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By Jackson Long
jlong@kansan.com
thE moRNING bREW
Q: The Dallas Cowboys have
played the Washington Redskins fve
times on Thanksgiving Day. What is
their record in those games?
A: 5-0
www.footballreference.com
tRIVIA of thE DAY
The Detroit Lions have lost eight
straight Thanksgiving Day games
with their last win coming in 2003
against the Green Bay Packers.
www.footballreference.com
fAct of thE DAY
Thanksgiving dinners take eigh-
teen hours to prepare. They are con-
sumed in 12 minutes. Half-times take
12 minutes. This is not coincidence.
erma Bombeck, humorist,
syndicated columnist, writer
QUotE of thE DAY
Thursday games are a key part of Thanksgiving traditions
This week in athletics
Wednesday Thursday Friday Tuesday Saturday Sunday
Mens Basketball
Texas A&M/St Louis
TBA
Kansas City, Mo.
Volleyball
St. Louis
6:30 p.m.
Lawrence
No events scheduled Womens Basketball
Alabama A&M
7 p.m.
Lawrence
Volleyball
Texas Tech
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Womens Basketball
Creighton
2 p.m.
Omaha, Neb.
Monday
mens basketbal
San Jose State
8 p.m.
Lawrence
BiG 12 FOOTBALL
k-state loss shakes up Big 12 BCs bids
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If college football fans think
the BCS picture got all shook up
with those losses by Kansas State
and Oregon, they might want to
look at the potential chaos in the
Big 12.
Kansas State could still win the
league, but the Wildcats 52-24
loss at Baylor on Saturday set
up the possibility for a four-way
tie. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State,
Kansas State and Texas could all
sit at 7-2 at the end of the regular
season Dec. 1.
If that happens, all would get
a trophy declaring their Big 12
championship. But there would
have to be some tiebreaker work
done to determine who would
get the leagues BCS berth in the
Fiesta Bowl, if not in the champi-
onship game.
For the quartet to finish 7-2,
the 16th-ranked Longhorns would
have to beat TCU and then win
at Kansas State, while No. 21
Oklahoma State would have to
win the Bedlam game in Norman,
Okla., and prevail at Baylor. Also,
the No. 13 Sooners would have to
win at TCU.
Head-to-head records would
then decide which school gets a
BCS berth.
Just last week, Kansas State had
a clear path to the national title
game, ranked No. 1 in the BCS
standings. The Wildcats dropped
five spots to sixth in the rankings
after losing to a Baylor team still
trying to become bowl eligible.
Theres also a possibility for a
three-way tie similar to 2008 when
Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas
each finished 7-1 in Big 12 and
11-1 in regular season. This year it
could be the Wildcats, Longhorns
or Sooners in a three-way tie,
or the Wildcats, Longhorns and
Cowboys.
All the math becomes moot if
Kansas State beats Texas to close
the regular season.
With that, the only team that
could match K-States 8-1 confer-
ence record
would be
Oklahoma,
which lost to
the Wildcats
in the Big
12 opener
Sept. 22. In
that case,
the Wildcats
would get
the Big 12s BCS
berth.
The Longhorns play on
Thanksgiving against a Horned
Frogs team thats 3-1 on the road
in conference play.
All of our focus will be on
TCU, Longhorns coach Mack
Brown said
Monday. This is
a very important
game for us and
key game for us
to finish strong.
Should the
Sooners come
out on top in
their last two
games, their
fans would then be in the awk-
ward position of pulling for the
Longhorns to win at Kansas State.
Were not there yet, Sooners
coach Bob Stoops said of the odd
scenario.
Kansas State has two weeks to
prepare to host the Longhorns,
who Wildcats coach Bill Snyder
called a tremendously talented
team. The break will be welcome
to his players and their bodies.
But, feeling sorry for them-
selves isnt an option for his play-
ers, he said, and there is a down-
side, he said.
Thats two weeks having to live
with the loss in Waco, Snyder
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football
Big 12 rankings; K-State still leads after loss
FARzIN VoUSoUGhIAN
fvousoughian@kansan.com
1. Kansas State (10-1)
Kansas State fans dreamed of see-
ing Collin Klein win the Heisman
and the Wildcats in the BCS Cham-
pionship game. However, a loss to
Baylor kicked Kansas State out of the
top fve in the BCS poll. Now, Kansas
State can only focus on winning the
Big 12 at home against Texas.
