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Mcclatchy-tribune
INDIANAPOLIS Kentucky
Coach John Calipari said Turs-
day he doesnt yet know how many
players will be leaving his program,
but that the worst-case scenario is
that it could be so many youre not
gonna ever try to fll that many.
Calipari received the Adolph
Rupp Cup for Coach of the Year
and John Wall the Adolph Rupp
Trophy for Player of the Year dur-
ing a ceremony held by the Com-
monwealth Athletic Club at the
Marriott Hotel on Tursday.
Aferward, Wall said he planned
to make an ofcial decision soon
about whether to go pro afer hav-
ing just completed a standout fresh-
man season. Calipari appeared to
let the cat out of the bag during the
ceremony when he told the gather-
ing that Wall wanted to be the frst
player to leave afer one year and
still get his degree.
But Wall denied that he has
made a fnal decision or that he has
signed with an agent.
I had a great time at Kentucky,
and I havent made my decision
yet, Wall said. Ill make it in the
next week or two.
Not that Calipari has any pre-
tenses about what the future holds
for his point guard.
I have an opinion of what he
should do, said the coach.
He also has his thoughts on
the plans of freshmen DeMarcus
Cousins, Eric Bledsoe and Daniel
Orton, who could join seniors Ra-
mon Harris, Mark Krebs and Perry
Stevenson, and possibly graduating
junior Patrick Patterson, as depar-
tures from a Kentucky team that
went 35-3, with a loss to West Vir-
ginia in the East Regional fnals last
weekend.
During the season its about our
team, Calipari said. When the
season ends, the moment it ends,
its no longer about the team; its
about individual players. Its about
them and their families. Now,
youve worked hard for the team,
youve worked hard for the state
and for the program. Now its your
turn to make a decision for you and
your family.
Calipari did say that he expect-
ed both Orton and Bledsoe to test
the NBA Draf waters, but that he
wants to make sure that both are
protected, in case they end up
wanting to come back.
But with the possibility of a high
number of departures, the coach
also needs to protect himself and
his program, with regard to next
season.
I think were recruiting a good
group of young people, Calipari
said. And I think that by the time
we start next year, I think well
have a team in or-
der thats going to
be another good
team. Looks like
its going to be a
young team again.
But thats OK.
Calipari said
he would not sign
players just to
sign players. Even
though he had 13
scholarship play-
ers this season,
Calipari said he
would be comfortable with having
10 scholarship players and one or
two walk-ons.
Te coach also denied rumors
Darnell Dodson was no longer on
the team.
He also said his understanding
is that all of the four freshmen are
in the proper academic standing
to return next season, should they
wish.
Not every recruit is going to be
a one-and-done, Calipari said. In
nine years at Memphis, the coach
had four players who were drafed
afer just one season. He could have
four more this year.
It wont be like that (every
year), Calipari said.
Part of it was that
the team was so
good this year it el-
evated every player.
If we were a bad
team, they would
have looked bad as
individual players.
As the frst Ken-
tucky player to win
the Rupp Award,
John Wall looked
the farthest thing
from bad.
Said Calipari, Not every kid is
going to have an opportunity to
leave afer one year. Tere will be
kids who say to me, Coach, can
you do for me what you did for
John Wall? Are you as good as
John Wall? ... Yes, I can. If not, then
no, I cannot.
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SWEPT (continued from 1B)
Ingle said.
In the first game Texas used a
three-run top third inning to take
a 4-0 lead early. Texas was getting
hits easily while Kansas could not
get its offense going against rise-
ball pitcher Luna. Texas tacked on
three more runs in the seventh
while Kansas was outhit 13-3 and
shutout 7-0.
Texas kept Luna in for the sec-
ond game. It was more of the same
as by the top of the sixth, Texas had
a 6-0 lead. Luna was working on a
no-hitter when, in the bottom of
the sixth, Texas took Luna out.
With Luna out, Kansas was final-
ly able to get some momentum.
The run started with Ingle hit-
ting her fourth home run of the
year. Kansas then scored another
run, and had runners on first and
second. With its lead shrinking,
Texas decided to put Luna back in,
and she picked up where she left
off, shutting down Kansas. Kansas
was outhit 11-5 in the second game
as Kansas fell again to Texas, 6-2.
