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Tale of two Taylors: ‘Good Tyshawn’ fired up for KU basketball's NCAA Tournament opener
Tyshawn Taylor has had so many personal highlights, and lowlights, in his three-year Kansas University basketball career, he has made wisecracking media wonder: “Is there a good Tyshawn and a bad Tyshawn?”
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by Gary Bedore
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Tale of two Taylors: ‘Good Tyshawn’ fired up for KU basketball's NCAA Tournament opener
Tyshawn Taylor has had so many personal highlights, and lowlights, in his three-year Kansas University basketball career, he has made wisecracking media wonder: “Is there a good Tyshawn and a bad Tyshawn?”
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Gary Bedore’s Kansas basketball notebook
There already have been some crazy upsets in the Southwest Regional.