8. baylor (5-5)
Baylors had a lot of problems within
the conference this season, but a win
over top ranked Kansas State gave the
Bears some bragging rights. But more
importantly, Baylor has a 5-5 record
and have a chance to become bowl
eligible.
2. oklahoma (8-2)
Afer a close win against West
Virginia, Oklahoma keeps its sec-
ond place spot. Afer Kansas State
lost this past weekend, the Sooners
have a chance to win the confer-
ence, but will need to win out and
have Kansas State lose again.
5. texas tech (7-4)
Ranked teams in the Big 12 have
gotten the best of Texas Tech. Te Red
Raiders have lost three of their last
four games, with all three losses com-
ing against ranked teams. Tey have an
opportunity to fnish strong with a win
over Baylor, but a loss could land them
in a less-prestigious bowl game.
3. texas (8-2)
Texas dominated their last
game against Iowa State to stay in
the top tier of the Big 12. Coach
Mack Brown is pleased with his
teams performance this season.
Quarter back David Ash has
played well lately, throwing fve
touchdowns and no interceptions
in the last two weeks.
7. West Virginia (5-5)
West Virginia kicked of the sea-
son with a 5-0 record, only to turn
around and lose fve straight games
and join the bottom half of the Big
12. With the talent the Mountain-
eers have, theyve been disappoint-
ed with how their season has gone.
6. texas Christian (6-4)
Texas Christian needed this bye
week as it is halfway through a tough
four-game stretch. Te fnal two games
of the season will test the Horned Frogs
and decide what bowl game they will
play in coach Gary Patterson would
like to fnish the season strong in TCUs
frst year in the Big 12.
9. Iowa State (6-5)
Iowa States had a hard time
fnding wins in the Big 12. But
the Cyclones took advantage of
Kansas woes and produced its
best scoring output this season
under Sam Richardson, third string
quarterback.
4. oklahoma State (7-3)
Oklahoma State has surprisingly
played well with quarterback Clint
Chelf at quarterback the past couple
of games. Te Cowboys will visit the
Sooners this weekend and should they
win, there could be a three-way tie for
second place in the Big 12.
10. Kansas (1-10)
Kansas coach Charlie Weis wanted to
send the seniors out on a good note,
but the Jayhawks could not stop a de-
termined Cyclones team and lost their
20th straight game in the conference.
Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
PAGE 9 thE UNIVERSItY DAILY KANSAN tUESDAY, NoVEmbER 20, 2012
The Kansas swimmers complet-
ed their fall season on Sunday with
a second-place finish at the Kansas
Classic in Topeka.
Kansas finished just behind
first place Notre Dame with 853.5
points, while the Fighting Irish
totaled 976.5 points for the cham-
pionship.
Coach Clark Campbell said hes
excited about how the team per-
formed at the meet.
We had some ups and downs,
but what I really liked was when we
had a down, the girls were resilient
and they bounced back, Campbell
said in a Kansas Athletics press
release. That is what a champion-
ship meet is all about. We still have
some things to work on, but we are
in a really good place right now.
The top performers for Kansas
were freshman Bryce Hinde and
junior Alison Lusk, who finished
second and third in the 200-yard
breaststroke. Other impact per-
formers were freshman Haley
Molden who finished second in
the 100-yard freestyle, and sopho-
more Deanna Marks, who finished
second in the 200-yard butterfly.
Campbell said he sees this meet
as something that was beneficial to
all parties involved.
The event has been very well-
received by the coaches and the
teams and people have had a lot
of fun with it, Campbell said in a
KU Athletics press release. It is a
really good format and I just cant
thank the people within the city of
Topeka and all the people that have
put this together. It has been a lot
of work, but so far, so good.
The Kansas divers also conclud-
ed their fall season on Saturday
after the third and final day of
the Phil Hansel Invite in Houston,
Texas.
Two Kansas divers, senior
Christy Cash and junior Alyssa
Golden, placed 20th and 33rd out
of the 43 divers who competed in
the event.