Kansas will look for its first Big
12 victory on Wednesday when
Kansas travels to Columbia, Mo.,
for a doubleheader with No. 4
Missouri.
Edited by Jesse Rangel
SERIES RESULTS
Game 1:
No. 17 Texas 7, Kansas 0
Game 2:
No. 17 Texas 6, Kansas 2
UP NEXT
Kansas vs. No. 4 Missouri
WHEN: 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
April 7
WHERE: University Field,
Columbia, Mo.
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN
Freshman shortstop Mariah Montgomery tries to catch a wild throwon a steal by a Texas runner Friday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark. Kansas lost the game dropping to a season record of 16-18 and
0-3 in Big 12 play.
FooTbAll (continued from 1B)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Calipari felds questions about players
When the season
ends, the moment it
ends, it's no longer
about the team; it's
about individual
players.
JOHN CALIPARI
Kentucky head coach
tinted lens.
Gill said he understands that
each player learns at different
speeds, and that will certainly be
taken into account. Then again,
players that smoothly adjust
might improve their standing.
That means they can catch
on pretty quickly and you can
see their skills a lot better, Gill
said. Then there are going to be
some people that may not show
their speed, their quickness or
their reaction because theyre
still thinking. We take all that
into consideration
But at some point in time
you have to take the leash off
and see if theyre going to react
because thats part of football.
Gill and Kansas players didnt
elaborate on the specifics of the
terminology changes. But Smith
said players are adapting quickly
this spring and that so far prac-
tices have mostly featured fun-
damentals.
In doing so, the Jayhawks are
simply focusing on the basic ele-
ment of terminology.
Theres a lot of starting over
out there, offensive coordinator
Chuck Long said. And thats
OK. With a new staff and being
that theyre young, that will help
them grow in the system.
Edited by Allyson Shaw
NBA
ray Allen, celtics beat
cavs in fnal minute
Spurs defeat lakers,
clinch playof spot
LOS ANGELES Manu Ginobili
scored 32 points, Tim Duncan
added 24 and the San Antonio
Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers
100-81 Sunday to clinch their
13th consecutive playof berth.
With the victory, the Spurs
moved into the No. 7 spot in the
Western Conference standings.
Associated Press
NBA
associated Press
BOSTON Ray Allen scored
a season-high 33 points, hitting
his sixth 3-pointer to give the
Celtics a four-point lead with 48
seconds left, and Boston held on
despite 42 points from LeBron
James to beat the Cleveland
Cavaliers 117-113 on Sunday.
The win snapped a three-game
home losing streak for Boston,
and it kept the Cavaliers from
clinching home-court advantage
for the entire postseason.
James scored 20 in the fourth
quarter, when the Cavs erased a
17-point lead and took their first
lead at 104-103 with 2:58 left.
But he missed two free throws in
the last 16 seconds and a 3-point
attempt on a fast break with 3.2
seconds left when a 2-pointer
would have tied it.
James was 0-for-9 from
three-point range, including a
meaningless, unguarded shot at
the final buzzer that bounced
off the rim. Afterward, he and
Kevin Garnett exchanged dirty
looks a fitting end to a game
that featured six technicals and
Cleveland coach Mike Browns
ejection.
Garnett scored 19 points,
Paul Pierce had 16 and Kendrick
Perkins had 10 points and 10
rebounds to help Boston even
the season series with Cleveland
at 2-2. If the standings hold and
the favorites prevail, the Celtics
and Cavaliers would meet in
the second round of the Eastern
Conference playoffs.
Antawn Jamison scored 16
points with 10 rebounds, and
J.J. Hickson had 14 and 11 for
Cleveland, which would earn
home court advantage for the
entire playoffs after the Los
Angeles Lakers lost to the Spurs
Sunday.
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ROwINg
Jayhawks halt Wildcats 12-8 in Kansas Cup
BY ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
The rowing team notched
its first victory of the season
over rival Kansas State in the
Kansas Cup on Saturday. The
Jayhawks won every event
except for the first Varsity
Eight-boat to win 12-8. The
stars of the race were the
rowers in the first Varsity
Four-boat, who blew past
their Kansas State Varsity
Four opponents by a whop-
ping 31.6 seconds. The key
for them was getting off to a
quick start.
