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ARLINGON, exas Teres

no question that Michigan has

dedicated a lot o time to guring

out how to get around senior cen-ter Je Withey.

Heck, any team that didnt cer-

tainly wouldnt be playing in the

Sweet Sixteen. But with the Wol-verines players, you get the eel-

ing there isnt much else to worry

about inside.

Teres a simple message withinthe UM locker room: Watch out

or Withey.

My job is

to hit the layupwhen I can,

s o p h o m o r e

Michigan guard

rey Burke said.Its all o reads

rom Je With-

ey, real ly.

Yes, the Jay-

hawks big manhas played as close to his college

potential as possible. Yes, Witheyhas nally evolved into an elite

scorer without having to sacrice

one bit o his deensive prowess.

Yes, Withey is a man who shouldbe eared in the post.

But while the Wolverines talk-

ed about the Jayhawks center,

their coach kept reminding themo that other guy.

People orget how good this

our-man is or them, Michigan

coach John Beilein said o Kansasorwards Kevin Young and Perry

Ellis. Tey do a lot o the dirty

work that is unnoticed by the

common an.One wouldnt have to look too

ar back to see what happens whenYoung is le wandering. Last

weekend against North Carolina

he scored 10 points and grabbed

nine rebounds.

Te ar Heels went aer With-ey which didnt work out too

well considering his 16 points

and 16 rebounds and watched

as Young provided the dirty workthat Beilein alluded to.

Nobody boxes me out, Young

said. I get the easy put-backs.

Despite Beileins attempts tomake sure the Wolverines dont

get mesmerized by Withey, their

style o play makes Michigan sus-

ceptible to the same mistake.Te way you play Michigan is

probably similar

to the way youd

want to guardCarolina, Kan-

sas coach Bill

Sel said.

Tat tends tobode well or a

Jayhawk team

acclimated to

c h a l l e n g i n g

a lineup thatstarts our guards.

Aer all, its not like Withey

doesnt assert himsel in the paintregardless o what the opponent

does. Actually, his presence down

low allows Kansas to place its

pressure elsewhere.A lot o people ear being

back-doored, Kansas guard Eli-

jah Johnson said. But when you

back-door youre going with ahead o steam. And youre going

with a head o steam into a brick

wall.And dont think Withey

doesnt enjoy being the l ast line o

deense. Hell oen encourage the

Jayhawks to leave the paint alone.Its something I take pride in,

Withey said. A lot o times Ill tellthem to pressure out and not let

them take the three and i they hit

a layup its on me.Tis is the core o the Jayhawks

deense. It goes back to the philos-

ophy that Sel has preached since

beore his days in Lawrence: Giveup one or ewer shots per posses-

sion and no easy buckets.Te Jayhawks will pressure the

shooters and allow Withey to takecare o the rest.

Perhaps thats what makes

Kevin Young such an important

gure. Not many teams have asaety net beneath their saety net.

I Withey cant make a play, Young

is there to step in.

A lot o times people suckin and double team me, Withey

said. And Kev always does the

miracle play and gets a dunk or

something like that. He makes alot o the hustle plays and I dont

think he gets enough credit or

who he is.

Miracle might be a stretch;

repetition would be more like it.Being together or two years has

allowed the duo to pick up oneach others tendencies. Youngsaid he just plays o Withey and

makes sure to go to the opposite

areas o the court.

My ro just points me the rightway, Young joked.

I his hair does hold any su-

perpower, it would explain why

it seems so easy or Young to dis-appear in the chaos. Withey goes

one way and his smaller partner

sneaks into the background.

Beilein will be keeping an eyeon Young, and i his message has

gotten through, the Wolverines

will too.

Im not a big name, Youngsaid. Im another puzzle piece to

this team.

Edited by Madison Schultz

ARLINGON, exas O

ESPN.coms 13 eatured college

basketball writers, only three othem picked Kansas to represent

the South region in the Final Four.

Five writers selected teams rom

the South region that didnt sur-vive the NCAA ournaments rst

weekend.

As o Tursday evening, the

nation was split 50-50 on NCAA.coms poll about whether Michigan

or Kansas would survive its 6:37

p.m. tilt Friday night. All our o

CBSsports.coms eatured collegebasketball writers like the Wolver-

ines to dispose o the Jayhawks.

Tats ne with Kansas.

Tose guys arent playing, se-nior orward Kevin Young said

about the experts. Michigansplaying.

Senior guard Elijah Johnson said

he wouldnt hold a grudge against

anyone or pick-ing against Kan-

sas because he

doesnt eel hes

justied in gettingmad at someone

or their opinion.

While senior

guard ravis Rel-eord said the

Jayhawks dont

take it personally,

they still noticewhen people pick against them.

We enjoy seeing people on

ESPN and whoever do the brack-

ets say, Oh we got Kansas goingdown, and then we pull out a win,

Releord said. We see whos saying

it, whos not picking us.

However, its not a slight to Kan-

sas that many media members and

ans seem to think top-seeded Kan-sas could alter

Friday in the

Sweet Sixteen.

Rather, its acomp limen t

to the Wolver-

ines. On Jan.

28, Michiganascended to

No. 1 in the

A s s o c i a t e d

Press poll be-ore altering

in its nal 11 regular season games

to a 6-5 record. Four o those losses

came to teams in the NCAA our-nament.

Multiple Jayhawks said Michi-

gans ability to score transition

buckets stood out to them, and

Michigans 75.2 points per game

are only .2 points behind Kansas75.4 points per game. Similarly,

the Jayhawks tend to play their best

when their deensive pressure leads

to easy ast break dunks.One thing about them is they

are really a transition team rom

what I watched in the game, soph-

omore guard Naadir Tarpe said.Tey like to shoot the three in

transition and they like to shoot it

rom the corner.

