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Jayhawks begin trek back to the promised land

The Jayhawks look to make up for their first round debauchery in the B-12 tourney when they lost to Baylor by making another trip to the Final Four. The journey begins Thursday against North Dakota State then probably West Virginia on Saturday. The defending National Champions weren’t penalized too much for the first round loss, as they still managed to hold on to a number 3 seed and were not sent to Siberia in the process. What they do need to do is get back the intensity that took them all the way to the crown last year. Baylor was just hungrier than the hawks last week and hopefully it sent a message. “The journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step” and that step is Thursday.  

Kansas has won six of its last eight games heading into the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks are the defending NCAA National Champions yet return less than 20 percent of all but one statistical category. The Jayhawks are averaging 77.1 points per game and giving up 65.8 for a +11.3 scoring margin. KU leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense at 38.8 percent, rebound defense at 31.6 and rebound margin at +7.3. In conference play, KU led the conference in scoring margin (+10.5), field goal percentage defense (38.6), three-point field goal percentage (40.3), three-point field goal percentage defense (32.7), rebounding defense (29.8) and rebound margin (+8.2).

2008-2009 SCHEDULE ( Click on an event for complete event information )

Date	Opponent / Event	Location	Time / Result
Tour of Ottawa
08/30/08	vs. McGill University	University of Ottawa	W, 72-67
	vs. Carleton University	Scotiabank Place	W, 84-83
08/31/08	at University of Ottawa	University of Ottawa	W, 95-60
10/17/08	Late Night in the Phog	Lawrence, Kan.	6:30 p.m. CT
11/04/08	vs. Washburn (Ex)	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 98-79
11/11/08	vs. Emporia State (Ex)	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 103-58
CBE
11/16/08	vs. UMKC	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 71-56
11/18/08	vs. Florida Gulf Coast	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 85-45
11/24/08	vs. Washington	Kansas City, Mo.	W, 73-54
11/25/08	vs. Florida or Syracuse	Kansas City, Mo.	L, 89-81 (OT)
11/28/08	vs. Coppin State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 85-53
12/01/08	vs. Kent State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 87-60
12/03/08	vs. New Mexico State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 100-79
12/06/08	vs. Jackson State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 86-62
12/13/08	vs. Massachusetts	Kansas City, Mo.	L, 61-60
12/20/08	vs. Temple	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 71-59
12/23/08	at Arizona	Tucson, Ariz.	L, 84-67
12/30/08	vs. Albany NY	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 79-43
01/03/09	vs. Tennessee	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 92-85
01/06/09	vs. Siena	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 91-84
01/10/09	at Michigan State	East Lansing, Mich.	L, 75-62
01/13/09	vs. Kansas State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 87-71
01/17/09	at Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	W, 73-56
01/19/09	vs. Texas A&M	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 73-53
01/24/09	at Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	W, 82-67
01/28/09	at Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	W, 68-62
01/31/09	vs. Colorado	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 66-61
02/02/09	at Baylor	Waco, Texas	W, 75-65
02/07/09	vs. Oklahoma State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 78-67
02/09/09	at Missouri	Columbia, Mo.	L, 62-60
02/14/09	at Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	W, 85-74
02/18/09	vs. Iowa State	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 72-55
02/21/09	vs. Nebraska	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 70-53
02/23/09	at Oklahoma	Norman, Okla.	W, 87-78
03/01/09	vs. Missouri	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 90-65
03/04/09	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	L, 84-65
03/07/09	vs. Texas	Lawrence, Kan.	W, 83-73
Big 12 Championship
03/12/09	vs. #9 Baylor	Oklahoma City, Okla.	L, 71-64
NCAA Championship
03/20/09	vs. North Dakota State	Minneapolis, Minn.	11:30 a.m. C

2008-09 Roster

No. Name Yr.-Exp. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School/Last College 2 Conner Teahan SO-1L Guard 6-5 215 Leawood, Kan./Rockhurst HS 4 Sherron Collins JR-Jr.-2L Guard 5-11 200 Chicago, Ill./Crane HS 10 Brennan Bechard SR-2L (TR) Guard 6-0 185 Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence HS/Barton County CC 11 Quintrell Thomas FR-HS Forward 6-7 240 Newark, N.J./Saint Patrick HS 12 Brady Morningstar RS SO-1L Guard 6-3 187 Lawrence, Kan./Free State HS/New Hampton [NH] Prep 14 Tyrel Reed SO-1L Guard 6-3 185 Burlington, Kan./Burlington HS 15 Tyshawn Taylor FR-HS Guard 6-3 180 Jersey City, N.J./St. Anthony HS 21 Markieff Morris FR-HS Center 6-9 232 Philadelphia, Pa./Prep Charter HS/APEX Academy (NJ) 22 Marcus Morris FR-HS Forward 6-8 225 Philadelphia, PA/Prep Charter HS/APEX Academy (NJ) 23 Mario Little JR-TR Guard 6-5 210 Chicago, Ill./Washington High School/Chipola CC 24 Travis Releford FR-HS Guard 6-5 200 Kansas City, Mo./Bishop Miege HS 32 Tyrone Appleton JR-TR Guard 6-2 203 Gary, Ind./Harmony Prep/Midland (Texas) College 40 Jordan Juenemann FR-HS Guard 6-4 195 Hays, Kan./Hays HS 41 Chase Buford SO-1L Guard 6-3 210 San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Heights HS 45 Cole Aldrich SO-1L Center 6-11 245 Bloomington, