coordinator for the event, said
that money was still trickling in
and expenses still needed to be
paid, so an exact amount isnt
known yet.
A check for the raised
amount will be presented to
United Way of Douglas County
during halftime at one of the
frst home football games this
fall.
Over 4,000 people attended
the revue, with an estimated
1,800 on Saturday, 1,200 Friday
and 1,000 on Thursday.
Hannah Johnson, Bar-
rington, Ill., sophomore and
member of Gamma Phi Beta, is
attended the revue with some
of her friends on Thursday
night. She said she liked the
pre-show videos before each
skit that showed behind the
scenes information about the
groups and their experience
with this years show. She said
she found the show very hu-
morous.
Phi Delta Theta and Chi
Omegas CinderEllie swept
at the awards ceremony, win-
ning 10 of 14 awards includ-
ing best overall performance
and the new viewers choice
award.
Other groups and acts were
Delta Upsilon and Kappa
Kappa Gamma, performing
Rising Heat; Phi Kappa Psi
and Delta Gamma, perform-
ing In the Club; Beta Theta
Pi and Kappa Alpha Theta,
performing Joes and Dolls;
and Sigma Chi and Pi Beta
Phi, performing Rockin the
Boat.
A detailed account of the
awards and recipients, includ-
ing the community service
awards, can be found on the
Rock Chalk Revue Web site.
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A smorgasbord of Asian cui-
sine spread across several long
folding tables for the Asian
American Student Associations
ninth annual Taste of Asia din-
ner Friday at the Ecumenical
Christian Ministries.
The event was one of many
scheduled by the association for
its 14th Asia Week at the Uni-
versity of Kansas. The week-long
celebration took place to display
our culture for people so they can
be more aware, said Rachel Li,
Overland Park sophomore and
Taste of Asia coordinator.
The week included a lion
dancing demonstration on
Wescoe Beach, foreign movies,
Asian karaoke origami tables,
the dinner and a show Saturday
night, Li said.
The dinner itself was a laid-
back occasion, where both as-
sociation members and other
KU students could get together,
meet new people and enjoy the
variety of Asian cuisines donated
by Panda Garden, 1500 W, Sixth
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King Buffet, 1601 W. 23rd St.,
the Plum Tree, 2620 Iowa St.,
and several other student orga-
nizations on campus. The dinner
included Vietnamese, Thai, Chi-
nese and Japanese food.
Yi Jia, Zhenjiang, China,
graduate student, said he came
to meet friends and have some
good Asian food.
Li said the dinner, along with
the whole week, was a good way
for the associations 30 members to
get in touch with the other Asian
organizations on campus and work
together on the weeks events.
The dinner included stewed
chicken and potatoes, spring
rolls, friend dumplings with cur-
ry flling, onigiri or sticky rice
triangles wrapped in dried sea-
weed with various fllings and a
special soupy dessert of tapioca,
coconut milk and melons.
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Kansan staff writer
Broken signs, ripped-up aw-
nings and smashed windows
lined the streets and sidewalks
of Lawrence from the downtown
area to Clinton Parkway Sunday
after a strong storm struck the
city.
At the Replay Lounge, 946
Massachusetts St., the reported
70 to 90 mph winds tore away the
front window facing 10th street,
frame and all.
Ive never seen anything this
bad, co-owner Nick Carroll said.
The wind must have hit it just
right.
An employee at the Eldridge
Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St., re-
ported that the storm knocked a
satellite dish off of the roof. The
dish, which hadnt been used for
some time, was found on the next
block north in front of Liberty
Hall. The storm didnt cause any
major damage to the building.
Other damage downtown in-
cluded torn awnings at stores,
including Weavers Department
Store, 901 Massachusetts St. Buf-
falo Wild Wings Bar and Grill,
1012 Massachusetts St., was one
of several stores whose signs lay
shattered in the street. Part of its
sign lay in pieces across the street
fromthe restaurant.
At Plymouth Congregational
Church, 925 Vermont St., two
spires fell onto the sidewalk.
Signs were posted around the
taped-off area, cautioning people
not to enter.
The storm also caused dam-
age in west and south Lawrence.
Lawrence Internal Medicine,
3310 Clinton Parkway, lost an
entire section of its roof. The
displaced piece landed directly
in front of the building. Broken
wooden fences were also found
on 31st Street and Kasold Street
along with broken telephone
polls.
At Clinton Place Apartments,
2125 Clinton Parkway, hundreds
of bricks from the front wall fell
onto a parked car, smashing in
the hood and windshield. The
wall was next to the gas meters,
but the bricks missed them.
Its weird, the wind didnt
even move the patio furniture in
the back, said Matt Gammill,
maintenance supervisor and resi-
dent.
Edited by Matt Wilson
Picking up
the pieces
David Noffsinger/KANSAN
This sign in front of South Park was one of many signs that were damaged in
downtown by Sunday mornings high winds.
what a mess
Winds contort ballparks, complex
Students dodge disaster
By anne Weltmer
and miKe mostaffa
editor@kansan.com
Kansan staff writers
Travis Warner, Manhattan se-
nior, escaped the heavy winds and
swirling clouds that tore through
Indiana street Sunday morning,
but his truck didnt.
The irony is I always wantedto
see a tornado; nowI missed it and
it hit my truck, he said after a 40-
foot-tall tree completely smashed
the cabin of his Black Dodge Da-
kota Sport and flled the bed with
branches in the Oread Heights
parking lot at 1140 Indiana.
Warner and other University
of Kansas students lives were
disrupted Sunday morning by a
storm with winds from 70 to 90
mph. Those winds wreaked havoc
on houses, apartments and ve-
hicles throughout the neighbor-
hoods around the University.
Robert Zwolinski, Chicago
sophomore, had never experi-
enced a tornado storm. The entire
house was shaking when he heard
the loud boom of a giant tree up-
rooted and struck his 1339 Ten-
nessee apartment.
He said he made a dash for the
buildings basement. The entrance
to the basement was outside the
building, and clad in pajama pants
and a large coat, Zwolinski sprint-
ed to the buildings basement.
Kris Keckler, Gardner senior,
lives in an apartment at 1333 Ten-
nessee and gets up at 8 a.m. every
Sunday to go jogging.
Keckler said she had seen what
she thought was a tornado touch
down in a space between her
house at 1333 Tennessee and her
neighbors house at 1335 Tennes-
see. She saidthat she was gladshe
didnt go jogging today.
Ted Henson, Kansas City se-
nior, lives at 1339 Tennessee had
his 1995 Chevy Cavalier smashed
by a large branch.
Hensons apartment was up-
stairs and with no basement, he
and a friend who spent the night
didnt feel safe.
We hit the foor; we didnt
knowwhat to do, he said.
Two cars around Warners also
were hit by the tree. It poked a
hole in the back windowof a light
gold Nissan Altima and splintered
the spoiler of a gold, two-door
Honda Accord.
The only thing on Warners
mind at the moment was mid-
terms. He said most of his home-
work and study material was in
his car, which he cant get in to.
Warner said that he had many
good memories in the truck, in-
cluding the frst time he made out
during his freshman year in high
school.
Next time you see me Ill have
a sweet 2003 NissanSentra. It will
be awesome, Warner said.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
By eric Jorgensen
ejorgensen@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Twisted metal bleachers, a de-
molished backstop, uprooted
trees, an exploded port-a-potty
200 feet from its base and dozens
of onlookers shaking and staring
all happened in a couple minutes.
What once was a sporting com-
plex on southwest campus, home
to Arrocha Ballpark, Hoglund
Ballpark and Jayhawk Sports
Complex, is nowa mangled disas-
ter.
Tornadic winds swept through
the area that contains the baseball,
softball and soccer felds around
8:15 Sunday morning. It destroyed
most of the region, along with
much of Lawrence.
Ryan Bulger, Wichita fresh-
man, who lives in Oliver Hall,
was awake before the storm hit.
He watched the events unfold
through his dormwindow.
He said he woke up just as
the thunder started rumbling. He
stood at his window, watching
as a black wall of lightning tore
through West Lawrence, bearing
down on the soccer, softball and
baseball felds.
He said it was still, and then the
air turned violent.
It was calmas hell, then it just
started spinning, Bulger said.
The wind accelerated, pushing
the bleachers and scoreboards
surrounding the feld.
Then the wind peaked, and the
fxtures gave.
The wind tossed the bleachers
like a toy, Bulger said.
The bleachers adjacent to the
soccer feld were twisted in a he-
lix and thrown on the Oliver Hall
lawn.
Bulger watched as the stands
behind home plate at Arrocha
Ballpark were jostled, then blown
throughthe backstop, landing and
settling on the infeld.
I thought a tornado hit the
parking lot, Bulger said. It was
pretty violent.
Some spectators compared the
scene to the movie War of the
Worlds, with the dark clouds,
lightning bursts, strong winds and
widespread damage.
When the winds fnally sub-
sided, those awake began wander-
ing toward the feld. Many played
paparazzi, snapping photos at the
garbled images.
Ryan Raymond, Buffalo Grove,
Ill., freshman, said he saw some
people climbing onthe overturned
bleachers and outfeld fences to
look into the softball and baseball
felds.
Hoglund Ballpark did not sus-
tain the same damage that Arro-
cha did.
TheAthletics Department acted
fast to assess the damage. JimMar-
chiony, Associate Athletics Direc-
tor, stood on Hoglunds infeld as
he and the department staff tried
to decide what to do next.
Were working on it now,
Marchiony said. Were trying to
assess everything, then we will
fnd a course of action.
Marchiony said there were no
plans on where the softball team
would play in the coming games.
TheKansas softball teams game
against Minnesota was postponed
with no makeup scheduled yet.
Bill Sward, father of Minnesota
outfelder Chrissy Sward, came to
town from Maplewood, Minn.,
to watch the game. After hearing
about the damage, he and his fam-
ily came to viewit for themselves.
This is prettyextensive, Sward
said. I didnt imagine it to be this
bad.
It is unclear what happens
next. Clearing the felds and get-
ting themready to play is the goal,
but when that will be is undeter-
mined.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
Storm
continued from page 1a
The high-speed winds left
such a path of debris and de-
struction across Lawrence that
Douglas County Commissioner
Bob Johnson declared a state of
disaster at 10:35 a.m.
Mark Cairns, duty offcer
for Douglas County emergency
management, said it looked as if
two storm cells combined over
Lawrence to create the micro-
burst. He said this type of storm
was very unusual.