The invite is the end of the
teams fall schedule. The next com-
petition for Kansas is on Saturday,
Jan. 12 in Los Angeles against San
Diego State and UCLA.
Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
Swimming and diving
ChRIS SChAEDER
cschaeder@kansan.com
The Kansas volleyball team
heads next door to play at Allen
Fieldhouse tonight with hopes that
this wont be the last time it plays
on the basketball court this sea-
son.
The Jayhawks have two matches
remaining in the regular season,
and both are at
home. Tonight,
they play Saint
Louis at the
F i e l d h o u s e ,
and they host
Texas Tech
on Saturday.
On Sunday,
the NCAA
will announce the 64 teams that
will be competing in the NCAA
Tournament, and Kansas may get
to be a host site for the first two
rounds of matches. The Jayhawks
have a 23-6 record and are No. 6 in
the Ratings Percentage Index.
Horejsi is our home, but Im
really excited to play in Allen espe-
cially if fingers crossed we
get to host the tournament, thats
where well be playing, junior
defensive specialist Jaime Mathieu
said. So itll be nice to get some
experience in there. Itll just be a
different look. Its still on campus.
Im excited.
Allen Fieldhouse served as the
volleyball teams home before
Horejsi Family Athletics Center
opened in 1999. Kansas has played
in the Fieldhouse sporadically since
then. According to the Kansas ath-
letic department, the last match
Kansas played in Allen Fieldhouse
was against Texas A&M in was
1999.
Other Big 12 teams like Iowa
State, Baylor and West Virginia
play every home volleyball match
in basketball facilities, so Kansas
has experience playing in larger
arenas. The team practiced in the
Fieldhouse Monday and Tuesday
to adjust to the change in depth
perception.
I know its kind of rough for
our setters sometimes just because
the ball moves differently, but all
around if we prepare well enough
well be fine, Mathieu said.
Coach Ray Bechard said the
Jayhawks would sacrifice the inti-
macy that the 1,300-seat Horejsi
brings. However, playing in the
16,300-seat fieldhouse gives Kansas
the opportunity to play in a setting
it could see if it advances deep into
the tournament.
It wont be as intimate, theres
no doubt about that, Bechard said.
There wont be the same feel but
therell be a good feel to it. It comes
down to us playing well and put-
ting a good product out there and
get the fans that are there excited
about what theyre seeing This
is the right thing to do for a lot of
different reasons.
Kansas normally doesnt play
nonconference matches this late
in the season, but Bechard said
he wanted to establish a series
with Saint Louis because it is a
Midwest program coached by for-
mer national team assistant coach
Kent Miller.
We tried to find a date that
would work and our schedule and
their schedule just didnt allow for
anything until this late, Bechard
said. We just want to get a home
and home going with SLU. I respect
Coach Miller, their coach, a great
deal.
The Billikens enter the match
with a 10-19 record and a 4-10 mark
in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Just
like Kansas, Saint Louis has four
players averaging at least two kills
per set. Their leader in kills per set,
redshirt sophomore outside hitter
Lauren Baumet, averages 2.49 kills
per set while Kansas redshirt junior
middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc
averages 3.61 kills per set.
Senior middle blocker Tayler
Tolefree said Kansas would work
on its efficiency against Saint Louis
with its blocking and digging. The
Jayhawks havent recorded many
blocks in the last two matches
against TCU and Oklahoma, but
the front row has gotten touches
on many of its opponents attacks,
which slows the ball down for the
passers. Tolefree said Kansas could
improve its blocking by working on
its releases. She said clean defensive
releases and solid blocks are among
the skills the team can focus on
during the game.
I think its a good chance to
work on some things that we need
to and try and be more efficient,
Tolefree said.
Edited by Emma McElhaney
Volleyball moves to Allen Fieldhouse
tonight in game against Saint Louis
change of venue
bRANDoN SmIth/KANSAN
Junior outside hitter catherine carmichael focuses on the ball in preparation for a
hit wednesday, nov. 14.
GEoffREY CALVERt
gcalvert@kansan.com
Kansas fnishes season in Topeka and houston
CLAIRE howARD/KANSAN
freshman chelsie miller competes in the second heat of the 400-yard individual
medley at Robinson natatorium on Saturday morning. miller came in frst in the
heat.
