February 23: News Headlines Digest
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Also see our Daily Threads, February 23, and the News Digest for Yesterday, February 22, as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday, February 22
##Johnson, SI: No. 8 Kansas headed toward another Big 12 title after smashing No. 19 Texas##
No statistic is cited more frequently in college basketball analysis. It is mind-blowing and unthinkable and hard to process. For the uninitiated, it sounds like something that could only happen before 1960. “Are you sure you’re not talking about John Wooden?” people will ask. Nope. It’s Kansas coach Bill Self that’s led the Jayhawks to at least a share of nine consecutive regular season Big 12 championships, and it’s all but guaranteed the streak will reach double digits after the No. 8 Jayhawks routed No. 19 Texas 85-54.
###kuathletics: NO. 8 KANSAS ENJOYS ROUT OF NO. 19 TEXAS, 85-54###
LAWRENCE, Kan. — It wasn’t the stellar first half, Andrew Wiggins nearly outscoring the Longhorns by halftime or even the largest margin of victory in the series history that stood out the most on Saturday. Well on its way to an 85-54 win against No. 19/17 Texas, the No. 8/8 Kansas Jayhawks had themselves a blast inside Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas (21-6, 12-2 Big 12) demolished any thought of Texas (20-7, 9-5 Big 12) repeating its performance from Austin three weeks prior by the end of the first half. An all-out blitzkrieg, the Jayhawks used an eight-minute Texas scoring drought to open up a 25-2 run. The Jayhawks’ ambush resulted in the biggest halftime lead of the conference season at 46-18. Texas never recovered.
Also see our Daily Threads, February 23, and the News Digest for Yesterday, February 22, as well as Daily Threads for Yesterday, February 22
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http://college-basketball.si.com/2014/02/22/kansas-routs-texas-andrew-wiggins-bill-self/
Good one from SI.com
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@RockChalkinTexas Nice. added it above. Love the clip of Embiid dunking in transition. I want to see Black’s Blake Griffinesque throw-dunk.
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@approxinfinity This one even better from KU Athletics. Hard for me to do on my little Nook. http://www.kuathletics.com/news/2014/2/22/MBB_0222141534.aspx?path=mbball
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@approxinfinity in the clip I just pasted, plus Bob Davis reaction!
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@RockChalkinTexas Awesome! What a satisfying game.
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Wayne Seldon had 7 assist vs UT.
Against Tech the whole team had 6.
KU shot just one % point from the field lower than UT did from the line.
UT had 19 offensive rebounds. KU had 26 defensive rebounds. Carry the one that makes 45 missed shots by UT. Not including all the blocked ones.
KU had 26 fast break points UT zero.
Points off of turnover, KU had 15. UT just 1.
That is a complete game for KU and just to add some insult KU’s bench score 33 points while UT’s had only 13.
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Another great highlight reel is at All Access Jayhawks on YouTube.