The storm hit Lawrence near
31st and Iowa streets and moved
east. The city and campus were
left needing to be cleaned of
the shingles and tree limbs that
covered the streets. The storm
also caused street lights to stop
working and power lines to fall
in the street.
Several residents reported
not hearing sirens until after the
storm hit.
Jonathan Holley, Topeka
graduate student, said that by
the time he heard a siren, a
tree had crashed into his liv-
ing room and an electrical box
had exploded in an alley next
to his house at 945 Vermont
St.
The sirens were late, Holley
said. I walked outside and the
storm was already over.
After the storm, Douglas
County Emergency Manage-
ment thought the citys siren
system was inoperable because
an antenna on top of its control
center in the Douglas County
Courthouse had been damaged.
No signal was received telling
the agency the sirens had suc-
cessfully sounded.
The city contacted its siren
company, Blue Valley Pub-
lic Safety, to determine if the
alarms had been sounded and if
any needed repair. The compa-
ny found that 30 of the 32 sirens
in Douglas County had gone off
successfully with the other two
still uncertain.
Offcials will start a damage
assessment of the city at 8 a.m.
today. The assessment crews
fndings will determine if Law-
rence is eligible to receive fed-
eral aid for areas with the most
damage.
A city crew will begin collect-
ing debris at 7 a.m. today. Smith
said residents should separate
woody debris from all other de-
bris and place the material at the
curb.
Smith said the city had no
plans to remove heavy debris
such as fallen trees from yards.
She said residents were ac-
countable for private property
damage.
The American Red Cross
set up a shelter at First Bap-
tist Church, 14th Street and
Kasold Drive, to supply lodg-
ing and food for those without
power. The shelter closed after
receiving only one visitor in fve
hours.
Damage was extensive across
many parts of Lawrence. Busi-
nesses such as Weavers Depart-
ment Store, 901 Massachusetts
St., Lawrence Internal Medi-
cine, 3310 Clinton Parkway
Court, and Buffalo Wild Wings,
1012 Massachusetts St., all lost
of parts of roofs and suffered
damage to store signs.
Many of the Universitys
buildings also suffered from the
storm. Sidewalks were littered
with red roof tiles and broken
tree limbs. Both campus build-
ings and cars parked in campus
lots had windows that were
broken either from the intense
winds or falling debris.
Templin Residence Hall was
one of the buildings on campus
that was hit the hardest. The air
conditioning unit on the roof of
the hall was blown off and lay as
a mangled piece of metal on the
front lawn. Many residents cars
were crushed by falling pieces of
the roof.
Karla Olsen, a spokeswoman
for Westar Energy, said that as
of 9:30 p.m. Sunday about 5,000
Lawrence residents were still
without power. She said that
at the peak of the storm, about
38,000 homes didnt have pow-
er.
Weve made really good prog-
ress, but these last ones may be
the most diffcult, Olsen said.
She said the company had 164
workers out in the city working
to get all the power restored,
which she said could happen by
this evening.
Staff writer Kristen Jarboe
contributed to this story.
Campus
continued from page 1a
Roofs sustained the most
damage on campus. The storm
knocked out power on campus
shortly after 8 a.m. Jim Scribner,
Facilities Operations assistant
director, said the department
began slowly returning power to
buildings on the main campus
after all Facilities Operations
employees were called to work
this morning.
The department started with
research buildings, museums and
libraries and frst restored power
slightly after 1 p.m.
Vince Avila, associate direc-
tor for maintenance for student
housing, said the Daisy Hill resi-
dence halls, Stouffer Place and
Oliver Hall had power when he
reported to work at 11 a.m.
Numerous glass windows
were blown out on campus, with
the most window damage occur-
ring in residence halls and the
west end of Jayhawk Boulevard.
Rhynn Malloy, Holden, Mass.,
freshman, woke up Sunday
morning in her Naismith Hall
dorm room to what she called
crazy-loud wind.
Malloy had no idea of what
could be going on, but woke up
her roommate anyway. As the
wind grew louder, the window
began to rattle before eventually
cracking. The pieces of shattered
glass fell into Malloys room as
her roommate sprinted out.
Avila said maintenance work-
ers were able to secure all of the
broken windows in University
residence halls, but not all were
fully repaired on Sunday.
Cars parked in residence hall
parking lots sustained damage
ranging from cracked windows
to being smashed by trees and a
fresh air unit dropped from the
Templin Hall roof.
Kristen Kearney, McPherson
sophomore, joined other Daisy
Hill residents later Sunday morn-
ing in taking pictures of vehicle
damage and exchanging their
stories fromthe storm.
She lost the back windshield
of her car, parked near Templin
Hall. With no large trees nearby,
Kearney is not sure what caused
the damage.
Bretz said the only injury was
an unidentifed male who suf-
fered minor head injuries. He
sought treatment off campus and
has been released.
Nicole Kelley contributed to
this article.
Edited by Hayley Travis
Rachel Seymour/KANSAN
Several student houses, apartment complexes and vehicles, like this house and these cars located on the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, were
damaged by a stormSunday morning.
David Noffsinge/KANSAN
Employees of the Replay Lounge sit in the aftermath of high winds Sunday morning. Several downtown businesses
lost windows and had other damage done to buildings and signs.
A street light
lays on the
ground next to
the intersec-
tion of 11th and
Massachusetts
in downtown
Lawrence. The
high winds dam-
aged several
street lights in
the downtown
area.
David Noffsinger/KANSAN
Anne Weltmer/KANSAN
A tree sits on Manhattan senior Travis Warners truck in the parking lot of the Oread Heights apartments at 1140 Indiana Sunday. Heavy winds fromthe stormblewover the tree that maimed his black Dodge Dakota Sport and two other cars early that morning.
Megan True/KANSAN
Wichita senior Greg LaRue takes photos of the KU soccer teams bleachers that were twisted and destroyed by
tornado-like winds early Sunday morning while Wichita sophomore Abby Pastore looks on. Pastore said they had
decided to go out and look at the damage caused by the winds and were amazed at the wreckage.
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8A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2006 NEWS
Senator proposes
Bush be rebuked
for wiretapping
T
he president has
broken the law and,
in some way, he must be
held accountable,.
Russ Feingold
Sen. D-Wis
BY DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON A liberal
Democrat and potential White
House contender is proposing
censuring President Bush for
authorizing domestic eaves-
dropping, saying the White
House misled Americans about
its legality.
The president has broken the
law and, in some way, he must
be held accountable, Sen. Russ
Feingold, D-Wis., told The As-
sociated Press in an interview.
A censure resolution, which
simply would scold the presi-
dent, has been
used just once in
U.S. history
against Andrew
Jackson in 1834.
Senate Major-
ity Leader Bill
Frist, R-Tenn.,
called the pro-
posal a crazy
political move
that would weaken the U.S.
during wartime.
The ve-page resolution to
be introduced on Monday con-
tends that Bush violated the law
when, on his own, he set up the
eavesdropping program within
the National Security Agency
in the months following the at-
tacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Bush claims that his authority
as commander in chief as well as
a September 2001 congressional
authorization to use force in the
ght against terrorism gave him
the power to authorize the sur-
veillance.
The White House had no im-
mediate response on Sunday.
The resolution says the presi-
dent repeatedly misled the pub-
lic before the disclosure of the
NSA program last December
when he indicated the admin-
istration was relying on court
orders to wiretap terror suspects
inside the U.S.
Congress has to reassert our
system of government, and the
cleanest and the most efcient
way to do that is to censure the
president, Feingold said. And,
hopefully, he will acknowledge
that he did something wrong.
The Wisconsin Democrat,
considered a presidential con-
tender for 2008, said he had not
discussed censure with other
senators but that, based on criti-
cism leveled at Bush by both
Democrats and Republicans,
the resolution makes sense.
The presidents action were
in the strike zone in terms
of being an
impeachable
offense, Fein-
gold said. The
senator ques-
tioned wheth-
er impeach-
ing Bush and
removing him
from ofce
would be good for the country.
In the House, Rep. John
Conyers of Michigan, the top
Democrat on the House Judi-
ciary Committee, is pushing leg-
islation that would call on the
Republican-controlled Congress
to determine whether there are
grounds for impeachment.
The program granted intel-
ligence ofcers the power to
monitor without court ap-
proval the international calls
and e-mails of U.S. residents,
when those ofcers suspect ter-
rorism may be involved.
Frist, appearing on ABCs
This Week, said that he hoped
al-Qaida and other enemies of
the U.S. were not listening to
the inghting.
The signal that it sends, that
there is in any way a lack of support
for our commander in chief who is
leading us with a bold vision in a
way that is making our homeland
safer, is wrong, Frist said.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BAGHDAD, Iraq The
feared resumption of mass sec-
tarian violence erupted Sunday
in a Baghdad Shiite slum when
bombers blew apart two markets
shortly before sundown, killing
at least 41 people and wounding
about 140.
The bloody assaults on Sadr
City came only minutes after
Iraqi political leaders said the
new parliament will convene
Thursday, three days earlier
than planned, as the U.S. am-
bassador pushed to break a
stalemate over naming a unity
government.
The attackers struck with car
bombs, including a suicide driv-
er and mortars at the peak shop-
ping time, destroying dozens of
market stalls and vehicles as the
explosives ripped through the
poor neighborhood as residents
were buying food for their eve-
ning meals.
The neighborhood was
quickly sealed off by Mahdi
Army militiamen of radical
anti-American Shiite cleric
Muqtada al-Sadr amid pande-
monium as residents searched
wildly for survivors and put
charred corpses into ambu-
lances and trucks to be taken
away.
Smoke billowed into the
evening sky and angry young
men kicked the decapitated
head of the suicide attacker,
who appeared to be an Afri-
can, that lay in the street at a
shop door.
The nature of the attack, its
use of a suicide bomber, bore
the hallmarks of al-Qaida in
Iraq, which has said it hoped to
start a Shiite-Sunni civil con-
ict.
Police said they defused a
third car bomb, likely prevent-
ing an even higher death toll.
Bomb blasts, rocket and
gunre also killed at least 12
other people 10 in Baghdad
and wounded 34 Sunday.
The low thud of mortar re
periodically rumbled over the
city.
The Sadr City bombers struck
shortly after U.S. Ambassador
Zalmay Khalilzad and leaders
of Iraqs main ethnic and reli-
gious blocs concluded a news
conference to announce agree-
ment to move forward the rst
session of the new parliament to
Thursday.
