Mighty serious business as a matter of fact.

Boschee, Kansas University’s junior shooting guard from Valley City, N.D., apparently is the victim of a lunatic, who is impersonating him in Internet chat rooms.

Boschee learned of this impersonator last weekend, when his parents came to town for KU’s basketball victory over Oklahoma State.

Let Boschee explain:

“My mom told me over the weekend the state’s attorney (prosecutor) in North Dakota said there’s some guy on the Internet who gets in a chat room and pretends to be me,” Boschee said after misfiring on 10 of 11 threes in Monday’s 85-77 loss to Baylor.

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“Basically it’s somebody who is trying to make an idiot of me. We’ll have to see if it continues and try to find out who it is. If we find out we will press charges against him.”

The offender apparently is not posting on bulletin boards, but actually chatting with people in live chat areas.

“Yes, I am upset,” Boschee said. “Any time anybody is trying to make an idiot of me my fans think they are talking to me and somebody is being a jerk. I am never a jerk to fans. This guy is being a jerk and making me look bad.

“I just want to say it’s not me. I don’t get on the Internet chat rooms. The state’s attorney is being great about it and says I can press charges. I talked to coach (Roy) Williams and he thinks it’s a good idea, if we can catch him.”

If anybody has any information, they should contact the office of the North Dakota state’s attorney.

Nash plays 10 minutes

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KU freshman Bryant Nash, a native of Carrollton, Texas, played 10 minutes. He had two points and three rebounds.

“I just try to do what I can to help the team,” Nash said. “I was excited with my mom here and my dad.”

He also had aunts, two sisters and several friends in town for the contest.

Waco native Mario Kinsey had a steal and basket late, playing just one minute in his return to his hometown.

“I don’t know,” he said, asked about his appearance. “I can’t be disappointed. I have nothing else to say.”

Kinsey has seen little playing time of late, since being late for a team breakfast several weeks ago. Williams has indicated he’s basically playing who he “feels comfortable” playing at a given time.

Gooden has family at game

Drew Gooden missed his second straight game with a wrist injury. He had 30 relatives at the game, including his grandfather and grandmother.

His granddad, Andrew Gooden I, was born in Waco and lived here many years before joining the service. He has brothers and sisters in the area.

“There’s my brother,” Gooden Sr., told a reporter proudly as his brother entered the arena. “It’s great to be back in this area a couple of days.”

Dunk highlight reel

Baylor’s Terry Black had five highlight film dunks en route to 20 points.

“The guy who was dunking? He was very athletic and played hard. He played a great game,” KU’s Eric Chenowith said of Black, who hit eight of 10 shots.

Stats, facts

Baylor jumped to a 10-0 lead. It’s the biggest deficit KU faced at the start of a game in the Williams era. The previous high was 8-0 against Missouri on Feb. 11, 1989. KU’s 25-point halftime deficit was largest in the Williams era. Previous high was 24 points versus Nebraska on Feb. 23, 1994 in Lincoln. KU’s 22 points in the first half marked a season low and are the fewest points in a half by a KU team since 21 in the first half against Texas on Feb. 28, 2000. KU’s 29 percent shooting in the first half is its lowest in a half since 20.7 percent against Texas on Feb. 28, 2000. Kenny Gregory scored his 1,400th point. The loss to Baylor was KU’s first to the Bears, snapping a six-game win streak. Baylor broke KU’s streak of holding 21 straight foes under 50 percent shooting. BU hit 51.9 percent. KU hoisted 31 threes, the most since taking 31 against Kentucky in 1999.

Black has ‘heart’

Baylor coach Dave Bliss on Black, who had 20 points versus KU:

“In 26 years as a head coach if I had to pick a team to go to war with, Terry Black would be at the top of the list,” Bliss said. “Terry Black has an unbelievable spirit. He has a heart as big as all outdoors.”

KU without Gooden

Bliss says KU is as strong as ever, even without the injured Gooden.

“To us it doesn’t mean much at all. They’ve got other Goodens around,” Bliss said. “Roy’s cupboard isn’t bare. They have other options to go to whether (Jeff) Carey or just let Jeff Boschee shoot more. It’s as if Gooden is in foul trouble now and he’ll be back shortly.”

Assistant sports editor Gary Bedore can be reached at 832-7186.