Kansas Basketball Notes

By Staff     Oct 22, 2002

Honors: Kansas University seniors Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich are among 30 preseason candidates for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday.

The two have already been named Wooden Award Preseason All-America candidates, Playboy Preseason All-Americans and to Dick Vitale’s first-team Preseason All-America list.

Other players from the Big 12 on the list include Andre Emmett of Texas Tech, T.J. Ford of Texas and Hollis Price of Oklahoma. Some other prominent players on the list include Arizona’s Jason Gardner and Luke Walton and Xavier’s David West.

Minor injuries: Collison and Hinrich practiced on a limited basis Monday while feeling the effects of a pair of minor injuries.

Hinrich suffered a contusion on his left, non-shooting wrist at Sunday’s practice when he fell after dunking in a scrimmage situation. The senior guard’s wrist was sore on Monday.

X-rays and MRIs came back negative, meaning there were no broken bones. Hinrich had his hand wrapped at Monday’s practice and will wear a splint a while to speed healing of the contusion. Power forward Collison strained both shoulders at practice Sunday, but like Hinrich practiced some Monday. Collison has had off and on left shoulder problems the past two years.

Bilas in town: ESPN’s Jay Bilas and a camera crew were in town Monday to interview KU coach Roy Williams and film parts of practice for a segment called “Teachers of the Game” that will air during the season.

Bilas has already visited Oklahoma, Missouri and Michigan State practices and will head to Texas Tech, Maryland and Duke.

Recruit to pick Wednesday: Josh Boone, a 6-9 prep school forward from Mt. Airy, Md., will choose either KU, Virginia or UConn at a Wednesday press conference, analyst Dave Telep of theinsidershoops.com said Monday.

Kansas Basketball Notes

By Staff     Oct 22, 2002

Honors: Kansas University seniors Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich are among 30 preseason candidates for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday.

The two have already been named Wooden Award Preseason All-America candidates, Playboy Preseason All-Americans and to Dick Vitale’s first-team Preseason All-America list.

Other players from the Big 12 on the list include Andre Emmett of Texas Tech, T.J. Ford of Texas and Hollis Price of Oklahoma. Some other prominent players on the list include Arizona’s Jason Gardner and Luke Walton and Xavier’s David West.

Minor injuries: Collison and Hinrich practiced on a limited basis Monday while feeling the effects of a pair of minor injuries.

Hinrich suffered a contusion on his left, non-shooting wrist at Sunday’s practice when he fell after dunking in a scrimmage situation. The senior guard’s wrist was sore on Monday.

X-rays and MRIs came back negative, meaning there were no broken bones. Hinrich had his hand wrapped at Monday’s practice and will wear a splint a while to speed healing of the contusion. Power forward Collison strained both shoulders at practice Sunday, but like Hinrich practiced some Monday. Collison has had off and on left shoulder problems the past two years.

Bilas in town: ESPN’s Jay Bilas and a camera crew were in town Monday to interview KU coach Roy Williams and film parts of practice for a segment called “Teachers of the Game” that will air during the season.

Bilas has already visited Oklahoma, Missouri and Michigan State practices and will head to Texas Tech, Maryland and Duke.

Recruit to pick Wednesday: Josh Boone, a 6-9 prep school forward from Mt. Airy, Md., will choose either KU, Virginia or UConn at a Wednesday press conference, analyst Dave Telep of theinsidershoops.com said Monday.

Kansas Basketball Notes

By Staff     Oct 22, 2002

Honors: Kansas University seniors Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich are among 30 preseason candidates for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Monday.

The two have already been named Wooden Award Preseason All-America candidates, Playboy Preseason All-Americans and to Dick Vitale’s first-team Preseason All-America list.

Other players from the Big 12 on the list include Andre Emmett of Texas Tech, T.J. Ford of Texas and Hollis Price of Oklahoma. Some other prominent players on the list include Arizona’s Jason Gardner and Luke Walton and Xavier’s David West.

Minor injuries: Collison and Hinrich practiced on a limited basis Monday while feeling the effects of a pair of minor injuries.

Hinrich suffered a contusion on his left, non-shooting wrist at Sunday’s practice when he fell after dunking in a scrimmage situation. The senior guard’s wrist was sore on Monday.