Michigans oensive catalyst issophomore guard rey Burke, the

2013 Big en player o the year.

He averages 18.8 points per game

and also distributes 6.7 assists pergame. Even when South Dakota

State held Burke in single-digits

scoring or the rst time this sea-

son in the round o 64, he notchedseven assists, one o the 23 times

this season hes earned at least six

assists.

Despite Burke being a nationalplayer o the year candidate, Mich-igan isnt a one-man band. Fresh-

man orward Glenn Robinson IIIand im Hardaway Jr., both sons o

ormer NBA All-Stars, have com-bined to convert 11 o 17 3-point-

ers in the NCAA ournament.

Freshman orward Mitch McGary

is averaging 17 points in the BigDance, and reshman guard Nik

Stauskas shoots 43 percent rom

3-point range on the season.

But everything starts with Burkeor Michigan, who Johnson said

looks like hes playing in slow mo-

tion because he looks so comort-

able on the foor. Tarpe said Burkeis the one Kansas wants to stop.

We dont let him get into the

paint and let him get going, then

other teammates wont be able to

eed o it, Tarpe said.On the fip side, Johnson has

struggled at point guard during the

tournament, scoring an identical

ve points on 1-6 shooting in eacho the two games. He also hasnt

acilitated the oense much, com-

bining or six total assists.Perhaps his absence as the o-enses captain is one o the reasons

reshman guard Ben McLemore

has played even worse than John-

son oensively. McLemore hasscored nine o his 13 points dur-

ing the NCAA ournament rom

ree throws and has shot only 2-14

rom the eld, including 0-8 rom3-point range.

I personally still eel like I

havent played and Ben hasnt

played, Johnson said. Tats twostarters right there. Weve been

winning games and weve been

doing what weve been doing with

only 60 percent o our starting veout there perorming.

McLemore said he talked to one

o Kansas coaches who told him

hes been shooting the ball at a fat-ter angle and with his hands not

being spread out. But coach Bill

Sel said even more than ocusing

on mechanics, McLemore needsto ocus on himsel and his con-

dence.

I think theres one voice, pri-

marily, and its his own, Sel said.And he needs to understand that

hes good. Hes really good. When

hes really good, hes as good as

there is. And thats what I think hesgot to believe going into tomor-

row.

Edited by Tara Bryant

ARLINGON, exas Likeit or not, were in a newera o NCAA ournament

basketball.his is the age o bigger sta-

diums, more ans and moremoney. his is the age o play-ing a Regional Final at CowboysStadium in Arlington, exas,where the amous video board hasanother, smaller, video board

hanging below it.his is the age o basketballgames in ootball stadiums. Wheretheres more air rom the back-board to the stands than there isin all o Allen Fieldhouse. Wherethe ans have to squint to see therims.

And as this new age beginsto aect play on the court, itbecomes a problem.

N Analyst, ive-time NBAChampion and well-known3-point shooter Steve Kerr is nostranger to shooting in domes. Heplayed or Arizona rom 1983-1988, which included an EliteEight matchup against NorthCarolina in the Kingdome inSeattle.

hat was back when a curtaincut the stadium in hal, and standswere brought in to give the game a

more intimate eel. he Kingdomehas a capacity o 66,000 or oot-ball, but 40,000 or basketball.

Even then, it would bother Kerr.Still, he never played in a stadiumthat seats 80,000 people with araised court in the center o thestadium.

he shooting backdrop is di-erent, Kerr said. Everything isdierent. People on the loor aredown below, you chase a loose ballout o bounds; you have to jumpo a ledge. Its uncomortable.

Kerrs not alone, either. henumbers back him up.

yshawn aylor alone backshim up.

aylor became a talking pointlast season or those who believethat its harder to shoot in domes.aylor missed his irst 18 NCAAournament 3-point shots indomed arenas rom 2009-2012. Hemade one, his only make, againstKentucky in the Championshipgame last year.

However, aylor was just thecenterpiece o a phenomena thatoccurred across college basketballlast season. According to USAoday, in the irst eight domedgames in last years tournament,teams made just under 30 percento their 3-point shots. hats downrom 35 percent in the regular sea-son and 41percent in non-dometournament games.

Michigans reshman guard NikStauskas, a 43 percent 3-pointshooter, said he elt comortable inthe gym by the end o his shoot-around, but he didnt start thatway.

It took a couple o minutes to

get the touch going just becauseo the depth perception, Stauskassaid. But once youre going, itsall right.

he contrasting styles oMichigan and Kansas will clashin Cowboys Stadium tonight.Michigan is a run-and-gun teamthat likes to shoot the ball romoutside the lane. Kansas is bestwhen it plays a little smash mouthand wins inside.

I last years numbers are anyindicator and its tough to shootin Dallas, the advantage goes toKansas.

Even urther, the Jayhawksplayed two games at the EdwardJones dome in St. Louis last seasonand another two in the Superdomein New Orleans.

It probably does avor [Kansas]just because theyve experienced it

beore, Kerr said.As the Jayhawks wrapped up

their open practice hursday their irst time shooting atCowboys stadium BenMcLemore and Naadir harpeboth wanted one last shot.McLemore made a three rom thestadiums ar corner.

harpe had a bit more ambi-tion. He launched a shot rom halcourt and not only did it go in, itonly touched nylon.

A nothing-but-net hal courtshot in Cowboys Stadium.Imagine that.

Edited by Brian Sisk

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There is more than a trip to At-

lanta on the line. Its all about the

Benjamins.

When Beilein and the Michi-

gan Wolverines take the court

Friday, there is more the opportu-

nity to survive and advance to the

Elite Eight; there will be a $25,000

price tag on Self and the Kansas

Jayhawks.