The political leaders said they
would open marathon meet-
ings on Monday in an attempt
to reach agreement on a new
government. Khalilzad said he
would be available to join the
talks at any time.
Among the issues to be dis-
cussed are how many positions
various blocs will get in the new
government, which will ll key
posts and the governments pro-
gram of action.
The rst parliamentary ses-
sion will take place three
months after Dec. 15 elections
and a month after the results
were certied. It sets in motion
a 60-day deadline for the legis-
lature to elect a new president,
approve the nomination of a
prime minister and sign off on
his Cabinet.
President Jalal Talabani, a
Kurd, stood by Shiite leader
Adbul-Aziz al-Hakim and other
Kurdish, Sunni Arab and secular
leaders to make the announce-
ment.
Khalilzad said a permanent
government needed to be in
place quickly to fill the vac-
uum in authority at a time of
continuing effort by terror-
ists to provoke sectarian con-
flict.
To deal with the threat,
(there is) the need on an ur-
gent basis to form a govern-
ment of national unity, Khalil-
zad said.
Al-Hakim, head of the pow-
erful Shiite Supreme Council for
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq,
agreed that forming a govern-
ment was imperative.
There was a determination
from all the leaders to assume
their responsibility to deal
with this crisis. We have to get
Iraq out of the situation it is in
now, he said, standing outside
Massoud Barzanis Kurdish
Democratic Party headquar-
ters.
Formation of a strong cen-
tral government is key to U.S.
hopes to announce troop with-
drawals beginning this sum-
mer.
Explosions rock neighborhood
Attack comes after announcement
of early parliament meeting
Alaa Al- Marjani/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mohaned Ali, 14, Son of Ali Hassan Mashawash cries near the casket of his
father as friends and relatives offer prayers before the burial, in Najaf, 160
kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday. Mashawash was the
Dean at the Collage of Engineering in Al Mustansaryah University in Baghdad
and was kidnapped by unidentied gunmen a week ago. His body was found Sun-
day near Baghdad, according to his family.
T
he attackers struck
with car bombs,
including a suicide driver
and mortars at the peak
shopping time, destroying
dozens of market stalls
and vehicles as the explo-
sives ripped through the
poor neighborhood as resi-
dents were buying food for
their evening meals.
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mately 20 students,co-facilitate a seminar
course with a faculty or staff member, pro-
vide academic-related, out-of-class pro-
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No pets, $975/mo. Call 785-766-9823 for
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Large 4-bdrmolder home near campus
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2 & 4 BR luxury loft apartments avail.
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For information, call 550-8499.
Spacious 2 bdrm apts. available June 1st.
Also 2 bdrm apts available Aug. 10. Btw
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$375 each plus 1/2 of utilities. No pets.
Call 841-1207 or 550-5012.
1-4 BRs on or near campus. Avail now or
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Available June or August Apartments in
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1 BR Apartments from $369 to $549
2 BR Apartments from $599 to $769
3 BR Apartment $790
3 BR Houses from $929 to $1100
Some include wood floors, ceiling fans,
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3 BR, 3 BA, 2 car garage avail. now or
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One mo. deposit $1050/mo 842-2569
1 BR apart. avail. June 1st, another 1 BR
apart. avail. August 10th. Between campus
and downtown. Close to GSP-Corbin. $450
each. No utilities. No pets. 841-1207 or
550-5012
Avail Aug. small 2 BRapt. in renovated
old house. Wood floors, DW, ceiling
fans, off-street parking, window A/C,
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841-1074.
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Lead teacher needed for 3 YR old class-
room. Please call for qualifications. Chil-
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KU student looking for quiet, mature,
responsible female art assistant, help with
miscellaneous errands. Art background a
bonus. Need to be a skilled typist, proficient
in Photoshop and digital cameras. 5-15
hrs/week. Need to be able to work well
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Trinity Lutheran Church- seeks a
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are due by March 31, 2006. Position avail-
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summer. Must be outgoing and detail ori-
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By LiBBy Quaid
The AssociATed Press
WASHINGTON The Ag-
riculture Department is inves-
tigating a possible case of mad
cow disease, the agencys chief
veterinarian said Saturday.
A routine test indicated the
possible presence of the dis-
ease, said John Clifford, USDA
offcial. The agency would not
say where the animal was from.
The cow did not enter the
human or animal food chain,
Clifford said.
The depart-
ment is con-
ducting more
detailed tests at
its laboratory
in Ames, Iowa,
and should have
results in four to
seven days.
This incon-
clusive result
does not mean
we have found
a new case of
BSE, Clifford
said, giving the abbreviation
for the diseases formal name,
bovine spongiform encepha-
lopathy.
Inconclusive results are a
normal component of most
screening tests, which are de-
signed to be extremely sensi-
tive, he added in a statement.
In humans, eating meat prod-
ucts contaminated with mad
cow disease has been linked to
more than 150 deaths world-
wide from variant Creutzfeldt-
Jakob Disease, a rare and fatal
nerve disease.
A majority of the deaths were
in Britain, where there was an
outbreak of mad cow disease
that started in the mid-1980s.
There was one case confrmed
in the U.S., although the fed-
eral Centers for Disease Con-
trol believes the person got the
disease while in the United
Kingdom.
No one is known to have
contracted the disease inside
the United States.
U.S. government investiga-
tors have found two cases of
mad cow disease. The frst was
in December 2003 in a Cana-
dian-born cow in Washington
state. The second was last June
in a cow that was born and
raised in Texas.
In response to the frst case,
the Agriculture
Department in-
creased its level
of testing for the
disease. As of
Friday, 644,603
of the nations
estimated 95
million head of
cattle had been
tested.
Tests are
done on dead
animals; there
is no test for the
disease in a live
cow. The department primarily
tests animals that cant walk,
have signs of nervous system
disorder, are emaciated or in-
jured or that have died. These
animals are considered to be at
greatest risk of having the dis-
ease.
Clifford said the U.S. has
a system of interlocking safe-
guards against mad cow dis-
ease that protects people and
health. The U.S. has a ban on
adding remains of dead cattle
to feed for live cattle, because
eating contaminated feed is
how the disease is believed to
spread.
The government also re-
quires the removal of tissues
known to carry the disease
when animals are slaugh-
tered.
news 10a The UniversiTy Daily Kansan monDay, march 13, 2006
Junji Kurokawa/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Monks walk across smoldering ground during a rite of purifcation at the foot of Mt. Takao in Hachioji, located in north western Tokyo, on Sun-
day. Hundreds of Buddhist priests and their believers conducted the purifcation ceremony, walking on the smoldering ground, as an annual
event to mark the coming of spring.
t health
t international
T
his inconclusive re-
sult does not mean
we have found a new
case of BSE. Inconclusive
results are a normal com-
ponent of most screening
tests, which are designed
to be extremely sensitive.
John Clifford
USDA offcial
Mad Cow case
unconfrmed
Israel seeks U.S. approval of new borders
By Mark Lavie
The AssociATed Press
JERUSALEM Acting
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ap-
proached the United States with
his plan to determine Israels
borders before making it public,
an aide said Sunday, refecting
how crucial U.S. support would
be for any initiative to separate
from the Palestinians.
Ariel Sharon similarly
brought the U.S. into the loop
early three years ago when he
embarked on his historic Gaza
Strip pullout. Sharon was felled
by a stroke on Jan. 4 and re-
mains in a coma. Olmert, his
closest political ally, became
acting prime minister.
Olmerts spokesman, Asaf
Shariv, said an aide to the act-
ing prime minister presented
the plan to a U.S. offcial before
Olmert disclosed it last week in
interviews.
They neither approved nor
objected to it, Shariv said.
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Hawkins three-pointers
contribute to victory
By Daniel Berk
dberk@kansan.com
Kansan senior sportswriter
senior guard Jeff Hawkins
knew exactly whom to thank
after his performance in Kan-
sas 80-68 victory against
texas in the Big 12 Champi-
onship game.
it was teammate Jeremy
Case, sophomore guard.
Hawkins forgot to bring his
ankle braces to Dallas for the
tournament and borrowed
Cases braces throughout the
entire weekend.
Hawkins weekend was
capped when he scored 13
points on 4-5 shooting from
three-point distance.
when i forgot my ankle
braces, i turned to our best
three-point shooter and asked
to borrow his, Hawkins
said. He said yes. i think i
might have to wear them in
the nCaa tournament.
Hawkins frst three-point
shot came in the frst half with
Kansas trailing by three points.
Freshman guard Mario Chalm-
ers had just connected on a
three-point shot and Hawkins
made one the next trip down
to tie the ball game at 21.
in the second half,
Hawkins made three three-
point shots. the frst came
after texas had gone on an
8-0 run to bring the score to
51-47 in its favor. Hawkins
made a three-point shot to
cut the lead to one.
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Kansas Mario chalmers celebrates the Jayhawks 80-68 win against Texas in the Big 12 Mens Championship basketball game, Sunday in Dallas. Chalmers was named MVP of the game.
Kansas not planning on first-round freebie
t mens basketball
Undisputed
By ryan colaianni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
kansan senior sportswriter
DaLLas the most excited
Jeff Hawkins got yesterday was
probably when he saw himself
on television but not during
the KU 80-68 victory against
texas.
it was likely after the game,
when CBs announced that Kan-
sas would be playing in auburn
Hills, Mich., against Bradley
in the frst round of the nCaa
tournament on Friday.
Hawkins, senior guard, said that
he was excited to go to auburn
Hills, where he had won his frst
aaU national Championship.
if winning in auburn Hills
worked for Hawkins, he hopes
it will rub off on his teammates
when they face Bradley, of the
Missouri Valley Conference, as
the no. 4 seed.
Hawkins said that he didnt
know much about Fridays oppo-
nent, but said that his teammates
would not look past Bradley.
the Valley is a good confer-
ence, Hawkins said. that is
about all i can say right now.
we didnt know who we were
playing, so we really dont have
that much information on them.
i am sure our coaching staff is
going to do a really good job of
breaking down how they play.
Kansas coach Bill self said that
he expected his team to know
Bradley inside and out when it
takes the foor on Friday.
self said Kansas could have
been seeded higher. He said he
thought the tournament selection
committee made up its mind on
his teams seed before the Jay-
hawks defeated texas on sunday.
the KU victory against texas
ended less than an hour before
the committee released the tour-
nament brackets.
we dont worry about seeds
right now, we just worry about
what we need to do to win,
Hawkins said. we take it day
by day.
