The 16,300 crimson-and-blue clad fans that fought traffic through the two-lane streets of Lawrence Saturday afternoon should have simply stayed in bed according to the Colorado media department. The Buffaloes media notes read SURE THINGS IN LIFE: Death, taxes and a loss in Saturdays game at Kansas. CU coach Ricardo Patton had never won at Allen Fieldhouse and the Buffs had lost 34 of the last 35 games to the Hawks. You couldnt blame the Buffs for pessimism, but chalking up a defeat midweek simply proved how wayward this season had become for the boys from Boulder.
Patton had announced before the season this would be his last at CU, making Colorado dead ground-bison walking. The Buffs were just 5-11 coming into the game, while the 8th-ranked Jayhawks were 17-3. KU didnt disappoint the sold-out crowd, jumping to an early lead and dismantling the woeful Buffs 97-74. Despite the cushion, both squads played sloppy and uninspired rock for most of the first half. But the natural talent of Kansas finally broke the damn and by the final five minutes, Bill Self had emptied his crew of walk-ons onto James Naismith Court.
As sophomore Mario Chalmers stroked 12 of his team-high 21 points in the games first ten minutes, it was apparent the Jayhawks strength lies in its numbers. While Self has searched in vain for consistency, Chalmers represented the fourth Bird who could carry the team offensively on any given night. Brandon Rush is still the teams leading scorer, but Julian Wright brought the noise in the win over Florida and frosh Sherron Collins electroshocked Mizzou two weeks ago.
With Jayhawks fans wondering when Wright would escape his mid-season doldrums, he delivered an emphatic answer. Of course, the answer was -Not yet.- On a breakaway slam attempt in the first half, Wright left his feet, wound for the windmill jam and lost the ball altogether. He crumpled to the floor with an undisclosed injury, more than likely a bruised ego. With NBA personnel in attendance, including Pistons GM Joe Dumars, one could only wonder how the scouting report would read.
PROS: Length. Quickness. Agility for a big man.
CONS: Tendency to injure himself on breakaways.
The number of NBA scouts forced much of the media, including 610 Sports, to the upper level press section. Alas, it was actually a bonding experience to sit next to the fans who refuse to donate to their alma mater as well. With AD Lew Perkins oft-maligned points system, one could only imagine some of the conversations wafting down from the seats around us.
-See Jim and Nancy in section 112? They had to buy season tickets to Field Hockey and purchase new towels for the volleyball team to get those seats! Ha! They still have no back on them!-
By the second half the only drama left was how the student section would respond to KUs lone male member of the dance team. The answer was very well, actually. Despite being armed without pom-poms or a tube top he was as spirited as the rest of the group and led the troupe Teddy Roosevelt-up-San Juan Hill-style through the bleachers. He really is a pioneer, the first male dance team member in school history. As Buck ONeil once gracefully noted, we have made so much progress, but theres still plenty of work left. Even amongst the integration of dance teams.
It was one of those rare afternoons where Kansas looked merely mortal and still nearly reached the 100-point plateau. It was an easy victory for the Hawks, though Self chastised his team afterward for playing soft in the post. Yet, if anyone found themselves bored by the proceedings, they had no one to blame but themselves. It was all right there in the media notes.
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The 16,300 crimson-and-blue clad fans that fought traffic through the two-lane streets of Lawrence Saturday afternoon should have simply stayed in bed according to the Colorado media department. The Buffaloes media notes read SURE THINGS IN LIFE: Death, taxes and a loss in Saturdays game at Kansas. CU coach Ricardo Patton had never won at Allen Fieldhouse and the Buffs had lost 34 of the last 35 games to the Hawks. You couldnt blame the Buffs for pessimism, but chalking up a defeat midweek simply proved how wayward this season had become for the boys from Boulder.