Michigan coach, John Beilein,

is one of the highest paid coaches

in college basketball, according

to a survey conducted by USA

Today. He rakes in more than

$2.2 million a season, $200,000

of which is entirely bonus, mak-

ing Beilein the 13th highest paid

coach in college basketball. So far

in the 2013 NCAAA tournament,

Beilein has pocketed $75,000,

one-third of which was awarded

for simply securing a tournament

bid. Beilein received $25,000 for

each win of his first two wins. He

still has the opportunity to earn

up to $100,000 if the Wolverines

win the big dance.

But whats on the line for Bill

and the boys?

Nothing. Self doesnt receive a

bonus for earning a tournament

bid or for advancing through the

first five rounds. But if Self does

lead the Jayhawks to Atlanta,

a $150,000 check will be there

waiting for him there. This gives

each win up until the Final Four a

$37,500 price tag.

What will the beloved Jayhawk

coach take home for reaching the

title game? A big fat nothing.

However, if when the Jay-

hawks bring back another Nation-

al Championship, Self will receive

an additional $200,000. Thats

$350,000 total Beak Em Bucks

for winning all the marbles. This

would leave each win with a price

tag of more than $58,300.

Thats more than 3,880 JeffWithey jerseys.

In addition his NCAA tourna-

ment bonuses, Self has other in-

centives for this years success. He

has already received an additional

$75,000 to supplement his regular

season salary of more than $3.6

million, according to USA Today.

For sharing the regular season

Big 12 title with Kansas State, he

raked in $50,000, twice as much

as he received for taking home

another Big 12 tournament title.

Self s salary and post-season

incentives make him the fifth

highest paid mens college bas-

ketball coach, which makes sense

seeing as Self heads college bas-

ketballs second most valuable

team, according to Forbes.Its hard to argue Bill Self d oesnt

deserve it. He works hard for his

incentives. And despite his high

salary, he remained off Forbess

list of most overpaid coaches. A

list that University of Missouris

coach Frank Haith is first on.

As for the University of Flor-

idas Billy Donovan and Florida

Gulf Coast Universitys Andy

Enfield, they each have a pretty

penny on the line.

The 15 seeds coach has re-

ceived $15,000 in the tournament:

$5,000 for clinching a NCAA

tournament bid and double that

for making it to the Sweet Six-

teen. If Enfield can lead his team

to the Final Four, he will pocket

an additional $15,000. Winningthe entire tournament comes

with a $20,000 bonus. This leaves

Enfield with the opportunity to

pocket a total of $50,000. A lot

is on the line for this Cinderella

team.

But there is even more at stake

for Floridas Donovan, who is

makes more than $3.6 million a

year coaching the Gators, accord-

ing to USA Today. After the first

two rounds of the tournament,

Donovan has earned $37,500 for

the NCAA tournament bid and

another $37,500 for making it to

the Sweet Sixteen.

Donovan, like Self, will not

get a paycheck for a win today.

He will receive $25,000 if the Ga-

tors make it to Atlanta, and if the

Gators chomp their way to the

championship, Donovan will take

home another $150,000. Floridas

coach would earn a quarter of a

million dollars worth of bonuses

if he leaves Atlanta with a cham-

pionship trophy.

For the twelve remaining

coaches, there is more than ban-

ners and bragging rights on the

line during Marchs madness. The

hard work pays off.

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LOS ANGELES Wichita State

went rom sweet to elite, beating La

Salle 72-58 on Tursday night toreach the nal eight o the NCAA

tournament or the rst time in 32

years.

Malcolm Armstead scored 18points, Carl Hall added 16 points

and reshman Ron Baker 13 or theninth-seeded Shockers, who proved

their upset o No. 1 seed Gonzagain the third round was no fuke.

Tey never trailed in this matchup

o small schools whose past NCAA

tourney success was long buried inthe history books.

Te Shockers advanced to Sat-

urdays West Regional nal against

No. 2 seed Ohio State, a 73-70winner over Arizona in the rst

seminal at Staples Center. Teir

yellow-clad ans, several waving

handmade signs, made up nearlyall o the smaller crowd that stuck

around to see the end.

Wichita State (29-8) tied the

schools 2010-11 team or most vic-tories. Tat group won the NI ti-

tle. Tese Shockers have designs on

next matching what the 1965 teamdid reaching the Final Four.

La Salle (24-10) briefy ought

back in the second hal getting

within 11 points but the Shock-

ers made sure the history o No. 13

seeds never making the nal eightremained intact.

Te Shockers beat Kansas by two

points to get to the nal eight in

1981. Tey didnt need to take downa giant this time, just a 6,500-stu-

dent school rom Philadelphia that

scrapped its way 2,754 miles rom

an at-large berth in Dayton, Ohio,to Los Angeles.

Jerrell Wright and yrone Gar-

land led the Explorers with 16

points each. Ramon Gall oway, whoaverages a team-leading 17.4 points,

was held to 11 or a program that

won the 1954 NCAA champion-

ship and reached the 1955 nationaltitle game.

Wichita State dominated inside,

owning a 47-29 rebounding edge

and outscoring La Salle 40-26 inthe paint, helped by Hall, who had

14 points in the rst hal.

Te Shockers limited La Salle to

36 percent shooting the same asGonzaga shot in its second-round

loss.

Hall sat down with his third oul

while La Salle was busy whittling itsdecit to 11 points by attacking the

rim. But the Explorers never got

within single digits, and Armstead

scored nine straight points to push

Wichita States lead to 62-47. An-other 6-0 spurt, capped by Clean-

thony Earlys dunk, made it 68-48.

Te Shockers hit two straight

3-pointers to open the second haland push their lead to 22 points.