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By ryan colaianni
rcolaianni@kansan.com
kansan senior sportswriter
DaLLas russell robin-
son started moving up the stairs
leading to the basketball net
and got a little scared. He was
afraid of falling. the sophomore
guard didnt fall and was able
to cut down a piece of the net,
an action symbolizing his team
capturing the Big 12 title after a
80-68 victory against the texas
Longhorns sunday at american
airlines Center.
the victory was a ftting end
to Kansas conference season.
a team that started three fresh-
men and two sophomores beat
a more experienced texas team
and responded by dancing on
the foor and chanting Big 12
Champs.
we knew not a lot of people
expected us to come out and
win today, robinson said. we
had nothing to lose and every-
thing to gain. we just came out
and tried to be aggressive.
Kansas coach Bill self de-
scribed the game as the best his
team had played all season.
Down the stretch, i just
thought we executed and got
stops defensively and, of course,
rebounded the ball a lot better
that we did the frst time we
played them, self said.
Freshman guard Mario
Chalmers was named the Big
12 tournament MVp, much to
the delight of his father ronnie,
who pumped his fst when his
son accepted a plaque on the
foor after the game. Chalmers
made 15 points sunday, most of
which came though his accurate
three-point shooting. Chalmers
made four of his seven three-
point attempts.
Freshman forward Julian
wright dazzled the crowd with
his no-look passes that ended
up as easy buckets for Kansas.
He had what self called the play
of the tournament when he stole
the ball near midcourt, drove to
the basket, jumped from the near
the foul line and tomahawked it
home for an emphatic dunk.
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Jayhawks capture title
for first time since 99
DaLLas - ill admit it. i was
wrong.
as fellow KJHK sports staffer
Jason Hwang and i watched
the texas-texas a&M game at
Hooters in Dallas, i suggested
that it would be better to face
the aggies, as opposed to the
texas Longhorns, on sunday.
My rationale was based on the
idea that a potential loss to the
Longhorns could be devastating
to the young Jayhawks morale
because it would mean theyd
lost twice to the only real na-
tional title contender they had
faced this season.
Jason disagreed and voiced it
in a way that only Jason can. af-
ter cleaning up the language, it
can be boiled down to this: the
stronger the team Kansas plays,
the more it will beneft. win or
lose.
sundays triumph against tex-
as certainly validates that. in a
game that sharply contrasted the
last game between the two teams,
the Jayhawks showed the Long-
horns and every other team in
the nCaa tournament how
they can beat you with stout de-
fense and an effcient offense.
there was senior guard Jeff
Hawkins coming off the bench
with smothering defense and 4-
for-5 shooting from the land of
three. there was freshman for-
ward Julian wright, who took
the time in between highlight-
reel dunks to throw texas Brad
Buckman and LaMarcus al-
dridge off their games. aldridge
had only fve points, shot 1-for-
5 from the feld on sunday and
was in foul trouble throughout
the game. in the 80-55 texas
victory earlier in the season, al-
dridge had 18 points and was 9-
for-10 from the feld.
and who can look past fresh-
man guard and tournament MVp
Mario Chalmers? His 16 points
and more than fve assists per
game in the Big 12 tournament
led a balanced offensive attack.
after fnishing the season a
winner of 16 out of 17 games,
a Big 12 Conference regular
season co-champion and Big
12 tournament champion, its
tough to say what the nCaa se-
lection committee was thinking
when it gave Kansas a four seed,
two seeds lower than the texas
team they just beat.
a tough draw with a possible
second-round matchup against
pittsburgh now looms. thats
not as daunting a game if Kansas
plays like it did against texas.
watching the Jayhawks cut
down the nets after the game on
sunday, youd have thought it
was the fnal week of april. But
alas, their work isnt done.
Heres hoping they were just
practicing their scissor-work for
later.
n Wacker is a Chesterfeld,
Mo., senior in journalism.
He is Kansan.com editor.
softball
last game of Classic
to be rescheduled
The Kansas softball team
started the 2006 Jayhawk Clas-
sic by losing to
Eastern Michigan
2-1 and beating
Minnesota 6-3 on
Friday.
In Saturdays
games, Kansas
lost to Portland
State 2-1, but
beat Eastern
Michigan 1-0.
Senior pitcher Serena Settle-
mier extended her winning
streak to six games after shutting
out Eastern Michigan.
Kansass fnal game against
Minnesota was cancelled on
Sunday because of the the
mornings thunderstorm. The
game will be rescheduled.
EricJorgensen
By AlissA BAuer
abauer@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Despite leading No. 3 Clem-
son by a pair of runs in the mid-
dle of the series fnale, the Kan-
sas baseball team lost the series
on Sunday.
Clemson (10-3) defeated Kan-
sas (15-6) 4-3.
Each team came into Sundays
fnal game with a victory apiece.
Neither team managed to score
in the frst four innings.
Sophomore third baseman
Erik Morrison broke the scoring
drought in the top of the ffth.
His two-run home run, which
followed a single by sophomore
outfelder John Allman, put
Kansas on the board for the frst
time in the series.
The Tigers crept their way
back into the game, similar to
the Jayhawks did on Saturday.
Clemson put a run up in the bot-
tom half of the ffth, cutting the
Kansas lead in half.
Third baseman Herman Dem-
mink led the Tigers at the plate,
going 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI.
When called upon in clutch oc-
casions, Demmink stepped up,
knocking in runs in the ffth and
the seventh to tie the game at two.
In the end, the Tigers wouldnt
need bats to earn the series victory.
Junior pitch-
er Ryotaro Hayakawa hit and
walked two Clemson batters be-
fore senior closer Don Czyz was
summoned to the mound.
With eight saves on the sea-
son, Czyz wasnt his typical
dominant self. Clemsons DJ
Mitchell scored on Czyzs frst
wild pitch and Ben Hall scored
on his second.
Without a single hit in the
bottom of the eighth inning,
Clemson scored the winning
runs, putting them up 4-2 with
three outs left to play.
On the mound, senior pitcher
Kodiak Quick (3-1) received the
no-decision for Kansas after seven
innings, during which where he
scattered 11 hits, but surrendered
only two runs. Because Quick
came out with the game tied at 2,
he received the no-decision.
Freshman lefty Andy Marks
(1-1) came in to start the
eighth. Despite facing just
one batter, Marks took the
loss as he walked right fielder
Travis Storrer, for what turned
out to be the winning run. He
was replaced for Hayakawa.
Kansas pushed for another
come-from-behind victory
in the top of the ninth. All-
man grounded out to second
to score senior first baseman
Jared Schweitzer, but the rally
ended there.
saturday: Kansas 5, Clemson 4
A University of Kansas family
connection and a pivotal home
run put Kansas past Clemson on
Saturday, the only Kansas vic-
tory of the series.
Don Czyz (2-0) relieved a
brief Nick Czyz outing and
proceeded to shut down
Clemsons offense to earn the
victory. Freshman frst base-
man Preston Land used only
his seventh start of the season
to his advantage. He hit the
game-winning home run in the
eighth to give Kansas its fnal
lead of the day.
More than 5,000 fans watched
the Jayhawks battle back from a
4-0 defcit built in the frst in-
ning. A Morrison error in the
frst opened the doors for four
unearned runs to score.
Kansas came back and won
6-5.
Kansas coach Ritch Price said
his team had no room for such
errors, but acknowledged the
feeling he had for the victory.
It feels great to come in and
win on the road with an atmo-
sphere like this, Price said.
Theres more than 5,000 peo-
ple in the stands thats a great
college venue.
After Kansas allowed four
runs in the top of the frst, the
team did not score until the
fourth inning. Sophomore des-
ignated hitter Brock Simpson
singled to knock in senior in-
felder Jared Schweitzer to cut
the Clemson lead to 4-1.
Although a pair of stellar de-
fensive efforts had Morrison on
his way to redemption from his
errors, a two-run double in the
top of the seventh smoothed
over any frst inning remnants.
It gave Kansas its frst lead of
the afternoon, 5-4.
In Clemsons half of the sev-
enth, Ricky Fairchild fnally
tired. He surrendered the lead
and a two-run home run to
Clemsons Ben Hall. Nick Czyz
was then called upon to pick up
an out before his older brother
Don came in to close the game.
Land took the lead back for
good the next inning. His solo shot
put Kansas up 6-5, all it would
need to take care of Clemson.
friday: Clemson 7, Kansas 2
Kansas snapped its eight-
game win streak in front of more
than 4,000 fans against No. 3
Clemson on Friday. The Tigers
defeated the Jayhawks, 7-2.
Clemson jumped out to an
early 4-0 lead by the end of the
third inning.
Clemsons duo of Herman
Demmink and Taylor Harbin led
the Clemson offense, combining
for fve of Clemsons 12 hits.
Junior pitcher Sean Land (4-
2) could not keep runners off
the base paths. Price said the
starter was pitching was out
with a chest cold.
The one thing he did do was
battle, Price said. That wasnt
the normal Sean Land today.
At the plate, Kansas was dor-
mant. After Morrison walked in
the second inning, the Jayhawks
failed to put another man on
base until the seventh inning
Kansas kicks off Big 12 play
next weekend against Baylor.
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football
Morning storms cause
football practice delay
The Kansas football team
canceled its open football
practice Sunday afternoon fol-
lowing the damaging morning
storms in Lawrence.
The workout was resched-
uled for tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.
It is open to the public.
The athletics department
will announce the location
sometime tomorrow.
Eric Jorgensen
sPoRts CalENDaR
WEDNEsDaY
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Manhattan
tHURsDaY
nswimming, NCAA Champion-
ships, all day, Athens, Ga.
fRIDaY
nsoftballvs. Northwestern, Uni-
versity of Hawaii Softball Tourna-
ment, 4 p.m., Honolulu, Hawaii
nbaseballat Baylor, 7 p.m., Waco,
Texas
nswimming, NCAA Champion-
ships, all day, Athens, Ga.
nWomens golf, Betsy Rawls Invi-
tational, all day, Austin, Texas
satURDaY
nbaseballat Baylor, 6 p.m., Waco,
Texas
nsoftballvs. Longwood, University
of Hawaii Softball Tournament, 6
p.m., Honolulu, Hawaii
nsoftballvs. Hawaii, University
of Hawaii Softball Tournament, 8
p.m., Honolulu, Hawaii
nswimming, NCAA Champion-
ships, all day, Athens, Ga.
nWomens golf, Betsy Rawls Invi-
tational, all day, Austin, Texas
I
t feels great to come in and win on
the road with an atmosphere like
this. theres more than 5,000 people in the
standsthats a great college venue.
