_After each KU basketball game this season, this is where you can find out the basketball equivalent of The Nielsen Ratings from Journal-World sports editor Tom Keegan. He’ll rate the Jayhawks’ individual performances from top to bottom, telling you who was worth tuning in to watch and who has seen better days. If you agree or maybe even differ, make sure to comment and tell Tom how you really feel._**1. Mario Chalmers**: Iowa State guard Mike Taylor is pure playground and those guys can be hard to keep in front of you. Chalmers, who doesn’t always move his feet great on defense, did a strong job of keeping Taylor in front of him and also had the hot hand. He contributed 18 points and seven rebounds. **2. Julian Wright**: He understood his role, didn’t try to handle the ball excessively as he sometimes does, and pretty much ran block to block. He thoroughly outplayed Iowa State’s talented freshman forward Wesley Johnson, made six of eight field goal attempts and finished with 12 points, eight boards, two assists and one turnover.**3. Darrell Arthur**: Dominated the boards against the undersized Cyclones and finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds, his second consecutive double-double. He’s over his midseason funk.**4. Sherron Collins**: Once again did a terrific job of running the team at high speed and high efficiency. Also had three of KU’s 14 steals.**5. Darnell Jackson**: Another strong effort from the active junior post player. In 17 minutes, he contributed 10 points, seven rebounds, two steals and a blocked shot. He found himself so wide open from 18 feet, he looked around to make sure it wasn’t too good to be true. Then he swished the shot.**6. Sasha Kaun**: Produced his second double-figure scoring effort in the past 12 games.**7. Brandon Rush**: Made two of three three-pointers, but misfired on all five field goals inside the arc. Had a quiet game statistically (six points, two rebounds), but kept his head in the game defensively and was able to return from a sprained right ankle suffered in the first half.**8. Rodrick Stewart**: Hustled for an offensive rebound to prolong a possession that ended with Collins driving the lane for a bucket, played strong defense and contributed two assists and a steal in a season-high 16 minutes. **9. Brady Morningstar**: Almost always seems to capitalize on limited opportunities, consistently displaying a soft shooting touch.**10. Matt Kleinmann**: You have to like the big redhead’s soft touch on the hookshot.**11. Brennan Bechard**: In the final seconds of the game, Kansas had four in-state players on the floor and Iowa State had four natives of Iowa.**12. Brad Witherspoon**: Always triggers a big ovation when he goes to the table to check in.**The Keegan Ratings: Season Standings (total points and average rank)** **1.** Brandon Rush (99, 29 games) 3.41 **2.** Julian Wright (102, 29 games) 3.52 **3.** Mario Chalmers (108, 29 games) 3.72 **4.** Sherron Collins (123, 29 games) 4.24 **5.** Darrell Arthur (133, 29 games) 4.59 **6.** Russell Robinson (133, 28 games) 4.75 **7.** Sasha Kaun (153, 26 games) 5.88 **8.** Darnell Jackson (175, 29 games) 6.03 **9.** Rodrick Stewart (212, 23 games) 9.22 **10.** Jeremy Case (151, 16 games) 9.44 **11.** Brady Morningstar (123, 13 games) 9.46 **12.** Matt Kleinmann (153, 14 games) 10.93 **13.** Brennan Bechard (123, 10 games) 12.30 **14.** Brad Witherspoon (119, 9 games) 13.22