La Salle turned aggressive, an-

swering with a 10-0 run to close to

44-32, with Wright scoring the rst

seven points and Galloway makinga 3-pointer.

Te Explorers got shocked to

start the game, with Wichita Stateoutscoring them 14-2. Te Shock-

ers ended the hal on a 9-1 run, in-

cluding ve by Baker, to lead 38-22

at the break. La Salle was held to27 percent shooting, while Wichita

State shot 53 percent and dominat-

ed the paint, 24-10.

Halls teammates repeatedlyound him down on the block

and he muscled in layups over the

smaller Explorers.

Galloway missed his rst sixshots. His nally made a 3-pointer

that drew the Explorers within

eight, but Wichita State quickly re-

stored its lead to double digits.

Although 6-oot-11 center SteveZack was cleared to play, he didnt

and the Explorers missed his added

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In Sel s rst year as Kansas coach the No. 4-seedJayhawks raced out

to a 56-41 halime l ead over No. 9-seed University o Alabama-Birming-ham beore toppling the Blazers 100-74.

Wayne Simien had one o his most memorable perormances, rattlingof 30 points while recording nine rebounds and ve assists.

Kansas went on to lose its Elite Eight meeting with No. 3-seed Georgia

ech 79-71 in overtime.

No. 4-seed Southern Illinois tried to grind out a win against No. 1-seed

Kansas by working the shot clock but had no answer or Brandon Rush.Rush shot a perect 6-or-6 rom the eld, notching 12 points while

the Kansas bench contributed 22 points to a 61-58 victory.Yet No. 2-seed UCLA would stymie the hopes o the Jayhawks in the

Elite Eight with a 68-55 victory over Kansas.

No. 12-seed Villanova was no match or the No. 1-seed Kansas team

destined or greatness. Te Jayhawks steamrolled the Wildcats 72-57 en

route to the National Championship.Mario Chalmers, Russell Robinson and Brandon Rush each had at

least 14 points in the victory.

Aer Memphis ree throw woes helped win the Jayhawks a h title

in 2008, No. 2-seed Michigan State ended No.3-seed Kansas reign by

learning rom the igers mistakes.MSUs Kalin Lucas went 5-or-5 at the line in the games last 49 sec-

onds to seal a 67-62 victory or the Spartans.

Kansas bounced back rom a stunning loss to Northern Iowa in 2010

to deeat No. 12-seed Richmond and advance to the Elite Eight.Brady Morningstars 18 points and Tomas Robinsons 14 rebounds

helped the No. 1-seed Jayhawks deeat the Spiders 77-57. Tey would

eventually all to Virginia Commonwealth in a 71-61 heartbreaker two

days later.

No.2-seed Kansas made just two shots rom outside close range butwas able to put away No. 11-seed N.C. State 60-57 thanks to monstrous

outings rom Jef Withey and Tomas Robinson.

Te duo combined or 26 points and 10 blocks to eliminate the Wol-pack as the Jayhawks charged toward another National Championshipappearance.


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StARtERS

NIK STAUSKAS, GUARDAlthough others in the backcourt such as Tim

Hardaway Jr. and Trey Burke overshadow him,

Stauskas contributes plenty to the Wolverines on

both ends o the oor. He shoots 45 percent rom

the feld and averages 11.3 points per game. Hes

the Wolverines top 3-point shooter at 43 percent

and shoots 88 percent rom the ree throw line.But his most impressive stat is that hes commit-

ted only 22 ouls all season despite averaging 31

minutes per game. The reshman has committed

only one oul in the past seven games.

TIM HARDAWAY JR., GUARDThe son o ormer NBA star Tim Hardaway, the

junior is averaging 16 points per game during

the Big Ten and NCAA Tournaments. At 6-eet-6,

Hardaways rebounding skills are comparable to

Ben McLemores, especially on the deensive end.

Hardaway leads the Wolverines with 150 deen-

sive rebounds, almost 30 more than second-

place Glenn Robinson III. In a late-game situa-

tion, Hardaway is the best guard or Kansas to

oul because he shoots only 70 percent rom the

ree throw line.

TREY BURKE, GUARDThe sophomore guard joined Hardaway on the

All-Big Ten First Team, but Burke went a step ur-

ther and earned the conerences Player o the Year

award. Burke averages 18.8 points per game, has

snagged 55 steals and has notched 236 assists

to only 76 turnovers. His 3.11 assist-to-turnover

ratio is ourth in the nation. The last time he fn-

ished a game with more turnovers than assists

was Nov. 23 against Kansas State.

MITCH MCGARY, FORWARD

The 6-oot-10 reshman has only our starts

this season, but hes started both o Michigans

NCAA Tournament games. He bullied his way to

21 points and 14 rebounds on 10-o-11 shoot-

ing Sunday against Virginia Commonwealth and

rolled to 13 points and nine rebounds in the round

o 64 against South Dakota State. He shoots 60

percent rom the feld and guides Michigan with

a team-best 5.9 rebounds per game. However,

hes a monstrous liability rom the ree throw line,

where hes gone only 19-o-41 or 46 percent.

GLENN ROBINSON III, FORWARD

Ater disappearing oensively in the Big Ten

Tournament, the Wolverines other son o a ormer

NBA player has scored 35 points in two NCAA Tour-

nament games, including 21 points against South

Dakota State. Like Stauskas, Robinson ouls very

little, garnering only 42 whistles against him this

season despite averaging a healthy 33.2 minutes

per game. While he doesnt shoot the 3-pointer

oten, hes 22-64 on the year or a respectable 34

percent as a orward.

