This was definitely a heart attack game! It looked pretty bad in the first half when all the announcers talked about the greatness of OJ Mayo. KU did look pretty tired in the first half and I thought a couple of calls were wrong. Our shooting percentage for the 1st half was only 34% but USC's percentage wasn't much better at 37% from the field. There were some shots that KU tried to make and they ended up being air balls. The team just didn't look sharp in their shots like they usually are. USC lead KU at the half 27-25.But after the half KU came back to take charge. Mario (pronounced Mar--reo, not Mare reo, as the announcers kept saying) Chalmers had scored only 3 points in the first half. But by the end of the game he had scored 17 more points the second half. He had a clutch 3 point shot towards the end of the game. It was an NBA 3-pointer! It was great!! Great for KU! That quieted the crowd of 10,000 at the Galen Center (this is my brother's name!). Sasha Kaun surprisingly hit 3 free throw shots (he must have been practicing and it showed) from the line. OJ Mayo played the entire game without a rest on the bench. Russell Robinson guarded him well and OJ ran out of steam by the end of the game. KU beat USC 59-55 with Mario Chalmers leading the 'Hawks with 20 points, followed by Darrell Arthur with 10, Darnell Jackson, 9, Brandon Rush with 6, Sasha Kaun and Russell Robinson with 5 a piece, and Roddrick Stewart with 4.
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KU Football--The latest rankings came out today and since KU didn't play a game yesterday, they DROPPED in the polls. Last week they were rated 5th and this week they went down to 8th!! Ohio State, who didn't play yesterday either, came up in the polls to be in the top three. Now how is that fair??? Why did KU drop and they didn't play? Is it because of their one and only loss to Missouri? Is it because KU isn't known for their football teams? Is it because we played "cupcake" teams earlier on. Oklahoma's only loss was at the hands of Colorado, a team in which KU beat at Boulder. Yet, because OU beat number1 they go higher than KU and MU. Where is the reasoning behind this madness? It will be interesting tonight to find out which bowl game KU will be playing in. KU was hoping they would play in the Fiesta Bowl. Now they are hoping it is at least the Cotton Bowl.
I'm still shaking my head over this injustice!
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We never could find the game on TV. Must have had the time wrong. Sounds like it was a good one, sorry we missed it.
From everything I've heard, our rankings are low because of our easy schedule. I think that's fair - many of the teams that have more than 1 loss are actually better teams. We can't complain about how we did this year - still seems strange to hear KU and win in the same sentence for football ;)
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