X-rays and MRIs came back negative, meaning there were no broken bones. Hinrich had his hand wrapped at Monday’s practice and will wear a splint a while to speed healing of the contusion. Power forward Collison strained both shoulders at practice Sunday, but like Hinrich practiced some Monday. Collison has had off and on left shoulder problems the past two years.

Bilas in town: ESPN’s Jay Bilas and a camera crew were in town Monday to interview KU coach Roy Williams and film parts of practice for a segment called “Teachers of the Game” that will air during the season.

Bilas has already visited Oklahoma, Missouri and Michigan State practices and will head to Texas Tech, Maryland and Duke.

Recruit to pick Wednesday: Josh Boone, a 6-9 prep school forward from Mt. Airy, Md., will choose either KU, Virginia or UConn at a Wednesday press conference, analyst Dave Telep of theinsidershoops.com said Monday.

Kansas Basketball Notes: Sooners coach impressed by fourth-ranked KU

By Jim Baker     Jan 19, 2002

Get him going and Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson, one of the Big 12’s most quotable coaches, will go on and on about all of Kansas University’s basketball players.

For instance, he loves Drew Gooden.

“Gooden is a lottery pick. If he came out right now, he’d be one of the first 10 picks (in NBA Draft),” Sampson said of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Gooden, the leading scorer and rebounder in the conference.

He also loves Nick Collison.

“Collison gets overlooked a little bit, but Collison is one of the top post men in country,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pound junior.

OU’s eighth-year coach also thinks Kirk Hinrich is one of the top guards in the country; Aaron Miles “very good” as a freshman and Jeff Boschee a deadly shooter who can take over a ballgame.

You get the picture.

Somewhat surprisingly, however, Sampson points to an unlikely name as perhaps the key to KU’s 14-2 team freshman power forward Wayne Simien.

“A kid that appears to have changed them a lot is Simien,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pounder who averages 10.3 points on 58.2 percent shooting and grabs 6.0 boards per contest. “Chenowith (Eric, former 7-foot center) was good at what he did. Simien is a little livelier and bouncier.”

Simien happens to remind some of an ex-Jayhawk who will be honored at halftime today.

“Wayne Simien is as close to Bill Bridges as anybody I’ve seen,” said Bob Billings, a former teammate of ex-Jayhawk Bridges, a 6-foot-51*2, 235-pound rebounding machine who will be given a Hall of Fame portrait today in a ceremony. “They both go after the basketball.”

Bridges, 62, grabbed 30 rebounds in a game against Northwestern back in 1960. He scored more than 10,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in 12 years in the NBA.

He’s best known for his fierce rebounding.

“Michael Jordan once said it to me the best. He said, ‘Dennis Rodman (former Bulls teammate known for rebounding) and I have nothing in common. Dennis listens to ‘Pearl Jam’ and likes to go out. I like to stay in. We have absolutely nothing in common, but Dennis gets me 10 shots a game more than anybody else,'” Bridges related.

“Rodman’s rebounding provided Jordan 10 more shots a game. These guys (Jayhawks) have got to figure a way to get those 10 extra shots. In the pros, we’d come in the locker room, sit down and they’d give us the stat sheet. First thing I’d look at, ‘Did you get outrebounded? Did you make your free throws?’ Those things win you games.”

Simien already knows the value of rebounding.

“I think Drew (Gooden) is one of the best rebounders in the country,” Simien said. “He has that knack of being where the ball is. He gets off his feet well and is a quick jumper. He has the knack whether tipping it and then grabbing it. He has skills you can’t teach.

“I do the basics, box out and hopefully the ball is where I’m at. I try to be strong and go get it,” Simien added.

Sizz: OU coach Sampson on the Sooners’ 13-game win streak entering today’s game (noon, Allen Fieldhouse): “Confidence is an amazing drug for young people. This team is playing with a lot of it.”

Kansas Basketball Notes: Sooners coach impressed by fourth-ranked KU

By Jim Baker     Jan 19, 2002

Get him going and Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson, one of the Big 12’s most quotable coaches, will go on and on about all of Kansas University’s basketball players.

For instance, he loves Drew Gooden.

“Gooden is a lottery pick. If he came out right now, he’d be one of the first 10 picks (in NBA Draft),” Sampson said of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Gooden, the leading scorer and rebounder in the conference.

He also loves Nick Collison.