All week long we real-
ly worked on our starts to
make sure that we had the
first four strokes down and
then a nice push right off,
senior Brittany Belford said.
I guess getting ahead helped
keep us ahead.
The race that clinched
the Kansas Cup on Senior
Day was the Second Varsity
Eights narrow victory over
the Wildcats a race that
the Jayhawks won by less
than four seconds.
It was inspiring to know
that if our boat won the
race then we would win the
Kansas Cup, junior Julia
Guard said. That motivated
us at the end when we were
down three or four seats with
500 meters to go.
The victory was a huge
confidence boost to a team
that started its season ear-
lier than usual so they could
be better prepared when the
Big 12 Championships roll
around.
I thought the team per-
formed well, especially the
young kids, coach Rob
Catloth said. We won the
Kansas Cup as a team and
had a solid performance.
You get a lot of confidence
winning a team event, confi-
dence as a team.
Belford agreed about the
advantages gained from
starting the season earlier.
Its helped so much,
Belford said. Getting those
first four races in Oklahoma
City down and under our
belt really gave us the experi-
ence to know what to work
and where we need to push
during the race.
Next up for the Jayhawks
are races next weekend in
Pennsylvania against Old
Dominion, Rhode Island and
Bucknell.
Edited by Kelly Gibson
Weston White/KANSAN
Members of Kansas First Varsity Eight teamcompete in the Kansas Cup at Wyandotte County Lake Saturday morning. Kansas fnished fve seconds behind Kansas State for their only loss to the Wildcats.
Kansas won the Cup overall 12-8.
Weston White/KANSAN
Kansas rower Allison Able pulls back on the ore during the SecondVarsity Eight race Saturday
morning. Kansas defeated Kansas State 12-8 to take home the Kansas Cup.
Weston White/KANSAN
Kansas rower Megan Boxberger cools down after the teamlocked onto the dock. Kansas
defeated Kansas State to win the Kansas Cup 12-8 Saturday morning at Wyandotte County Lake.
Weston White/KANSAN
Members of Kansas SecondVarsity Eight teamcompete in the Kansas Cup at Wyandotte County Lake
Saturday morning. The Varsity Eight teamfnished the 2,000 meter course in 7:12.8 minutes.
watch video of the rowing team
at kansan.com/videos.
NBA
See more photos from the meet
at kansan.com/photos/galleries.
NCAA TOURNAmENT
Butler, Stevens far from Cinderella
Durant,
Thunder
fght of
T-Wolves
AssociATED PrEss
OKLAHOMA CITY Kevin
Durant scored 40 points to break
the franchise record for scoring
in a season and the Oklahoma
City Thunder fought off a spir-
ited charge by the Minnesota
Timberwolves for a 116-108 vic-
tory on Sunday night.
Less than 24 hours after
clinching the franchises first
playoff berth in five years, the
Thunder built a 25-point lead
in the first half, but then had to
hang on as Minnesota moved
back within six in the final 10
minutes.
Durant hit a jumper and then
threw down a two-handed alley-
oop jam with 5 minutes left to
restore Oklahoma Citys lead
to double digits and break the
franchise scoring record in the
process.
Ryan Gomes scored 20 of his
22 points in the second half to
lead Minnesotas comeback bid.
Jonny Flynn also finished with
22 as the Timberwolves lost for
the 24th time in their last 26
games.
Russell Westbrook added
10 points and a career-best
16 assists, Jeff Green had 16
points and 10 rebounds and
Nenad Krstic scored 14 points
including jumpers on three
straight possessions down the
stretch to push the Thunders
lead to 110-96 and ice the game.
With fans in the sellout crowd
greeting him with a stand-
ing ovation, Durant promised
before the game that the playoff
berth was only the beginning
for the Thunder. Oklahoma City
has more than doubled its win
total after going 23-59 last sea-
son and moved within 1 games
of the four teams tied for second
place in the West by winning for
the sixth time in the last seven
games.
The victory also kept the
Thunder in sixth place, with
a one-game cushion over San
Antonio.
Despite a hot start, the Thunder
could hardly relax against the
last-place Timberwolves.
Minnesota closed a 24-point
deficit to nine in the third quar-
ter as the Thunder missed 16 of
their first 20 shots.
McclATcHY-TriBuNE
INDIANAPOLIS On a nearly
10-hour flight to Italy, where Butler
played four exhibition games in
August, coach Brad Stevens passed
time reading about a colleague.
The book was The Gold Standard
by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski,
detailing his Olympic coaching
experience and ability to build a
team.
So the 33-year-old Stevens meant
it quite literally Sunday when he
said of veteran coaches, They write
books and I get to read them.
Stevens coaching blueprint will
be valuable now as the second-
youngest coach to compete for an
NCAA mens basketball champi-
onship. The season climax takes
place Monday when Butler (33-4),
a fifth seed, faces Duke (34-5), a
No. 1 seed, for the title in Lucas Oil
Fieldhouse, only a few miles from
Butlers campus.
The NCAA could not have pit-
ted two teams with more polar
public perceptions: Blue blood ver-
sus new blood.
The Blue Devils have been to
the NCAA title game nine times
and won it three times. Duke is a
perennial power with 34 tourna-
ment appearances.
The program has produced 33
All-Americans and nine national
players of the year. Duke was the
only No. 1 seed to advance to the
Final Four this season. A bigger
Goliath is hard to find. As Duke
guard Nolan Smith said of a poten-
tial triumph, I can be part of the
hated tradition.
Butler never had made it to
the Final Four. The Bulldogs only
chartered three flights before the
tournament began. Its home arena
of Hinkle Fieldhouse, used to film
parts of the movie Hoosiers, is
more famous than any player.
If thats what the story is going
to be, well accept that, sophomore
swingman Gordon Hayward said.
Perception, of course, isnt always
reality.
Although a No. 5 seed has
never won the championship
No. 8 Villanovas 1985 victory
over Georgetown was the classic
Cinderella saga Butler is far
from a group of scrappy scrubs.
The Bulldogs have won 25
straight and knocked off the likes
of Syracuse, Kansas State and
Michigan State in the tournament.
No tournament team has scored
60 points on Butlers stonewall
defense.
When I look at Brad, I say, How
far ahead is he from where I was?
Krzyzewski said. Hes a much bet-
ter coach. Hes already established
himself. I was in the midst of trying
to figure out who the heck I was.
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INDIANAPOLIS After toss-
ing a big, wet blanket on one feel-
good story, Duke gets to go after
another.
They dont call em the Devils for
nothing.
Jon Scheyer scored 23 points
Saturday night to lift Duke, the
team so many folks love to hate, to
a 78-57 victory over West Virginia
and set up a meeting against tiny
Butler a classic matchup of big
vs. little, with the national title on
the line.
I think theyre one of the
best teams in the country, Duke
coach Mike Krzyzewski said of
his upcoming opponent, which
has won 25 straight. I think a
Cinderella would be more if some-
body had eight or nine losses and
pulled some upsets.
Still, Butler is a No. 5 seed.
And in a tournament turned upside
down, the Blue Devils (34-5) were
the only No. 1 seed to make it to the
Final Four.
Their trip, however, wasnt total-
ly predictable or expected. Duke
had gone six long years since its
last appearance and hasnt been to
the final since winning it all nine
years ago a veritable century by
Tobacco Road standards. Now, this
group of Blue Devils has a chance
to give Coach K his fourth national
championship.
Its everything, senior center
Brian Zoubek said. This is the
culmination of four years for me.
To have a shot at the championship
my senior year, after everything
weve been through, is a dream
come true.
This was a wire-to-wire pulla-
way against the West Virginia team
coached by alum Bob Huggins,
who led the Mountaineers (31-7)
on a 10-game winning streak that
included the Big East tournament
title and ended with a trip to the
Final Four.
It was an inspiring journey, the
first for West Virginia in 51 years,
back when Jerry West wore the old
gold and blue.
Huggins returned to West
Virginia to bring an elusive title
back home to a state that loves its
flagship school like few others.
Ive watched a lot of tape. I
havent seen them play that well,
Huggins said. And we didnt play
very well. And, you know, that
happens.
McclAtchy-tribune
INDIANAPOLIS Shortly
before tipoff on Saturday at Lucas
Oil Stadium, Butler Universitys
live Bulldog mascot, Butler Blue
II, took the court, was told to stay
. . . and did, even with TV cameras
in his face and 71,298 fans in the
building.
He just sat there like he owned
it, said Michael Kaltenmark, his
handler and a Butler development
officer.
As Butlers players were intro-
duced, they patted him on the
head. And why not?
Thats what we do at every
home game, said Butler guard
Ronald Nored, smiling and adding,
Sometimes he barks, sometimes
he bites. You have to play through
it.
In a bruising national semifi-
nal game between the Bulldogs
and Michigan State, Butler played
through history and plenty else to
advance to the national title game
on Monday night with a 52-50 vic-
tory over the Spartans in a battle of
5th-seeded teams.
The victory was the 25th in a row
for Butler, which became the small-
est school to reach the national title
game since Jacksonville in 1970
and is coached by 33-year-old Brad
Stevens, the youngest man to take a
team this far since Indianas Branch
McCracken in 1940.
Despite being the first team to
play in a Final Four in its home-
town since UCLA in 1972, Butler
(33-4) had to overcome making
just one basket in the final 12 min-
utes, 17 seconds, misfiring on 34 of
49 in the game and being without
two injured starters much of the
night.
And it was staring at multiple
scenarios for defeat in the final 30
seconds, between Michigan State
(28-9) having the ball trailing by
one and then having Nored at the
line with 6.1 seconds left after mak-
ing just three of 12 free throws in
NCAA play.
Thanks for reminding me,
Nored said.
He could joke about it after he
made both to give the Bulldogs a
slight 52-49 cushion in the final
seconds. But it wasnt over yet.
Even after Butler fouled Michigan
State to prevent the Spartans from
launching a three-pointer, suspense
lingered.
After MSUs Korie Lucious made
a free throw with 2 seconds left, he
intentionally missed the second.
But there, again, was Butlers omni-
present Gordon Hayward, who had
19 points and claimed his ninth
rebound to put it away.
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Frisbee Fun
Howard Ting/KANSAN
Ryan Renolds, a senior fromLawrence, scores a point for the Jayhawk Zontals against Washburn University on Saturdays club Frisbee game on
Shenk Field inWest Campus. The Jayhawks have practiced many hours for a series of games this weekend against regional universities.
No. 5 Butler 52
No. 5 Michigan State 50
2010 NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 5 Butler vs.
No. 1Duke
No. 1 Duke 78
No. 2 West Virginia 57
Duke easily puts away W. Virginia,
remaining as lone No. 1 seed
Bulldogs topple Spartans to
advance to championship
NCAA TOURNAMENT
WHEN: 8:21 tonight
WHERE: Lucas Oil Stadium,
Indianapolis
WATCH: CBS,
Sunfower channels 5 and 13
MLB
Royals face Tigers in
season opener game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. With two
of baseballs top pitchers facing
teams they often dominate, hits
and runs may be hard to fnd
Monday afternoon in Kansas City.
Opening the season for Detroit
will be right-hander Justin Ver-
lander, who won 19 games last
year and led the majors with 269
strikeouts.
Opposing him will be Zack
Greinke, who won the 2009 Cy
Young Award as the best pitcher
in the American League.
Im sure the national media will
be focused on other games rather
than the Detroit Tigers and Kansas
City Royals, said Trey Hillman,
beginning his third year as KCs
manager. But Im not sure you can
come up with any better opening
day matchup than Greinke vs. Ver-
lander. Its going to be exciting.
The Royals, 65-97 last year, will
unveil a new-look lineup they
hope will shore up a defense that
led the AL last year in errors (117)
and losses at home (48).
The Tigers fnished last year
86-77 and in a very foul mood,
losing a three-game lead with four
games remaining and slipping out
of the playofs.
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