KANSAS(31-5, 14-4 bIG 12)

StARtERS

ELIJAH JOHNSON, POINT GUARD

Its not like Johnson has shined in postseason

play, but he has demonstrated efciency. Aside

rom one missed basket against Iowa State, John-

son has been perect at the ree throw line since

the start o the Big 12 tournament and is averag-

ing our assists per game. Yet, hell probably need

to do more deensively to get past Michigan. The

Jayhawks senior guard will likely have the duty

o slowing down player o the year candidate Trey

Burke in what will be a key matchup in this Sweet

Sixteen game.

TRAvIS RELEFORD, GUARD

One could argue that no player has been more

important to the Jayhawks success in the frst two

rounds than Releord. He completed more than 66

percent o his shots against Western Kentucky and

North Carolina and has been Kansas best deender

on the oor. Playing in his hometown o Kansas City

at the Sprint Center was an advantage. But the Jay-

hawks need his senior leadership and clutch scor-

ing. Releords deensive game could be his biggest

asset against the Wolverines.

BEN MCLEMORE, GUARDWere still waiting to see what McLemore can do

in the NCAA Tournament. His 11 points were hardly

noticeable against Western Kentucky and he was

benched ater going 0-or-9 rom the feld against

the Tar Heels. He could have hit a reshman wall,

but hes going to need to fnd a way past it by tipo

i Kansas is going to advance. McLemore opens

up the oor or not only the Jayhawk back court,

but also the post players in Kevin Young and Je

Withey.

KEvIN YOUNG, FORWARD

Perhaps no player is better at being in the right

place at the right time than Kevin Young. He crash-es the boards on oense and deense, and puts

an emphatic twist on simple plays. His energy is

invaluable and, with longer timeouts in the NCAA

Tournament, he should be able to carry the team.

Young is a glue guy or this Kansas lineup. He will

have to be ready to provide a spark at any given

moment in the tense environment o Cowboys Sta-

dium.

JEFF WITHEY, CENTERMake no mistake about it, this Kansas team

goes nowhere without the recent play o Je Withey.

Forget the act that hes seven blocks away rom

breaking Tim Duncans tournament record; Witheys

oensive game has evolved to the point where he

is no longer only a deensive player. Hes scored at

least 14 points in each o his last our games withno signs o slowing down. The centers matchup

with Mitch McGary will certainly be entertaining.

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South Dakota

State was the

only school to

hold Burke to less

than 10 points

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but it didnt re-

ally matter as the

Wolverines eas-

ily advanced to

the round o 32. Burke has 13 20-point

games on the year and 23 games with at

least six assists, including three games

o at least 11 assists. For as much as he

distributes the ball, Burke averages only

2.2 turnovers per game.

Michigan personifes the widely held

belie that college basketball contains

many good teams, but no great ones. The

Wolverines ascended to No. 1 in the Asso-

ciated Press poll on Jan. 28, but ended up

as a No. 4 seed in the tournament ater

playing against seven NCAA Tournament

teams in the last 11 games o the sea-

son, going 6-5 in that span. But Michigan

seems to be hot again. The Wolverines

handled South Dakota State in their frst

game in the NCAA Tournament and then

embarrassed Virginia Commonwealth

78-53 to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

How well did the Big Ten

prepare Michigan for the Big

Dance?

Michigan is talented enough that it

may very well have ended up with a No.

1 seed i it didnt play in the Big 10, a

conerence eaturing fve teams with

a No. 5 seed or better. The Wolverines

fnished 4-5 against ranked opponents,

although it went 2-1 against teams that

fnished in the Top 25 but werent ranked

when they played Michigan. Kansas has

our seniors in its starting lineup, but

Michigan could be able to counter that

with its arsenal o big-game experience

in the Big Ten.

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QUEStIoN MARK

For three halves at the beginning o

the NCAA Tournament, the Jayhawks

looked as i they were playing not to lose.

In the ourth, it fnally seemed like they

wanted to win. Its air to question how

much pressure the status o being a No.

1 seed has added to a team playing in its

own backyard. But now Kansas will play

in a bigger stadium with bigger lights,

and its also air to question which Kan-

sas team will show up. Is it the team

with potential frst pick Ben McLemore

fring on all cylinders, or the squad that

struggled in Kansas City?

Ben McLemore, guardMcLemore

is the player to

watch, consider-

ing hes been hard

to fnd as o late.

He averaged an

impressive 17.4

points per game

in Big 12 play

this season, but

just 13 points

per game on the road. In postseason that

average drops to 10.4 points per game.

Its clear that McLemore has the talent

to shine, he just needs to put more work

into his perormance tonight.

How Does Kansas Avoid The

Slow Start?

Two games into the tournament, Kan-

sas has yet to fgure this out. Is it too much

pressure? Are the Jayhawks having trouble

getting loose? Or does Bill Sel not give out

the game plan until haltime? Whatever the

reason, Kansas cant aord a slow start

against Michigan. The Wolverines raced

out to a 38-23 lead in the frst 20 min-

utes against Virginia Commonwealth and

never looked back. The Jayhawks have to

take their show on the road with the added

pressure o a Sweet Sixteen and playing in

the cavernous Cowboys Stadium.

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a ew months ago, the Jayhawks ran

through the likes o Colorado, Temple

and Ohio State. The dunks were plenti-

ul, the team was in rhythm and Kansas

could do no wrong. What happened to

those guys? I the Jayhawks can come

out and play like theres no pressure, itll

be hard to ault them even i the result

is unavorable.

Je Withey needs seven blocks

to break Tim Duncans NCAA

Tournament All-Time record.

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Kansas continues to struggle oen-

sively in the frst hal. Slow starts can

sufce against Western Kentucky and

North Carolina when its a down year or

the Tar Heels, but Trey Burke and Michi-

gan will pounce on Kansas i the Jay-

hawks score 21 points and shoot 25 per-

cent in the frst hal like they did against

the Tar Heels. The Wolverines are too

talented oensively and match up too

well with Kansas to allow the Jayhawks

to compensate or another sluggish o-

ensive perormance.