“Collison gets overlooked a little bit, but Collison is one of the top post men in country,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pound junior.

OU’s eighth-year coach also thinks Kirk Hinrich is one of the top guards in the country; Aaron Miles “very good” as a freshman and Jeff Boschee a deadly shooter who can take over a ballgame.

You get the picture.

Somewhat surprisingly, however, Sampson points to an unlikely name as perhaps the key to KU’s 14-2 team freshman power forward Wayne Simien.

“A kid that appears to have changed them a lot is Simien,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pounder who averages 10.3 points on 58.2 percent shooting and grabs 6.0 boards per contest. “Chenowith (Eric, former 7-foot center) was good at what he did. Simien is a little livelier and bouncier.”

Simien happens to remind some of an ex-Jayhawk who will be honored at halftime today.

“Wayne Simien is as close to Bill Bridges as anybody I’ve seen,” said Bob Billings, a former teammate of ex-Jayhawk Bridges, a 6-foot-51*2, 235-pound rebounding machine who will be given a Hall of Fame portrait today in a ceremony. “They both go after the basketball.”

Bridges, 62, grabbed 30 rebounds in a game against Northwestern back in 1960. He scored more than 10,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in 12 years in the NBA.

He’s best known for his fierce rebounding.

“Michael Jordan once said it to me the best. He said, ‘Dennis Rodman (former Bulls teammate known for rebounding) and I have nothing in common. Dennis listens to ‘Pearl Jam’ and likes to go out. I like to stay in. We have absolutely nothing in common, but Dennis gets me 10 shots a game more than anybody else,'” Bridges related.

“Rodman’s rebounding provided Jordan 10 more shots a game. These guys (Jayhawks) have got to figure a way to get those 10 extra shots. In the pros, we’d come in the locker room, sit down and they’d give us the stat sheet. First thing I’d look at, ‘Did you get outrebounded? Did you make your free throws?’ Those things win you games.”

Simien already knows the value of rebounding.

“I think Drew (Gooden) is one of the best rebounders in the country,” Simien said. “He has that knack of being where the ball is. He gets off his feet well and is a quick jumper. He has the knack whether tipping it and then grabbing it. He has skills you can’t teach.

“I do the basics, box out and hopefully the ball is where I’m at. I try to be strong and go get it,” Simien added.

Sizz: OU coach Sampson on the Sooners’ 13-game win streak entering today’s game (noon, Allen Fieldhouse): “Confidence is an amazing drug for young people. This team is playing with a lot of it.”

Kansas Basketball Notes: Sooners coach impressed by fourth-ranked KU

By Jim Baker     Jan 19, 2002

Get him going and Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson, one of the Big 12’s most quotable coaches, will go on and on about all of Kansas University’s basketball players.

For instance, he loves Drew Gooden.

“Gooden is a lottery pick. If he came out right now, he’d be one of the first 10 picks (in NBA Draft),” Sampson said of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Gooden, the leading scorer and rebounder in the conference.

He also loves Nick Collison.

“Collison gets overlooked a little bit, but Collison is one of the top post men in country,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pound junior.

OU’s eighth-year coach also thinks Kirk Hinrich is one of the top guards in the country; Aaron Miles “very good” as a freshman and Jeff Boschee a deadly shooter who can take over a ballgame.

You get the picture.

Somewhat surprisingly, however, Sampson points to an unlikely name as perhaps the key to KU’s 14-2 team freshman power forward Wayne Simien.

“A kid that appears to have changed them a lot is Simien,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pounder who averages 10.3 points on 58.2 percent shooting and grabs 6.0 boards per contest. “Chenowith (Eric, former 7-foot center) was good at what he did. Simien is a little livelier and bouncier.”

Simien happens to remind some of an ex-Jayhawk who will be honored at halftime today.

“Wayne Simien is as close to Bill Bridges as anybody I’ve seen,” said Bob Billings, a former teammate of ex-Jayhawk Bridges, a 6-foot-51*2, 235-pound rebounding machine who will be given a Hall of Fame portrait today in a ceremony. “They both go after the basketball.”

Bridges, 62, grabbed 30 rebounds in a game against Northwestern back in 1960. He scored more than 10,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in 12 years in the NBA.

He’s best known for his fierce rebounding.