Ritch Price
Kansas baseball coach
Weekend features mixed results
tBaseBall
By sTeve Brisendine
ThE ASSocIATEd PRESS
WICHITA The Missouri
Valley Conference landed four
teams in the NCAA tournament
Sunday, one more than the con-
ferences previous record.
But one team that had ex-
pected a bid Missouri State,
with the conferences highest
RPI rating was left out.
The highest NCAA seeding
went to the regular-season
champion, Wichita State. The
Shockers, making their first
appearance in the tourna-
ment since 1988, are seeded
seventh in the Washington
Regional.
They will meet 10th-seeded
Seton Hall on Thursday in
Greensboro, N.C.
Northern Iowa is seeded 10th
in the Minneapolis regional, tak-
ing on seventh-seeded George-
town on Friday in Dayton,
Ohio. The Panthers helped their
case with quality nonconference
wins over Iowa and Louisiana
State.
Southern Illinois, the con-
ference tournament champi-
on, went from a bubble team
to an automatic qualifier. The
Salukis are seeded 11th in
the Atlanta Regional and play
sixth-seeded West Virginia on
Thursday in Auburn Hills,
Mich.
Bradley also will play Friday
at Auburn Hills in the Oakland
Regional. The Braves are seeded
13th in the Oakland regional,
and will face fourth-seeded
Kansas.
Missouri State failed to get a
bid despite a No. 21 RPI rating.
Creighton, which had shaky
NCAA hopes with a No. 42
RPI, also is headed for a likely
NIT bid.
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Jarred Kolar, sophomore midfelder, drives past a St. Cloud State player on his way to score in Fridays game at
Broken Arrow Park. Kolar scored once and had two assists in the game but KU failed to overcome St. Cloud State,
losing 11-9.
Flying through the clouds
Wichita State shocks
history with solid bid
t Ncaa meNs basketball
By Tim Reynolds
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PALM BEACH GARDENS,
Fla. Luke Donald was the last
player on the driving range Sun-
day afternoon, grinning after a
series of perfect shots.
He fashed a bigger smile
walking up the 18th fairway
fve hours later, knowing he was
about to win the Honda Classic.
Donald used back-to-back
birdies midway through his
back nine to take the outright
lead at 11 under, made a great
scrambling par on the diffcult
16th to preserve the margin and
held off Geoff Ogilvy by two
shots for his second career PGA
Tour victory.
A 3-under fnal round of
69 was good enough for the
Englishman, who hadnt won
on tour since the 2002 South-
ern Farm Bureau Classic and
pocketed a winners check of
$990,000. He made a 10-foot
birdie putt at the 13th and a 25-
footer on the 14th for the lead,
then holed a slippery 18-footer
to save par on the 16th.
All that, followed by an ap-
proach to about 4 feet for a fnal
birdie on 18, was good enough
to hold off a feld that remained
tightly bunched all day.
I knew if I just played
Luke Donald golf, itd be good
enough, Donald said. Its nice
to fnish with a great shot like
that.
Ogilvy shot a 69 to cap his
wild week, featuring one double
eagle, three eagles and three dou-
ble bogeys. It was nearly enough
to win his second straight start;
after taking only one victory in
his frst 133 PGA Tour events,
he won two weeks ago at the
Match Play Championship.
Classic
clinched
with back
nine shots
t golf
By AsheR Fusco
afusco@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
The Kansas tennis team topped
Oklahoma State in doubles play,
but after a weather delay Oklaho-
ma State ultimately prevailed, 4-3.
Sundays Big 12 match up be-
tween the Jayhawks and Cowgirls
was originally scheduled for 11 a.m.
at the Robinson Courts. However,
the mornings unsavory conditions
forced the teams to take to the in-
door courts located at First Serve
Tennis, 5200 Clinton Parkway.
Soon after the days doubles
matches ended, tornado warnings
forced the teams to fee the oncom-
ing storm and take refuge in Allen
Fieldhouse until further notice.
Kansas won the doubles matches.
Despite the fact that the com-
petition began about 45 minutes
late, Kansas started strong. Kansas
won two of the six matches with
Liza Avdeeva defeating Oklahoma
States Zana Masnic 6-1,7-5. Soph-
omore Stephanie Smith defeated
Jessica Collins 3-6,6-1,6-4. Okla-
homa State won the four remain-
ing singles matches.
The Jayhawks No. 3 doubles
team of senior Christine Skoda
and junior Brittany Brown easily
handled the Cowgirls duo of Lau-
ren Simmons and Zuzanna Osin-
ska, winning 8-4 in a match that
seemed easy for the Jayhawks.
In the No. 2 match, Kansas
pitted sophomore Lauren Hom-
mell and freshman Edina Horvath
against Oklahoma States Zana
Masnic and Yawna Allen. The
match came down to the wire, as
the Cowgirls triumphed 8-7.
In the afternoons marquee
match up, sophomore Liza Avdee-
va and freshman Ksenia Bukina of
Kansas defeated Iryna Tkachenko
and Marta Tsvika to complete the
Kansas sweep.
The Jayhawks struggled in the
early-going, falling behind 1-3, but
went on a series of memorable runs
to even the match. Needing just one
more point to win, Bukina fred a
blazing serve past both onlooking
Cowgirls that won the match with
an ace.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
Kansas plays well in doubles,
but falls short by end of the day
t teNNis
Storms cause players to fee courts
By sTeve BRisendine
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WICHITA After three
straight NIT bids, Wichita State
has its frst NCAA tournament
berth in 18 years.
The Shockers (24-8), regular-
season champions of the Mis-
souri Valley Conference, were
selected Sunday as the No. 7
seed in the Washington Region-
al. They will face 10th-seeded
Seton Hall (18-11) on Thursday
in Greensboro, N.C.
Wichita State lasts NCAA
appearance was in 1988, a frst-
round loss to DePaul.
This is something weve
talked about all year, leaving our
footprints in the sands of time,
as coach says, senior center
Paul Miller said. Its something
I know Im proud of, to fnally
get to the NCAA tournament.
Thats something we came here
to do, and it will be nice to hang
that banner up there.
Despite Wichita States loss in
the semifnals of the Valley tour-
nament, coach Mark Turgeon
said he expected to be in the top
half of the bracket.
I thought we were in, but it
was a little nerve-wracking when
we didnt come up the frst cou-
ple of brackets, Turgeon said.
Then, to get the respect that we
got, with that seven seed, that
was where I thought we would
be.
Wichita State failed to get an
NCAA bid last year despite its
second straight 20-win season,
but left little doubt this year by
winning its frst conference title
since 1987. This is the eighth
appearance in the tournament
for the Shockers, who made it
to the Final Four in 1965.
Were going to take great
pride in this, senior guard Cam-
eron Ledford said. The whole
city of Wichita is, too. But its
not just us. This is what Coach
Turgeon has been building since
he stepped on campus.
And though they might have
disappointed his team at the
time, Turgeon said, the NIT bids
helped the Shockers in the end.
I never tried to look at the
NIT as a negative, he said. Its
not easy to get into the postsea-
son, but this (NCAA bid) is what
the kids want, what the coaches
want, what the fans want and
what the alumni want.
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KISSIMMEE, Fla. Edgar
Renteria looks at home back in
the National League.
Renteria, who left the St. Lou-
is Cardinals as a free agent after
the 2004 season for the Boston
Red Sox, led the Atlanta Braves
to a 4-3 win over the Cardinals
on Sunday, getting two hits and
three RBIs, including a two-run
homer.
After a difficult year with
the Red Sox, Renteria said
he feels comfortable with the
Braves.
I just want to get a ring,
said Renteria, who was with
the world champion Florida
Marlins in 1997. It feels like
I was always meant to play
here.
Renteria struggled to a career
high in errors, 30 last season,
and his fewest number of hom-
ers with eight, since 1998. Crit-
ics said Renteria had a hard time
dealing with the constant scru-
tiny that comes with playing for
the Red Sox.
I never got booed before and
I didnt know how to deal with
that, Renteria said. I dont
have anything to prove.
Renteria feels he has been
hitting the ball as well as
he was in 2004, but the hits
havent been falling in. Braves
manager Bobby Cox said he
wasnt concerned, after Ren-
terias performance moved
his spring hitting average to
.294.
Hes hitting the ball better
than anybody in this camp,
Cox said. We are thrilled to
have him here. Hes slugging
the ball and doing great things
in the middle of the infeld, but
Ive seen him do those things a
million times.
Chuck James started for the
Braves and allowed two runs
in three innings. James, not a
strong candidate to make the
Braves rotation this season,
fell into a 2-0 hole in the third
inning when Chris Duncan
singled in a run and So Tagu-
chi knocked in Jeff Suppan to
give the Cardinals a 2-0 lead.
Suppan went four innings for
the Cardinals, allowing one run
on four hits. The Braves scored
when Renteria came home on a
double play. The Braves scored
three runs in the ffth, capped
by Renterias two-run home
run off Brandon Looper. Sean
White pitched two scoreless in-
nings to close out the game for
the Braves.
Center felder Andruw Jones
was a late scratch for the Braves.
Jones injured his back in Puerto
Rico on Thursday while par-
ticipating for the Netherlands
in the World Baseball Classic.
Jones was taking photos in the
dugout when he slipped and in-
jured himself. Cox said Jones is
day to day, but the injury isnt
serious.
Jones took batting practice
Sunday but said he wasnt quite
ready to play.
4B the University Daily Kansan MonDay, March 13, 2006
By eric Jorgensen
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
KU students wanting to
watch the Kansas mens basket-
ball NCAA tournament games
in person need to act fast. Stu-
dents must enter a lottery for the
chance to win tickets.
The lottery opened Sunday
night after the tournament se-
lection show on CBS. Students
still wishing to enter the ticket
lottery have until 5 p.m. today
to enter.
To enter, students should go
online to www.kuathletics.com
and click on Student Tickets
under the ticketing portion of
the Web site. Follow the prompts
given there.
There is a $1 fee for entering,
but that fee is refunded if the
student is not selected to receive
tickets. There is a limit of one
ticket per student.
There will be three separate
lotteries for each of the sites
where the Jayhawks could play.
If selected, students have un-
til noon on Tuesday to confrm
their selection. Any cancella-
tions must be made by 5 p.m.
that same day.