CLAIRE howARD/KANSAN
diver meredith Brownell, a freshman from union, KY, fies through the air during
a dive from the one meter board during day two of Kus double dual against Tcu
and north dakota at Robinson natatorium on Saturday morning. Brownell came in
second place in one meter diving with a score of 241.75.
menS BaSKeTBall
indiana pulls away late in 66-53 victory over georgia
Mathieu
ASSoCIAtED PRESS
NEW YORK Indianas shots
werent falling and the top-ranked
Hoosiers were getting a taste of
their own medicine with some
tough man-to-man defense from
Georgia.
It was just a matter of waiting,
according to coach Tom Crean.
Victor Oladipo had 15 points
and eight rebounds to lead Indiana
to a 66-53 victory over Georgia on
Monday night in the semifinals of
the Progressive Legends Classic at
the Barclays Center.
Jordan Hulls and Christian
Watford both had 14 points for
the Hoosiers (4-0) and they were
the ones who finally started hitting
from long range as Indiana estab-
lished control of the game.
We had a lot of energy sources
tonight, Crean said. Vic at the
start of the second half, he was
tremendous. Hes one of the best
defenders around no question, but
he doesnt get the credit for being
a total basketball player. ... When
hes flying up the court he makes
us a lot better.
Then there are the missed shots.
We just missed some shots. The
thing that hurt us more was the
eight turnovers. We could never get
the pace going the way we wanted
and give Georgia credit for that,
Crean said. There werent many
shots wed take back, just a couple.
It happens at home, on the road,
here. It just happens.
The Hoosiers, who came into
the game shooting 39.4 percent
from 3-point range missed 11 of
the first 12 shots they took from
behind the arc. Watford hit a 3
with 10:06 left to end the shooting
slump and extended Indianas lead
to 45-40.
Hulls hit 3s on consecutive
possessions to make it 51-42 and
Oladipo scored down low with 7:00
left for the first double-digit lead
of the game by either team, 53-42.
The Hoosiers went on to lead by as
many as 17 points.
We did a lot more in the sec-
ond half, Hulls said. In the first
half the shots werent falling and
thats going to happen. We play
with more intensity when the shots
arent falling and that usually means
were playing good defense.
The Hoosiers will face
Georgetown for the title on
Tuesday night. The Hoyas beat No.
11 UCLA 78-70.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and
Vincent Williams both had 14
points for Georgia (1-3), which
lost its third straight.
That was a very hard fought
game, one we thought we could win
and the real difference, I thought,
was their experience really started
to show, Georgia coach Mark Fox
said. We had a lot of inexperience
plays, several possessions where
we didnt keep our poise and they
capitalized on some immature mis-
takes we made in the second half.
Indiana finished 5 of 16 from
3-point range (31.3 percent) and
the Hoosiers had a 40-24 advan-
tage on the boards. They overcame
an off night by 7-foot preseason
All-America Cody Zeller who was
2 for 4 from the field for six points
and had four rebounds and four
turnovers.
Zeller was limited to 9 minutes
in the first half because of foul
trouble.
They came out and defended
very well, Zeller said. The foul
problems could have taken me out
of the flow a little bit, but in the
second half we started to play the
way we do.
Indiana shot 44.9 percent overall
(22 of 49) while Georgia shot 34.0
percent (22 of 49) including going
9 of 25 on 3s.
We started slow out of the gate
this season and played very poorly,
Fox said. For 30 minutes tonight
we looked like the team we thought
we could be but we just couldnt
make it last all game. The key is
to learn to play 40 minutes, not
30 and that is the next step for our
group.
The Bulldogs are 0-14 all-time
against No. 1-ranked teams.
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indianas Kevin ferrell (11) shoots over georgias nemanja djurisic in the frst half of their ncaa college basketball game in the
legends classic, monday, nov. 19, 2012, in new York.
Senior forward Kevin Young
Young made his
frst start of the sea-
son and brought the
energy missing from
the Jayhawks start-
ing lineup in their
frst three games.