“Michael Jordan once said it to me the best. He said, ‘Dennis Rodman (former Bulls teammate known for rebounding) and I have nothing in common. Dennis listens to ‘Pearl Jam’ and likes to go out. I like to stay in. We have absolutely nothing in common, but Dennis gets me 10 shots a game more than anybody else,'” Bridges related.

“Rodman’s rebounding provided Jordan 10 more shots a game. These guys (Jayhawks) have got to figure a way to get those 10 extra shots. In the pros, we’d come in the locker room, sit down and they’d give us the stat sheet. First thing I’d look at, ‘Did you get outrebounded? Did you make your free throws?’ Those things win you games.”

Simien already knows the value of rebounding.

“I think Drew (Gooden) is one of the best rebounders in the country,” Simien said. “He has that knack of being where the ball is. He gets off his feet well and is a quick jumper. He has the knack whether tipping it and then grabbing it. He has skills you can’t teach.

“I do the basics, box out and hopefully the ball is where I’m at. I try to be strong and go get it,” Simien added.

Sizz: OU coach Sampson on the Sooners’ 13-game win streak entering today’s game (noon, Allen Fieldhouse): “Confidence is an amazing drug for young people. This team is playing with a lot of it.”

Kansas Basketball Notes: Sooners coach impressed by fourth-ranked KU

By Jim Baker     Jan 19, 2002

Get him going and Oklahoma’s Kelvin Sampson, one of the Big 12’s most quotable coaches, will go on and on about all of Kansas University’s basketball players.

For instance, he loves Drew Gooden.

“Gooden is a lottery pick. If he came out right now, he’d be one of the first 10 picks (in NBA Draft),” Sampson said of the 6-foot-10, 230-pound Gooden, the leading scorer and rebounder in the conference.

He also loves Nick Collison.

“Collison gets overlooked a little bit, but Collison is one of the top post men in country,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pound junior.

OU’s eighth-year coach also thinks Kirk Hinrich is one of the top guards in the country; Aaron Miles “very good” as a freshman and Jeff Boschee a deadly shooter who can take over a ballgame.

You get the picture.

Somewhat surprisingly, however, Sampson points to an unlikely name as perhaps the key to KU’s 14-2 team freshman power forward Wayne Simien.

“A kid that appears to have changed them a lot is Simien,” Sampson said of the 6-9, 250-pounder who averages 10.3 points on 58.2 percent shooting and grabs 6.0 boards per contest. “Chenowith (Eric, former 7-foot center) was good at what he did. Simien is a little livelier and bouncier.”

Simien happens to remind some of an ex-Jayhawk who will be honored at halftime today.

“Wayne Simien is as close to Bill Bridges as anybody I’ve seen,” said Bob Billings, a former teammate of ex-Jayhawk Bridges, a 6-foot-51*2, 235-pound rebounding machine who will be given a Hall of Fame portrait today in a ceremony. “They both go after the basketball.”

Bridges, 62, grabbed 30 rebounds in a game against Northwestern back in 1960. He scored more than 10,000 points and grabbed more than 10,000 rebounds in 12 years in the NBA.

He’s best known for his fierce rebounding.

“Michael Jordan once said it to me the best. He said, ‘Dennis Rodman (former Bulls teammate known for rebounding) and I have nothing in common. Dennis listens to ‘Pearl Jam’ and likes to go out. I like to stay in. We have absolutely nothing in common, but Dennis gets me 10 shots a game more than anybody else,'” Bridges related.

“Rodman’s rebounding provided Jordan 10 more shots a game. These guys (Jayhawks) have got to figure a way to get those 10 extra shots. In the pros, we’d come in the locker room, sit down and they’d give us the stat sheet. First thing I’d look at, ‘Did you get outrebounded? Did you make your free throws?’ Those things win you games.”

Simien already knows the value of rebounding.

“I think Drew (Gooden) is one of the best rebounders in the country,” Simien said. “He has that knack of being where the ball is. He gets off his feet well and is a quick jumper. He has the knack whether tipping it and then grabbing it. He has skills you can’t teach.

“I do the basics, box out and hopefully the ball is where I’m at. I try to be strong and go get it,” Simien added.

Sizz: OU coach Sampson on the Sooners’ 13-game win streak entering today’s game (noon, Allen Fieldhouse): “Confidence is an amazing drug for young people. This team is playing with a lot of it.”

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