Jim Marchiony, associate ath-
letics director, said he expected
a large amount of students to try
to get tickets.
I always think youre only in
college for four years, you might
as well take advantage of the op-
portunity while you can, Mar-
chiony said.
He said many factors played
into the number of student tick-
ets sold. Work, classes or loca-
tion could stop fans from at-
tending.
Marchiony also said not go-
ing to the tournament would
not mean students were bad
fans; sometimes, its just out of
their control.
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KANSAS (25-7)
PTS REB AST
Robinson, Russell 14 6 6
Chalmers, Mario 15 3 6
Kaun, Sasha 9 1 0
Rush, Brandon 12 5 1
Wright, Julian 12 7 4
Hawkins, Jeff 13 2 5
Jackson, Darnell 3 4 0
Giles, CJ 2 3 0
TOTALS 80 31 22
TEXAS (27-6)
PTS REB AST
Gibson, Daniel 8 4 4
Tucker, PJ 16 8 4
Paulino, Kenton 19 2 2
Buckman, Brad 12 9 1
Aldridge, LaMarcus 5 5 1
Abrams, AJ 7 2 2
Winder, Craig 0 0 0
Atchley, Connor 0 0 0
Williams, Mike 1 7 1
TOTALS 68 37 15
monday, march 13, 2006 The UniversiTy daily Kansan 7b KU 80 - UT 68 6b The UniversiTy daily Kansan monday, march 13, 2006 KU 80 - UT 68
Key plays:
n Kansas scored on back-to-back pos-
sessions early in the first half, thanks to
crisp passing by freshman forward Ju-
lian Wright. Wright fed sophomore cen-
ter Sasha Kaun for easy dunks on both
possessions.
nKaun got a nice pass from senior guard
Jeff Hawkins midway through the first
half, and he proceeded to dunk it over
Texas Brad Buckman, who also was
whistled for the foul.
nFreshman guard Brandon Rush took a
change late in the second half with Kan-
sas down one. Kansas coach Bill Self
responded to that play by pumping his
fist.
nChalmers hit two three-point shots to
start the second half to give Kansas a
five point lead. Texas responded and
took the lead back a few minutes later.
nTexas took a four-point lead via an 8-
0 run midway through the second half.
Kansas responded with three-point
shots from Hawkins and Chalmers to tie
the game.
n Texas scored just three points during a
five-minute stretch late in the second
half to help Kansas take the lead and
notch the victory.
Ryan Colaianni
Basketball notes:
n Kansas reached the 25-win plateau
with the victory on Sunday. The 25 vic-
tories are the most since the 2003 sea-
son, when Kansas reached the national
championship game.
nKansas tournament title is its fourth in
the 10-year history of the Big 12 Confer-
ence.
n Kansas 12 three-point shots made on
Sunday set a Big 12 Tournament record.
nFreshman guard Mario Chalmers av-
eraged 16 points per game during the
three-game tournament and was the
first KU player since former guard Jeff
Boschee to win the MVP award.
nSophomore guard Russell Robinson had
22 assists during the three-game tour-
nament.
n Kansas has now made a three-point
shot in 207 straight games.
nKansas has improved to 13-1 since fresh-
men Julian Wright, Brandon Rush and
Mario Chalmers have started games.
Ryan Colaianni
By C.J. Moore
cjmoore@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTSWRITER
MVP of Big 12 Tournament: In
an effort to imitate the so-called
bracketology experts, who think
176 teams will make the tourna-
ment, Im not picking just one
MVP. I just cant do it. Mario
Chalmers, Julian Wright, Rus-
sell Robinson and Jeff Hawkins
are all just too good. I think they
can share the honor.
Cheers to Kansas coach Bill Self.
Self transformed the baby Jay-
hawks into a team nobody wants
to see in March. Self should be the
national coach of the year. Kansas
breezed through the Big 12 Tour-
nament like a senior-laden team
who had been there before, and
they defnitely havent.
Cheers to the KU guards. Not
even a gash to the face could
slow Robinson down this week-
end. He had 22 assists during
the tournament and scored 13
and 14 points in the fnal two
games respectively. But most of
all, hes the leader of this team.
No one plays harder.
Chalmers led the team in
scoring during the tournament,
averaging 16 points per game.
He plays fearless and he is the
man that Kansas looks to when
it needs a big shot now not
freshman guard Brandon Rush.
Cheers to Hawkins. Ive been a
critic of his, but he has showed
up to play lately. His four three-
pointers in the fnals were huge
and timely. Hawkins knows his
role and I take back everything
bad Ive said about him this year
well, most of it.
Cheers to Darnell Jackson, who
had his best game of his career
against Nebraska 13 points
and 10 rebounds. But Jacksons
best contribution was back-
ing up Hawkins after Hawkins
got fouled hard against Okla-
homa State. Jackson is this
teams enforcer. And that mo-
ment showed how tightly-knit
these guys are. That closeness
is something last years team
didnt have.
Mr. Top 10: The Raptor, the Spi-
der, the Elastic Man. Ive heard
him called a few nicknames this
season, but we might as well
starting calling Wright Mr. Top
10, because thats where he be-
longs. In the Texas game, Wright
made his own highlight reel and
tore up Texas 2-3 zone with his
passing ability. His left-handed,
360 dunk at the end of the game
should be a staple on the pre-
game video at games next year.
His line against Texas wasnt
bad either 12 points, 4 assists,
4 steals and 6 rebounds.
Jeers to the announcers at the Big
12 tournament. Fred White called
Brandon Rush Jaron multiple
times in the Oklahoma State
game. And Ron Franklin and
Fran Fraschilla also had prob-
lems in the name game. Darnell
Jackson got called Darnell Rob-
inson by Franklin and Mario
Jackson by Fraschilla.
Jeers to Dallas. The Big 12
Tournament belongs in Kansas
City. Dallas showed no one cares
about basketball in Texas by not
attending the games. There were
less people in the audience than
a well-attended K-State game.
Selecting one MVP
proves to be impossible
Matt Slocum/THe ASSoCiATeD PreSS
Texas forward PJ Tucker tries to get a shot at the basket as Kansas CJ Giles and Brandon Rush defend in the frst half in the Big 12 Mens Championship basketball game, Sunday
in Dallas.
Tony Gutierrez/THe ASSoCiATeD PreSS
Texas forward Brad Buckman holds his eye after being elbowed in the frst half against Kansas in the Big 12 Mens Championship basketball game on Sunday
in Dallas.
Tony Gutierrez/THe ASSoCiATeD PreSS
Kansas guard Jeff russell robinson pulls down a rebound in front of Texas guard Daniel Gibson in the frst half the Big 12 Mens Champi-
onship basketball game Sunday in Dallas.
Title
continued from page 1B
That dunk gave Kansas a
four-point lead, and from that
point on, it was all Kansas.
The Jayhawks were avenging
their 25-point loss to Texas a
few weeks ago.
Chalmers showed emo-
tion on the floor after he hit
a three-pointer and followed
that shot with a steal that he
drove the other way to the
basket before being fouled.
A media time-out was called
and Chalmers threw his arms
in the air trying to get the
Kansas faithful on their feet.
Wright joined Chalmers
on the all-tournament team,
proving that the Kansas fresh-
men have grown since their
early struggles.
We were able to just
bounce back from when we
were 1-2 and look at us now,
we just try to, you know, lis-
ten to coach Self and coach-
ing staff and try to get better
day by day, Wright said.
Wrights dunk wasnt the
only highlight play he
capped his game with a 360-
degree dunk in the final sec-
onds that sealed the victory.
He also passed the ball ex-
ceptionally well, specifically
to sophomore center Sasha
Kaun. Wright finished the
game with four assists and 12
points.
The game was a three-point
barrage in the frst half, with
Texas and Kansas combining for
11 three-point shots in the half.
Every time we made a run,
they made plays to get back in
it. We knew it was going to be
a dog fight. Down the stretch
we got some key stops, Rob-
inson said.
Despite the game featuring
a team that is just three hours
driving distance from Dallas,
the American Airlines Center
was just three-quarters full
and the arena lacked atmo-
sphere all week.
Freshman guard Brandon
Rush hit his first two three-
point shots but then went
cold, missing his next five
shots. Rush finished with 12
points on four of 14 shooting,
but the victory was what was
most important to Rush.
It feels great. It feels good
right now, Self said. We fi-
nally proved to people that
we can win a tough game.
Texas star center LaMar-
cus Aldridge was a non-fac-
tor during the game, scoring
just five points and playing
28 minutes because of foul
trouble. The last time the two
teams met, Aldridge dominat-
ed, scoring 18 points.
Edited by Vanessa Pearson
Tournament
continued from page 1B
Hawkins said that the play-
ers werent disappointed and
were just happy to see their
names on the screen while they
watched the selection show
while in Dallas.
Sophomore center CJ Giles
said he hoped the team would
travel to San Diego so he could
play closer to his hometown of
Seattle.
Self knows a lot about Brad-
ley because he coached in the
same state when he was at Il-
linois.
I know they know their ball
there, Self said. It is a very
tough frst-round match-up.
Whichever team, Bradley or
ourselves is fortunate enough
to advance, you defnitely got
a tough fve seed.
Kansas is in the bracket with
No. 1-seed Memphis, which
likely was the weakest of the
four No. 1-seeds; other No.
1-seeds included Duke, Con-
necticut and Villanova. Should
Kansas beat Bradley, it would
likely face No. 5-seed Pitts-
burgh in the next round.
If you based it on seeds, I
felt like we deserved a three,
Self said. How could we get
a three, because it had to be
done before the game is over?
That is one of the unfortu-
nate things of playing the late
game, he said. Based on our
circumstances, we should be
pleased with our seed.
Kansas fell in the frst round
of the tournament last year to
No. 14-seed Bucknell.
I know our approach needs
to be a lot better than it was
last year going in to the tour-
nament, Self said.
The Jayhawks, who are com-
ing off a Big 12 regular season
and Big 12 Tournament cham-
pionship, will need to change
their mindset going into the
tournament, Self said.
The Big 12 got four teams
into the NCAA tournament:
Kansas, Texas, Texas A&M and
Oklahoma. Self said that there
were only four teams in the Big
12 that deserved to play in the
NCAA tournament.
Edited by Hayley Travis
Hawkins
continued from page 1B
Sophomore guard Russell
Robinson made a three on
the next possession to give
Kansas a two-point advan-
tage.
I just kind of lost myself
into the game, Hawkins
said. I cant remember where
I shot the ball at. I cant tell
you that, I kind of erased that
from my memory and put it
all into the celebration.
Hawkins wasnt done
making big shots. Again,
with Kansas trailing by two
points and Texas on a 4-0
run, Hawkins made another
three-point shot to give Kan-
sas the lead.
After Texas forward PJ
Tucker made twofree throws,
Hawkins grabbed an offen-
sive rebound and dished to
Robinson who was fouled
and made two free throws.
Texas answered and went
back up one point at 61-60.
Hawkins then made his
fnal three-point shot of the
game to give Kansas a 63-61
lead. Kansas didnt trail the
remainder of the game.
Kansas coach Bill Self
said he was pleased with
the way Hawkins played the
entire tournament and said
he was an important part of
the team heading into the
NCAA tournament.
I have a lot of conf-
dence in him right now,
Self said. When another
team plays zone, Hawkins
becomes very, very valuable
and Texas played a lot of
zone which allowed him to
get some shoulder squared
jumpers. Fortunately for us,
he made them. He played
very well the entire three
day weekend.
Hawkins said it was es-
pecially gratifying for him
to have such a good week-
end after the problems he
had had in his fve years at
Kansas. Hawkins was sus-
pended last season before
the season began for behav-
ior issues and was involved
in a incident this year when
he was in a car accident at a
McDonalds.
I know I have some crit-
ics, and I probably deserve
them, Hawkins said. Peo-
ple make mistakes, and I just
try to learn from them.
Hawkins was the last player
to cut down the net after Kan-
sas championship victory and
was still wearing it around his
neck in the locker room.
Fellow senior Christian
Moody, forward, said he was
proud of Hawkins for com-
ing up so big in the game.
Jeff has stepped up in-
credibly, Moody said. He
has been through a ton with
coach and a lot of other
people. Im so proud of him.
He always has such a good
attitude and is a great leader
for this team.
Editedby Vanessa Pearson
Tony Gutierrez/THe ASSoCiATeD PreSS
Kansas center Sasha Kaun stuffs the ball against Texas in the frst half in the Big 12 Mens Cham-
pionship basketball game Sunday in Dallas.
Matt Slocum/THe ASSoCiATeD PreSS
Texas guard Daniel Gibson is stopped by Kansas center
CJ Giles in the frst half in the Big 12 Mens Championship
basketball game Sunday in Dallas.
monday, march 13, 2006 The UniversiTy daily Kansan 9b sporTs
KANSAS 79 NEBRASKA 65
DALLAS The victory on
Saturday against Nebraska came
in front of quiet crowd. Few of
the Texas and Texas A&M fans
who were in attendance for Tex-
as victory earlier stayed for the
game.
The game had little fow,
with the two teams combining
for 40 fouls and shooting 39 free
throws. The victory was Kansas
third against Nebraska this sea-
son.
The Kansas guards were elec-
tric in the second half. Sopho-
more guard Russell Robinson
scored 13 points on 5-7 shoot-
ing, dished out four assists and
didnt turn the ball over once.
His fnal stat line read 13 points,
eight assists and four rebounds
while also picking up two
steals.
Robinson wasnt the only
Kansas guard to have a solid
game against Nebraska. Fresh-
man guard Mario Chalmers
scored 18 points, had seven as-
sists and grabbed six rebounds.
Opposite of Robinson, Chalm-
ers did most of his damage in
the frst half.
Coach Bill Self said the Jay-
hawks hot shooting was a key
for his team jumping out to a big
early lead.
That was obviously a huge
factor when we werent guard-
ing like we normally guard, at
least in my opinion, to get out to
a lead because we made shots,
Self said. We didnt play a lot
better than Nebraska, we just
made shots. Certainly that cures
a lot of ills.
Daniel Berk

KANSAS 63 OKLAHOMA STATE 62
DALLAS Both Kansas
and Oklahoma State played
physical basketball for the en-
tire game. This was evidenced
when sophomore guard Rus-
sell Robinson caught an el-
bow from Oklahoma States
JamesOn Curry, which created
a gash above his left eye. He
missed the next two minutes
of the game while he was being
patched up. The gash required
seven stitches.
I knew it was an aggres-
sive play on his part, Robin-
son said. As soon as I saw the
blood I said, oh man. Luck-
ily the trainer was able to get it
patched up.
If Curry had not swung his
elbows the play would have
probably resulted in a steal,
Robinson said.
Robinson may have only
scored fve points on two of 10
shooting, but it was the other
things that he got done that
helped his team to victory. Rob-
inson had eight assists and had
seven steals.
He was great defensively,
Kansas coach Bill Self said.
Russell is a competitor. He
goes 2-of-10 and you could say
he had the best stat line of the
game.
The physical play summed up
the game, with each team trying
to do whatever it could to get an
advantage.
We needed to come here
and have to fght and scratch
and claw, Self said, because
we only had in league play, three
games decided by single digits.
We need to grind out some wins.
That was a grind there.
Daniel Berk
By Mike Harris
The AssociATed Press
LAS VEGAS Jimmie John-
son took advantage of a late-
race caution fag Sunday at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway, catch-
ing and passing Matt Kenseth
in a two-lap overtime sprint to
the fnish in the NASCAR Nex-
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Johnsons No. 48 Chevrolet
surged past Kenseths No. 17
Ford on the outside after the
two sped side-by-side through
the third and fourth turns on the
1.5-mile oval for the fnal time.
The winner crossed by fnish
line 0.115 seconds _ about half
a car-length _ ahead as he led a
lap for the only time in the 271-
lap event.
It was Johnsons second
straight win here, but this one
was a lot harder than 2005 when
he led 107 laps.
That was so much fun, John-
son said. I knew if I could get to
his outside and get around him I
knew the car was going to drive
good. I just didnt want to push
the issue. Then they had that
green-white-checker at the end.
It appeared through most of
the race that Kenseth was go-
ing to get an easy win after be-
ing handed a victory two weeks
ago in California when front-
runners Greg Biffe and Tony
Stewart succumbed to late-race
engine problems.
Kenseth, who won here in
2003 and 2004, led a race-high
146 laps and was out front and
almost assured of victory before
a collision between rookie Den-
ny Hamlin and Kenny Wallace
brought out the last of seven
caution fags on lap 264 of the
race scheduled to go 267 laps.
A dejected Kenseth told him
crew by radio his engine didnt
feel strong for the restart, but he
was able to hold off Johnson for
a lap and a half after the green
fag waved for the fnal time on
lap 270.
Sorry, you guys won a race
and I lost it, Kenseth said to his
crew. Cant do no more, I dont
know.
After getting out of the car,
Kenseth said, Nobody likes to
run second. We led all day. ... If I
tried any harder, we were going
to wreck. I just got beat.
Johnson is off to a great start
in 2006, winning the Daytona
500 and fnishing second in
California before taking his
20th career win on Sunday.
And hes doing it without crew
chief Chad Knaus, banned
by NASCAR for the frst four
races of the season after mak-
ing unapproved modifcations
to Johnsons car in Daytona
qualifying.
Local boy Kyle Busch, who
ran second to Johnson last
year, fnished third, followed by
Kasey Kahne, Jeff Gordon and
Mark Martin.
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Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday, March 12, 2006.
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Weekends wrap-up
Jimmie Johnson takes it to the wire
Big 12 Tournament inspired physical contests
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hat was so much
fun. I knew if I
could get to his outside
and get around him I knew
th car was going to drive
good. I just didnt want to
push the issue. Then they
had that green-white-
checker at the end.
Jimmie Johnson
Nascar driver
By JoHn nadel
The AssociATed Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. Alex
Rodriguez came through with
the winning hit for the United
States after Japan appeared to
get the short end of a controver-
sial call.
Rodriguez hit a bases-loaded,
two-out single in the ninth Sun-
day to give Team USA a 4-3 vic-
tory in the opener of Round 2
in the inaugural World Baseball
Classic.
Vernon Wells opened the
ninth with his third hit, and
Randy Winn sacrifced, but
reached frst when second
baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka
drew an error for coming off
the base while catching third
baseman Akinori Iwamuras
throw.
Kyuji Fujikawa threw out
Wells at third on Michael
Youngs attempted sacrifce, and
Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch to
load the bases.
Ken Griffey struck out be-
fore Rodriguez appeared to be
jammed on a 1-1 pitch, but his
grounder got past Fujikawa
and Nishiokas sliding attempt
behind second was unsuccess-
ful.
The run was unearned be-
cause of Nishiokas error. Ro-
driguez went 2-for-5, making
him 7-of-14 in the Classic.
An announced crowd of
32,896 attended the opener of
Round 2. Mexico and South
Korea were scheduled to meet
later Sunday at Angel Sta-
dium, where single games will
be played Monday through
Thursday to complete the sec-
ond round.
Japan appeared to take a 4-3
lead off Joe Nathan in the eighth
when Iwamura fied to the left
with one out and the bases load-
ed. Nishioka beat Winns throw
home, and second base umpire
Brian Knight ruled safe when
Team USA appealed the play.
But plate umpire Bob Davidson
overruled the call following a
brief discussion with the other
umpires.
It didnt seem Nishioka left
early on the television replay,
and Japan manager Sadaharu
Oh argued to no avail.
Japan loaded the bases in
the ninth on three walks be-
fore winner Brad Lidge, Team
USAs sixth pitcher, struck out
Hiyoshi Tamura to end the in-
ning.
The fans began a USA!
USA! chant for the frst time
in the game with one out and
one on in the sixth, and Derrek
Lee responded a few pitches
later by hitting
a 3-1 delivery
from Naoyuki
Shimizu over
the left-center
feld fence to
tie the game 3-
3.
Shimizu was
called twice
for going to his
mouth while
on the mound
_ an automatic
ball _ shortly
before Lee con-
nected. The frst
came before a 2-1 pitch to Chip-
per Jones, who walked, and the
second prior to the frst pitch to
Lee.
Ichiro Suzuki, not known for
his power, hit Jake Peavys third
pitch of the game into the right-
feld bleachers to give Japan a
1-0 lead.
Japan made it 3-0 in the sec-
ond on a two-out, two-run single
by Munenori Kawasaki, the No.
9 hitter in the lineup. Jones led
off the bottom half by hitting a
3-1 pitch from Koji Uehara into
the right-center feld seats for
his second WBC homer, making
it 3-1.
Peavy, who worked three
scoreless innings in Team USAs
2-0 frst-round victory over
Mexico, gave up three runs and
fve hits in fve innings. He used
67 pitches and settled down af-
ter a rocky start, retiring nine of
his last 10 batters.
Uehara allowed seven hits
and one run in fve innings, us-
ing 75 pitches. The pitch count
is up to 80 from 65 in the frst
round.
The Americans threat-
ened in the first when Young
reached base on second base-
man Nishiokas throwing er-
ror, and Jeter beat out a bunt.
But Uehara threw a called
third strike past Griffey and
Rodriguez grounded into a
double play.
Young, who had three hits,
singled to start the third, but
Jeter grounded into a double
play. Griffey and Rodriguez fol-
lowed with singles and moved
up on a wild
pitch before
Jones grounded
to frst.
Brian Fuen-
tes pitched out
of a two-out,
two-on jam in
the seventh by
retiring Suzuki
on a ground-
er to second,
and Yasuhiko
Yabuta fanned
Rodriguez with
a runner at
third and two
outs in the bot-
tom of the inning.
Japan robbed the Americans
of at least three hits, with frst
baseman Michihiro Ogasawara
and third baseman Iwamura
diving to keep grounders in the
infeld, and shortstop Kawa-
saki making an over-the-shoul-
der catch of a blooper hit by
Griffey.
Dontrelle Willis will start
Monday night when Team USA
faces South Korea, and Roger
Clemens is scheduled to pitch
Thursday for the Americans
against Mexico.
The WBC semifinals will be
played Saturday in San Diego,
where the winners will meet
for the championship of the
inaugural Classic two days
later.
t World baseball ClassiC
Team USA clinches opener
Steve Mitchell/The Associated Press
Stephen Ames of Canada falls backward and tumbles after making a birdie on the 18th green during the fnal round of
Honda Classic golf tournament in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., on Sunday.
Controversial call in eighth inning
may have had critical impact
J
apan robbed the
Americans of at least
three hits, with frst base-
man Michihairo Ogas-
awara and third baseman
Iwamura diving to keep
grounders in the infeld,
and shortstop Munenori
Kawasaki making an over-
the-shoulder catch of a
blooper hit by Ken Griffey.
NBA
Pierce leads Celtics
to defeat Nuggets
BOSTON Paul Pierce
scored 36 points, Wally Szczer-
biak added 18, and the Boston
Celtics snapped the Denver Nug-
gets four-game winning streak
with a 106-101 victory Sunday
night.
Pierce, who has scored
at least 30 points in 14 of 16
games, shot 15-of-23 to lead
fve Celtics in double fgures. He
also had four assists and three
steals to help the Celtics win for
the third time in four games and
end a three-game losing streak
against the Nuggets.
The Nuggets led the entire
frst half, but there were 13
ties and 17 lead changes in the
second half. Pierce gave the
Celtics the lead for good on a
dunk from the baseline with 2:43
remaining.
The Nuggets went the fnal
4:35 without a feld goal.
After Delonte West missed
a 3-pointer from the baseline
with 1:12 left, Ryan Gomes stole
Kenyon Martins outlet pass. On
the ensuing possession, Pierce
made a 17-foot fadeaway jumper
to extend the Celtics lead to
104-101.
Carmelo Anthony then
missed a layup on the Nuggets
possession, and Pierce iced the
game for Boston with a bank
shot from just inside the 3-point
line.
West, who returned to the
lineup after missing three games
with a strained right groin,
had 12 points and fve assists.
Gomes added 11 points and
11 rebounds and the Celtics
improved to 9-5 with him in the
starting lineup.
Boston trailed by as many as
12 in the frst half, but went on a
13-4 run spanning both halves to
close the gap.
The Associated Press
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Dolphins search for a quarterback
t NFL
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Miami Dolphins stepped
up their search for a new quar-
terback on the opening day of
free agency Saturday, meeting
with Drew Brees in Birming-
ham, Ala., while also consider-
ing a trade for Daunte Culpep-
per.
Theres competition with the
Dolphins for both quarterbacks,
said a person involved in nego-
tiations, who didnt want to be
identifed because the team has
been tightlipped about its per-
sonnel plans.
But the Dolphins clearly are
interested in a replacement for
Gus Frerotte, even though Brees
and Culpepper are coming off
signifcant injuries.
Brees tore the labrum and
damaged the rotator cuff in his
throwing shoulder in the Char-
gers fnal game last season and
underwent surgery Jan. 5. Cul-
pepper was a three-time Pro
Bowl selection for Minnesota,
but played poorly last season
before tearing three ligaments
in his right knee in a game Oct.
30.
While the Dolphins were try-
ing to fgure out what direction
to take, many other teams were
busy signing players. Among the
biggest deals:
Denver re-signed defensive
end Gerard Warren to a six-year
deal, and also kept running
back Ron Dayne and long snap-
per Mike Leach.
DeShaun Foster agreed to
a three-year, $14.5 million con-
tract with the Carolina Panthers
that fnally makes him their star
running back.
Free agent safety Marlon
McCree left Carolina to agree
to a fve-year, $16 million deal
with San Diego. McCree will
make $6 million in bonuses and
guaranteed money in the frst
two years of the deal.
The Browns were busy re-
vamping their offense, signing
center LeCharles Bentley, left
tackle Kevin Shaffer and receiv-
er Joe Jurevicius.
The San Francisco 49ers
traded leading receiver Bran-
don Lloyd to Washington for
the Redskins third-round pick
this year and their fourth-round
selection in 2007. They also re-
signed kicker Joe Nedney.
The Vikings signed run-
ning back Chester Taylor, kicker
Ryan Longwell and linebacker
Ben Leber after retaining receiv-
er Koren Robinson and safety
Willie Offord.
Six-time Pro Bowl fullback
Mike Alstott, agreed to a one-
year contract with Tampa Bay,
the only pro team hes played
for.
But where Brees and Culpep-
per land are two of the biggest
question marks of the early free
agency period.
Miami coach Nick Saban and
general manager Randy Muel-
ler few to Birmingham, where
Brees has been rehabilitating his
surgically repaired right shoul-
der. He went 20-11 the past two
seasons for San Diego, but when
contract talks with the Chargers
stalled, they agreed to let him
test the market. New Orleans
also was believed to be pursuing
Brees.
Culpepper has been at odds
with the Vikings over his 10-
year, $102 million contract and
wants to be traded. There has
been speculation that Oakland,
Baltimore, St. Louis and Arizo-
na also are interested.
Vikings coach Brad Childress
said they are in talks to trade
Culpepper.
The Dolphins declined to
comment, but its clear their top
priority is to upgrade the quar-
terback position, where Frerotte
started last season. Hes still on
the roster, but may be released
or return as a backup in 2006.
Warren joined the Broncos
last season and had 44 tack-
les, three sacks and three pass
breakups. His play was a marked
improvement from his stint in
Cleveland, where he never lived
up to high expectations after be-
ing taken third overall in 2001.
Foster spent most of the last
three seasons playing in the
shadow of Stephen Davis.
The Panthers also agreed
to terms with defensive tackle
Maake Kemoeatu, who spent
the past four seasons with the
Baltimore Ravens. Kemoeatu
agreed to a fve-year deal worth
$23 million, including $8 mil-
lion in bonus money.
Bentley and Jurevicius grew
up in Cleveland, rooting for the
citys beleaguered NFL team.
I can die happy now, said
Bentley, who wore a Browns jer-
sey under his sports coat. This
has been my dream.
Bentley, who played the past
four seasons for New Orleans,
brings toughness, size and expe-
rience to the Browns offensive
line, which has been both inept
and ignored by the team in re-
cent years. His six-year deal is
reportedly worth $36 million
and includes $12.5 million in
guarantees.
Jurevicius, who got a four-year
deal, has played in three Super
Bowls, including last seasons
for the Seattle Seahawks. The
31-year-old gives the Browns a
dependable receiver to comple-
ment Braylon Edwards.
Lloyd was a restricted free
agent for the 49ers, who draft-
ed him in the third round three
years ago. He was San Fran-
ciscos top receiver last season,
catching 48 passes for 733 yards
and fve touchdowns for the
NFLs worst offense, but alien-
ated teammates and clashed
with Mike Nolans new coach-
ing staff.
Alstott is the Bucs career
touchdowns leaders with 68,
and his 4,917 yards rushing rank
second in club history. The Bucs
also re-signed defensive tackle
Chris Hovan.
In other moves Saturday:
The St. Louis Rams inked
free-agent safety Corey Chavous
to a fve-year contract, hoping to
strengthen a defense that ranked
30th in the NFL last season.
Chavous, an eight-year veteran,
spent the last four seasons with
Minnesota.
Defensive tackle Larry Trip-
plett and tight end Robert Royal
signed with the Buffalo Bills as
the team wasted no time ad-
dressing its numerous needs.
Also, Eric Moulds future could
be determined by early next
week after the veteran star re-
ceiver had a series of discus-
sions with the team.
The Arizona Cardinals signed
free-agent defensive tackle Ken-
drick Clancy to a four-year con-
tract. Clancy played in all 16
games last season for the New
York Giants, making 39 tackles,
two sacks, forcing two fumbles
and recovering one fumble.
The Jaguars signed free-agent
cornerback Brian Williams.
Defensive end Aaron Kamp-
man signed a contract extension
with the Green Bay Packers.
track
runner earns schools
frst championship
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Kan-
sas State distance runner
Christian Smith captured the
schools frst national cham-
pionship since 1993 when
he won the mens mile at the
NCAA Indoor Track & Field
Championships on Saturday.
Smith, a senior from Gar-
feld, Kan., began pulling away
during the fnal three laps of
the eight-lap race. He fnished
in a time of 4:12.75, becoming
the third Wildcat to be a four-
time indoor All-American.
I have been thinking about
this race for quite a while,
said Smith, who held off a late
charge from Said Ahmed of
Arkansas. I saw the opening
and I went for it.
Smith led the mens team
to an 11th-place fnish, its best
since 1993. Earlier in the year,
he broke a 20-year-old national
record in the mens 1,000-me-
ter run. He also won his third
straight Big 12 title in the 1,000.
In other events, Kyle Lan-
caster fnished second in the
high jump with a clearance of 7
feet, 5 inches to earn All-Ameri-
can honors for Kansas State.
Breanna Eveland fnished
third in the pole vault, Shunte
Thomas ninth in the womens
400 meters and Scott Sellers
ninth in the high jump to also
earn All-American honors.
The Kansas State women
fnished 35th.
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