Young made hustle
plays across the foor and fnished the
game with a team-leading 10 rebounds.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 PaGe 10 The uNIversITy daILy KaNsaN
Kansas 78 Washi ngton state 41
Key Plays
First halF
(sCOre aFter Play)
19:45 Ben McLemore knocks down a 3-point shot to open up the game for the
Jayhawks. Kansas takes a lead it will never relinquish. 3-0 Kansas
15:30 Jeff Withey grabs an offensive rebound and takes it right back to the basket
to give the Jayhawks their frst double-digit lead of the game. 16-6 Kansas
seCOnd halF
19:35 Ben McLemore rejects a shot by D.J. shelton on a Washington state fast-
break, keeping the momentum with Kansas to start the second half. 50-21 Kansas
6:11 evan Manning enters the game. the son of the hero of the 1988 national
Champion team logs his frst offcial minutes as a Jayhawk.
50|28 78
Kansas
21 | 20 41
Washington state
JayhaWK stat leaders
Points rebounds assists
Johnson
5
releford
17
young
8
WashinGtOn state
Kansas
Player Fg-Fga 3Fg-3Fga Rebs a Pts
travis Releford 6-7 2-3 0 1 17
Ben McLemore 3-6 2-4 3 1 11
Jeff Withey 4-8 0-0 5 1 8
elijah Johnson 3-9 2-8 0 5 8
Perry ellis 2-3 0-0 3 0 12
naadir tharpe 2-5 1-3 2 4 5
Jamari traylor 2-3 0-0 4 0 5
Kevin Young 1-1 0-0 8 0 4
Totals 25-52 8-24 34 15 78
Player Fg-Fga 3Fg-3Fga Rebs a Pts
Mike Ladd 2-9 1-5 2 1 5
Will Dilorio 3-4 0-0 1 0 8
Brock Motum 6-18 1-5 6 3 14
Royce Woolridge 2-7 1-5 3 1 5
D.J. shelton 3-6 1-3 2 1 7
James hunter 0-2 0-0 1 0 0
Junior Longrus 0-1 0-1 2 0 0
Brett Boese 0-2 0-1 1 0 0
Totals 17-56 4-25 21 9 41
UnsUnG herO
Young
Senior guard Elijah Johnson
Johnson went
cold after a solid
start, missing his
fnal fve 3-point at-
tempts and making
only one shot in the
second half.
Game tO FOrGet
Johnson
basKeTbaLL
Tara bryaNT/KaNsaN
senior guard travis Releford tries to steal the ball between a pass to Washington
state players in Mondays game. Releford had three fouls during the game.
TyLer rosTe/KaNsaN
Freshman forward Perry ellis rises over Washington state defense in the frst half of
Mondays game at the sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.
TyLer rosTe/KaNsaN
Freshman guard Perry ellis drives around Washington states defense in the frst
half of Mondays game at the sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. the Jayhawks won
78-41. ellis had 12 points, three rebounds and two assists.
TyLer rosTe/KaNsaN
senior travis Releford defends a Washington state player. the Jayhawks were
dominate in the frst half with a commanding lead of 50-21.
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Senior guard Travis Releford
Releford broke
out of his scoring
slump, leading the
Jayhawks with 17
points. More im-
portantly, Releford
attacked the basket
early on, allowing
him to build confdence,
which he showed by making his frst two
3-point attempts, ending an 0-11 cold
streak from 3-point range.
Kansas 78 Washi ngton state 41
Game to remember
i dont know if its so much in
transition, but i
thought we did
a really good
job moving the
ball in the frst
half. of course
we made shots,
everything looks
better when you
make shots, but we got the ball where
we wanted it and guys shared it. its
probably the best weve executed so
far this year.
Kansas coach bill Self
Quote of the Game
Self
rewINd
Schedule
*all games in bold are at home
date opponent Time
oct. 30 emPorIa sTaTe (exhIbITIoN) w, 88-54
Nov. 5 washburN (exhIbITIoN) w, 62-50
Nov. 9 souTheasT mIssourI sTaTe w, 74-55
nov. 13 MiChigan state L, 67-64
Nov. 15 ChaTTaNooGa (Cbe) w, 69-55
Nov. 19 washINGToN sTaTe (Cbe) w, 78-41
Nov. 20 sT. LouIs (Cbe) 8:30 p.m.