For the frst time in 19 years,Michigan has advanced

to the Sweet Sixteen. The

1993-1994 team was the

last batch o Wolverines to

advance that ar.

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Michigan tonight at 6:37 p.m.

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I you type, Division I Basketball

Schools into Google, there are a

ew suggestions or your search,

per the norm.Te ourth suggestion is an in-

nocent note that sends a big message

about whats happened in collegebasketball this season.

Division I Basketball Schools in

exas

Te number: 21.

Tere are 21 Division I schools inexas, and none zero, zilch, nada

made the eld o 68 in the NCAA

ournament. Not only that, but

the South Regional, the host o theSweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, is in

exas. And not only is it in exas, its

in the epitome o what exas seems

to stand or. Tis is Jerrys World,otherwise known as Cowboys Stadi-

um in Dallas, where the video board

stretches longer than the court and a

bronze statue o om Landry greetsyou at the ront.

Tis isnt just any host or the

regional nal. Tis is the biggest andbest stadium in sports. Why doesntexas basketball keep up?

Te answer isnt easy, but the

ew that have seen the changing

landscape o high school and collegesports seem to have an idea. ake

om Inman, coach at Grand Prarie

High School in Dallas, or example.

Mr. Inman won the 2006 5A StateChampionship at Plano Sr. High

School, and he has seen the talent

born and raised in the ootball land

that is exas.Its as good as anywhere, Inman

said. I not the best.

Yes, exas is home to some o the

best basketball in the United States.Yet, there isnt a single exas team

in the NCAA ournament. It just

doesnt make sense. Its really not

acceptable.Tere are the big money pro-

grams like exas, exas A&M and

Baylor who have no excuse. Tey

have the opportunity to recruit tal-ent like no other.

Names like Grant Hill, Chris

Bosh, Deron Williams, Mookie

Blaylock and DeAndre Jordan arejust a ew that can be plucked rom

the seemingly endless list o proes-

sional talent rom the Lone Star

State.So, the players are there, but

they dont seem to stay in exas.

Inman has seen cases where Duke,

Kansas or Kentucky can come into arecruits house and ofer national ap-

peal thats too much to turn down.Teyre gone, Inman said.

Inman used Julius Randle as an

example o exas recent collegiate

basketball struggles. Randle goes tohigh school in Dallas and is the No.

3 prospect in the country according

to ESPN.com. He recently picked

Kentucky over Kansas and exasamong other schools.

Its hard when a Julius Randle

goes national, Inman said. Tey

get picked out.Tey may get plucked away onto

bigger and better programs, but still,that doesnt give exas any excuse to

be shut out o the tournament.Everything is bigger in this state,

right? Its supposed to be better too.

For a regional game thats in Dallas

in Cowboys Stadiumand or there to be no

exas teams just doesnt

eel right.

And or there to beno exas teams in the

entire tournament... this

just doesnt eel right

at all.

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By Mike [email protected]

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Who do those smug bas-tards from Florida Gulf

Coast think they are?

Just look at them. Theyre smil-

ing, laughing, having a good timeand making a mockery of the

NCAA Tournament.

And what right do they have?

The No. 15-seed Eagles lost 10games this season. Hell, they lost

to the Lipscomb Bison twice.

They wouldnt even be in the

tournament if it werent for amonster run through the Atlantic

Sun Tournament in which they

tore apart every foe they faced.

After that, people allow themto have fun in the insanely intense

win or go home NCAAs.

Today at Cowboys Stadium, a

few of the Eagles were even run-ning around with a video camera

trying to capture the moment.

Im a big believer that college

basketball should be an enjoyable

experience, FGCU coach Andy

Enfield said. Thats what college

sports to me is all about.Enjoyment? Oy vey, maybe

theres a reason this guy is stuck

in Fort Myers, Fla. He wont get

anywhere if he doesnt believe inwinning.

How could the NCAA allow

this travesty to occur? Players

should never be allowed to show-boat like this.

All these dunks are destroy-

ing the game. The ball goes up

in the air and you have no idea if

its a shot or pass. Are they tryingto make this simple game look

incredibly tough? Or are they just

good at making it look cool whenthey mess up?

Youve got to turn them loose

in games, ESPN analyst Fran

Fraschilla told USA TODAY. Ithink thats been the lesson of the

Eagles success; Andys willing to

cede some control of the decision-

making, particularly on offense,because he trusts his team.

So now youve got a team that

has only been NCAA Tournamenteligible for just its second year

running around with a coach who

refuses to reel them in.

Maybe they need to spendmore time watching the No.

1-seed Kansas Jayhawks.In their first two games in

Kansas City, the Jayhawks playedlike statues.

There were hardly any smiles,

laughing was non-existent and itwould be shocking if Tyler Self

was spotted running around witha video camera OK, maybe that

last one isnt so much of a stretch.

But look at how Kansas beat

Western Kentucky: They cameout feeling the pressure and fed

off it. The Jayhawks trailed at half

and played a tightly fought game

from start to finish against a No.16-seed.

And clearly this is a for-mula that works as the Jayhawksemployed it again two days later

against North Carolina.

Being a one-seed, Kansas

coach Bill S elf said, And play-ing in your backyard, sometimes

you play not to lose rather than

embrace the moment.

Isnt that the point of a tourna-ment? Not losing?

There will be detractors who

say that FGCU got to the SweetSixteen their way, but youve got totrust an uptight Jayhawks team to

advance.

Once you embrace that

moment anything can happen.And its terrifying to think of what

could happen if Kansas did.


ARLINGON, exas Its only

natural that a team becomes a na-

tional darling when its the rst No.15 seed in a 75-year-old tourna-ment to reach the Sweet Sixteen.

Floridas junior center Patric

Young understands why Florida

Gul Coast, the upstart programthe Gators will ace at 10:07 Friday

night, is receiving perhaps the most

attention o any remaining team in

the NCAA ournament.But hes ready or the airy tale

to end.

It kind o motivates us because

were getting tired o seeing theseguys get all the credit, Young said.

Its like [the media] are deciding

that they won the game beore the

games even been played. Tats notair to us.

Its hard to athom that a No. 3

seed could eel overshadowed, es-

pecially one like Florida, whichwon back-to-back national titlesin 2006 and 2007. But even though

the Gators are coming of con-

secutive Elite Eight appearances,

Young seemed to possess an un-derdog mentality as his team pre-

pared Tursday to end Cinderellas

FGCUs run.

We just want to go out thereand prove that were not just going

to be some pushover team that they

can just come in and then walkover us and do the same things that

theyve been doing, Young said.

We havent really gotten credit or

anything weve accomplished overthese past ew years so Im used to

it.

But Florida Gul Coast hasnt

lost its underdog persona, either.Te No. 15 seed is in its 11th year

o basketball and has a 194-147 all-

time record. Florida, on the other

hand, has 1,293 victories.Should the Eagles advance, they

would ace either Kansas and its

2,101 all-time victories or Michigan

and its 1,245 victories. Althoughany team that reaches the tourna-

ments second weekend has proved

itsel capable o handling the pres-

sures o March basketball, Florida

Gul Coast sophomore guard BrettComer said he thinks Florida might

still be overlooking the Eagles.

I eel like, you know, honestlydeep down they might not be tak-ing us as seriously, just like other

teams, because we werent the

high-recruited guys, Comer said.Everybody talks about Florida.

Nobody talks about Florida Gul

Coast.

Dunks could be the Eagles bestchance at creating momentum,

which could be key since Florida

junior guard Scottie Wilbekinsaid he expects the majority o the

crowd to back Florida Gul Coast.

But senior center Erik Murphy said

that when the Gators ace theiropponent, which has come to be

known as Dunk City, they have to

remember a dunk isnt worth any

more than any other sort o eldgoal.

A dunk, layup, two points, the

same thing, Murphy said. Tose

plays energize them, though, so wewant to try to limit them.

I Florida is in rhythm shooting3-pointers, it might not matter how

many dunks Florida Gul Coast

accumulates. Te Gators shoot 38

percent rom long range as a team.

Murphy, despite being a 6-oot-10big man, is the teams best 3-point

shooter at 46 percent and has con-

nected on 72 attempts this season.Tree other Gators have made at

least 50 deep-range shots, and no

one who regularly shoots a 3-point-

er shoots below 33 percent. Floridais also airly ormidable on the o-

ensive glass. Since one o the best

times to get a 3-point attempt is ona long ofensive rebound, the Ea-

gles know playing tight perimeter

deense has to complement strong

rebounding down low.

One thing were going to tryto take away is their wide-open

threes, Florida Gul Coast senior

guard Sherwood Brown said. Imsure they got a lot o points of o

missed threes and put-backs.

Florida Gul Coast is the rst

team to win its initial NCAA our-nament game since Florida won its

rst two ever tournament games in

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COMMENTARY

Florida looking to end No. 15-seed FGCUs fairy-tale runovershadowed by the underdog

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Florida Gul Coast sophomoreorward Eric McKnight said the

Eagles intended to win in their rstever NCAA appearance, but the

Sweet Sixteen wasnt somethingthey even considered.

Te Sweet Sixteen wasnt talked

about, McKnight said. But we

knew we did not want to lose therst game because we would have

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I yo orget anyting, orget yor glasses or contacts. Jerrys big screen is te

perect example o everyting is bigger in Texas.ElEcTrONIcs

A disposable camera wont ct it tis weeend. Be sre to carge yor camera so yo can docment every element o te over-

te-top and extravagantly lavis Jerrys World. And dont orget yor pone carger. I yo tin Allen Fieldose drains yor battery,

yo avent seen anyting yet. Everyting rom te perectly polised oors to te gormet concession stands is Instagramworty

and as te potential to get mad lies.

WEAThErOn a more practical note, prepare yorsel or te orecasted wonderl

weater. Altog te roo on te stadim will not be open, te projected tem-

peratre will be in te 70s. Yo can leave yor winter clotes beind. Dst o

yor sandals and dig ot yor sorts.

clOThINgPlease wear te correct sade o ble. Do not, by any means, wear navy. A

cobalt ble wold be most appropriate. Given te excessive nmber o scools

tat will be playing in Arlington tis weeend wose team colors are a sade o

ble, I wold sggest pairing yor cobalt ble sirt wit crimson accessories.

Let it be nown yo are NOT a Micigan or Florida an. Bt be catios: We dont

want anyone looing lie Craig Sager.

Ladies, wear comortable soes. Tere is a lot to do and see in te Dallas-

Fort Wort area, so grab some boots tat are made or waling.

Its te Sweet Sixteen glam it p. Tis goes or yo too, boys.

PErsONAl hygIENE AND TOIlETrIEs

Please wear deodorant, especially i yo sweat wen yo are nervos.

Tings cold get nerve-wracing, and crimson and ble are not te most

pit stain-riendly colors. In addition to te necessities sc as a toot-

brs and tootpaste, yoll need airspray. Texas women are amos or

teir volminos airstyles. Te bigger te air, te better. Dont simp

on te crls.

And last bt defnitely o te tmost importance te ticets. Did I

mention to remember te ticets?

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ARLINGON, exas CowboysStadium will be lled with basketballhistory this weekend when hostingthe our remaining South Regionteams: Kansas, Michigan, Floridaand Florida Gul Coast.

Fans rom all over the countrywill travel to Arlington to cheer theirteams on to victory. Its all about at-mosphere when traveling and alum-ni are a large actor. Tere is power innumbers, especially when traveling.Rarely, i ever, do these our teamstravel to Dallas. Next to students,alumni are the most inuential answhen it comes to making noise andgetting the crowd involved.

Luckily or the Jayhawks, theDallas-Fort Worth area has the larg-est number o Kansas alumni in theentire country.

Tere are 6,000 in the Dallas-FortWorth metroplex, Danny Lewis, di-rector o alumni programs or thealumni association, said. Its alwaysbeen a good area or KU. Lots o stu-dents and alumni come rom thisarea.

o accommodate the large num-ber o alumni in the area, KUAAand the athletic department are co-sponsoring a pregame event at theArlington Convention Center. Lastyears Sweet Sixteen pregame event inSt. Louis welcomed more than 4,000KU ans.

Its one big tailgate party inside,Lewis said. We are expecting aboutthe same kind o turnout this year,somewhere between 3,500 and 5,000people. It should be huge.

Te ree event will start at 2:30p.m. and end one hour beore gametime at 5:30, allowing those attending

the game ample traveling time. Insidethe 5,000-person ballroom will be 12big screen Vs, ood vendors, a cashbar and ocial KU an shop.

Te band and spirit squad willtake the stage around 4:30 p.m. orthe pep rally. Alumni AssociationPresident Kevin Corbett and Ath-letics Director Sheahon Zenger willwelcome the crowd during the peprally, along with Chancellor Berna-dette Gray-Little.

Tere is no doubt KU alum liv-ing throughout exas travel well,

Lewis said. It should be a really greatcrowd.

Te Michigan alumni could welloutnumber the Jayhawk alumni thisweekend. A large showing or the

Wolverines could pose a great threatto Kansas as they travel rom theSprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., toArlington.

Te University o Michigan hasmore than 500,000 alumni aroundthe world and a particularly strongollowing throughout exas. Michi-gans alumni association has multipleclubs across the country, but oneo their strongest bases calls Dallashome.

Te club in the Dallas area is oneo several really active ones, Bradley

Whitehouse, the senior communica-tions coordinator or the Alumni As-sociation o the University o Michi-gan , said via email. As many as 200alumni attend the regular game-

watching parties that the Dallas clubhosts or ootball and basketball.

Tis showed at yesterdays shootaround and media day, where a ma-jority o people in attendance sportedMichigan gear.

Our alumni are known to travelto big games, Whitehouse said. Andwith several thousand living in theDallas area, there should be a lot omaize and blue in the stands on Fri-day.

Florida and Florida Gul Coast anbases will be signicantly lopsided.

Te Gators will have a large advan-tage over the Eagles when it comesto the crowd. Even though many inCowboys Stadium will be cheeringor the underdog, it will still be hard

or Florida Gul Coast to compete.exas is home to more than 10,000

University o Florida alumni, theh-largest state alumni base o themore than 45,000 registered alumni.A majority o exas Gator alumni,nearly 3,500, live in the Dallas-FortWorth area more than any othercity in exas.

And although 62 percent o Flor-idas alumni reside in Florida, thealumni association and Gator Clubare excited to have the opportunityto host a pre-game event at Bufalo

Wild Wings in Arlington.We have so many alumni liv-

ing in the state that never get to seethe Gators come to their state, ScottFrancis, director o Broaden Gator

Engagement, said in an email.Despite not being considered one

o the blue bloods, Florida has astrong ollowing and expects a strongshowing in Jerry World tomorrow.

Te ollowing or the team hasbeen loyal and antastic, Francis said.Especially as an SEC school, whichis more well known or its strength inootball.

Florida Gul Coast is at a huge dis-advantage when it comes to travelingalumni. According to a map romFlorida Gul Coasts alumni associa-

tion, the largest alumni base remainsin Florida with 8,604 alumni. Despiteexas being home to only 48 alumni,Eagle alumni will be hosting a pre-game party at Sherlocks Baker St.

Pub and Grill in Arlington.Jerry World may be a sea o blues

tomorrow, but there is no doubt thealumni will have a huge efect on theatmosphere as a whole. Regardless owho they are rooting or, many alumsexit Cowboy Stadium with a bad caseo the blues.


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Kansas alums abound in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

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Youre gonna like the waY he looks


I there is one thing Bill Sel wears better than a

championship ring, its a tie. Sel dresses or success

and defnitely impresses. Te coach has a great eye

or ashion and his incorporation o school colors

makes that obvious. Sel has a splendid tie collec-

tion, but below are Bills 16 sweetest ties. Its obvious

he shines in his go-to striped ties, but keeps his ans

guessing with the occasional pattern.

While most o his neckwear is a slam-dunk, one

tie that I dont like is the yellow tie, which represents

the entire list o his worst ties. Tis particular yellowtie too closely resembles the hue o that ormer rival

o ours in Missouri, and the igers are ar rom a

ashion statement.

Hopeully Bill leaves the yellow ties at home and

brings his best stripes to Dallas. Its clear he has a

avorite: He has repeatedly worn the same red, white

and blue striped tie. But we will let that slide because

hes Bill. So cross your fngers and hope he leaves

the ar Heel blue and Mizzou yellow hanging in

Lawrence.

P.S. Bill, can we see a bowtie sometime?

Edited by Bian Sisk

AS LoNG AS I Got MY SUIt AND tIEBill Self is a man of many ties


BEST 1 WorST

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