Nov. 26 saN Jose sTaTe 8 p.m.
Nov. 30 oreGoN sTaTe 7 p.m.
dec. 8 CoLorado 1 p.m.
dec. 15 beLmoNT 6 p.m.
dec. 18 rIChmoNd 6 p.m.
Dec. 22 ohio state 3 p.m.
dec. 29 amerICaN uNIversITy 7 p.m.
Jan. 6 TemPLe 12:30/3:30 p.m.
Jan. 9 Iowa sTaTe 6 p.m.
Jan. 12 teXas teCh 3 p.m.
Jan. 14 bayLor 8 p.m.
Jan. 19 teXas 1 p.m.
Jan. 22 Kansas state 7 p.m.
Jan. 26 oKLahoma 3 p.m.
Jan. 28 West ViRginia 8 p.m.
Feb. 2 oKLahoma sTaTe 3 p.m.
Feb. 6 tCU 8 p.m.
Feb. 9 oKLahoMa 3 p.m.
Feb. 11 KaNsas sTaTe 8 p.m.
Feb. 16 Texas 8 p.m.
Feb. 20 oKLahoMa state 3 p.m.
Feb. 23 TCu 3 p.m.
Feb. 25 ioWa state 8 p.m.
Feb. 29 oKLahoma sTaTe 7 p.m.
March 2 West ViRginia 1 p.m.
march 4 Texas TeCh 6 p.m.
March 9 BaYLoR
releford surprises
with scoring outbreak
Tara bryaNT/KaNsaN
senior guard travis Releford rushes to the basket to defeat a Washington state opponent to the basket during Mondays game.
where the Jayhawks won 78-41. Releford had 17 points during the game.
max GoodwIN
mgoodwin@kansan.com
TyLer rosTe/KaNsaN
senior center Jeff Withey powers through a defender to get an easy bucket in the
frst half of Mondays game. Withey had eight points.
Kansas City, Mo. The passes
were crisp, the defense was sti-
fling and the shots were falling
for Kansas as the Jayhawks played
their way to a dominating win
over Washington State at the Sprint
Center.
Kansas shot 64 percent from the
field and 50 percent from 3-point
range in the first half. The Jayhawks
looked like a team that could be
favored to win their conference this
season. Even senior guard Travis
Releford drained a three, ending
his slump of eleven straight misses
in the previous three games.
Releford reemerged as a scor-
ing threat last night in the Sprint
Center, playing mere miles from
his home in Kansas City, Mo. With
17 points, he led the team in scor-
ing for the first time this season.
In the second half, another deep
shot from Relefords hands swished
through the net. Relefords inability
to consistently make jump shots
has been a subject of discussion
during his career at Kansas. On
Monday night, there was nothing
about Relefords stroke that wor-
ried Kansas fans.
It may have been the comfort of
playing in his hometown, or maybe
it was Relefords determination to
be more efficient than he was dur-
ing the Chattanooga game where
he squandered six shots to score
just two points. Whatever the case,
Releford played confidently and
aggressively.
Releford sat smiling on the
sidelines for the final minutes of
the game, his team leading by 40
points. In his 23 minutes on the
court, Releford scored 17 points
from seven shots.
The Jayhawks wont consistently
expect those points from Releford,
which makes them even sweeter
when they are there. This was not
the first time in a Kansas game
that Releford proved he has the
ability to score. Last season, he
was named the Big 12 player of the
week when he averaged 22 points
in two conference games. Releford
also led the Jayhawks in scoring
with 15 points against Ohio State
during the Final Four last year.
Defense has been a consistent
strength for Releford. He played
with more defensive intensity in
just four games this year than he
did in any of his past three seasons.
Against Chattanooga, Relefords
pressure on the ball was a spark
for Kansas second half run. On
Monday, he did it on the offensive
end.
There may not be many more
games this season where Releford
leads the team in scoring, but he
has proven his value so far this sea-
son. He will bring tough defensive
pressure every time he guards the
ball. It appears he has once again
proven that his scoring ability can
surprise opponents who focus their
game planning for McLemore,
Johnson or Withey.
Relefords ability to surprise
opponents is something that Kansas
fans have seen before. His defense
is something they have seen often.
On Monday, Releford was the most
efficient and productive player for
the Jayhawks.
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Releford
Kansas City, Mo. Kansas
coach Bill Self s son, Tyler,
appeared in his first career reg-
ular season game for the No. 12
ranked Jayhawks.
It was that kind of day for
the team where the shots fell
early and often and the defense
created turnovers, allowing the
walk-ons to enter the game
at the end of their 78-41 vic-
tory against Washington State
in their first game of the CBE
Classic.
Fresh off his 25-point effort
against Chattanooga, freshman
guard Ben McLemore once
again got the Kansas offense
rolling. Fifteen seconds after
tip-off, he caught a pass from
senior guard Elijah Johnson
on the wing, then McLemore
showed off his silky-smooth
shot, draining a 3-point shot to
start the game.
Less than two minutes later,
McLemore hit another 3-point-
er, giving the Jayhawks an early
eight point lead just 109 sec-
onds into the ball game.
McLemore finished the day
with 11 points, two offensive
rebounds and two blocks in 24
minutes of play.
He once again showed that
he was the most athletic player
on the floor when he threw
down a put-back dunk off a
fast break miss by freshman
forward Perry Ellisa dunk
where he went over his team-
mate, freshman forward Jamari
Traylor, to score.
For the first time this sea-
son, Self played all four of his
seniors in the starting lineup.
The addition of senior forward
Kevin Young gave the Jayhawks
the early energy they were miss-
ing from the four-spot in the
lineup during earlier contests.
Young was the spark with
10 rebounds in 18 minutes of
play, but it was another senior,
Travis Releford, who took scor-
ing over from McLemore at the
midpoint of the first half.
Releford, who had been in a
shooting funk and started the
season 0-11 from 3-point range,
opened his day with a deep two
and found his rhythm, making
his first six attempts from the
floor.
He finished the day leading
the team with 17 points, and
went 2 for 3 from outside the
arc.
Kansas owned the boards
against the Cougars, led by
Young and senior center Jeff
Withey. The 7-foot tall Withey
pulled down six boards, two
off the offensive glass and five
blocks.
After disappointing play
in his last two games, fresh-
man forward Perry Ellis scored
double-digits for the first time
since the season opener. Ellis
finished the day with 12 points
and showed the aggressiveness
on the inside that had been
lacking in his last two outings.
He made all eight of his free-
throw attempts in the game.
Senior guard Elijah Johnson
found his 3-point shot early in
the game, starting the day 2 for
3 on 3-point shots but struggled
down the stretch, missing his
final five attempts.
Johnson did improve in his
role as the primary ball han-
dler, tying with sophomore
guard Naadir Tharpe for the
team lead with four assists each.
Johnson ended his night with
eight points.
With the win, Kansas
advanced to the championship
game of the CBE classic against
St. Louis at 8:30 p.m. at the
Sprint Center in Kansas City,
Mo.
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
sports
Volume 125 Issue 51 kansan.com Tuesday, November 20, 2012
COMMENTARY
By Kory Carpenter
kcarpenter@kansan.com
Kansas 78 Washington state 41
Cleared the benCh
the Border War
debate goes on
Jayhawks win in Sprint Center
PaGe 10 PaGe 9
Volleyball
changes
venue
Kansas trounces Washington state by 37 points in sprint Center
ethan Padway
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blake SChuSter
bschuster@kansan.com
FootBall
Weis prepared team for wrong iowa state quarterback
T
he Big 12 and SEC are close
to agreeing to an annual
basketball series beginning
next season, potentially pitting all
10 Big 12 teams against the 10 best
SEC schools each year. That news
probably ignited an immediate
hope across the state of Missouri
from Tiger fans who are eager to
continue the Border War.
But Kansas fans dont seem to
care about continuing the century-
long series with Missouri. Dont
believe me? Just ask them.
Or dont, theyll probably tell you
sooner or later.
Living inside the Lawrence
bubble for long periods of time,
experiences with Missouri fans are
few and far between. But if youre
in Kansas City, Mo., for this weeks
CBE Classic, it will be difficult to
walk into a restaurant or bar with-
out seeing fans from each school.
And because there isnt a football
game this Saturday or a Big 12
basketball game to argue about, the
Border Cold War is all they have
left.
Nothing is more unbelievable
than the constant chatter about not
caring. I get not wanting to play
Mizzou anymore, or at least for a
long time. There are plenty of good
reasons from the Kansas perspec-
tive not to continue the games.
A home-and-home against
Missouri takes away a home game
every other year, taking money out
of the Kansas basketball programs
pockets.
The game meant much more
for Missouri than Kansas. There
was even a KU hate week every
year leading up to the game in
Columbia. The malice towards
Kansas is both entertaining and
worrisome at the same time. Junior
point guard Phil Pressey said last
year that Mizzou could lose every
game except the Kansas game and
it would be a successful season.
Anyone can understand why a
school wouldnt go out of its way to
help out a rival, and playing a series
with Mizzou does nothing but help
the Tigers, from pumping excite-
ment into their season to guaran-
teeing a sellout in Mizzou arena.
Maybe Kansas officials just dont
want to help out their former rival
by playing a non-conference game
because the benefits for the Tigers
outweigh those for the Jayhawks.
Or maybe its just good old fash-
ioned hate. Missouri left the series,
not Kansas. Maybe the anger over
the split will cloud any negotiations
in the foreseeable futureit would
be hard to blame anyone if that
was the case. Major college athlet-
ics programs are full of egos and
no one wants to look bad by per-
ceivably caving to someone elses
demands.
I dont think anyone will ever
really know the one true reason,
if there is just one reason, why the
Border War is dead for now.
But while we wait for its return,
Jayhawk fans would look better
by picking a side of the issue and
sticking with it. Hope to play each
other again or tell us the other
school is dead to you and be done
with it. Trying to constantly con-
vince people of the latter looks silly,
because we all know most fans are
just trying to convince themselves.
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Before each game coach
Charlie Weis studies the oppo-
nent learning how its roster
plays. But
his focus
on person-
nel may
have back-
fired last
Saturday.
Weis gives
a report on
his oppo-
nents to kick
off his weekly
press conference each Tuesday.
But last week, nothing was said
about Iowa State quarterback
Sam Richardson. At some point,
after studying the Cyclones
depth chart, Weis diverted his
efforts from spending time on
their third-string redshirt fresh-
man.
We knew all about the kid,
Weis said of Richardson on
Mondays teleconference call.
We just didnt think he was
going to be someone who fac-
tored into the game.
Twenty-three completed
passes, 250 yards and four
touchdowns later, Weis may be
rethinking his evaluation pro-
cess.
Give the kid credit; he had a
heck of a game, Weis said, But
at the same time you usu-
ally get ready for the guys
that are listed
one and two
on the depth
chart and he
wasnt in that
mix.
At one and
two on ISUs
depth chart
were Steele
J a n t z , w h o
started against Kansas, and Jared
Barnett. Both had been shaky as
the Cyclones lost four of their
last five games before coming to
Lawrence.
Appropriately, Weis prepared
for either quarterback to enter on
Saturday. He spent time working
on disrupting ISUs schemes and
getting ready to be the team
with tricks up its sleeves. He
wasnt prepared for everything
to backfire. Instead of running
the more complex offenses Weis
was prepared to defend, ISU ran
basic plays to simplify the game
for Richardson.
They did more base stuff
than theyve been running,
Weis said. We didnt spend a
big portion of the week working
on the base offense.
What Weis said didnt back-
fire was the fan support. After
offering to buy tickets to the
game for any student that didnt
have one, Weis helped pack
41,608 into Memorial Stadium.
They didnt stay long.
In what has become typical
fashion for the student section,
the patrons who Weis had con-
vinced to come watch a then
1-9 team were gone by halftime,
when the score was 38-17.
There were a lot more peo-
ple who were at the game than
would have been at the game
if I didnt, Weis said of buying
the tickets. The game didnt get
away from us because of the fan
base. The fans were there and
they were loud and they were
into the game.
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senior forward Kevin Young tries to get past a Washington state defender on his way to the basket in Monday nights game at
the sprint Center.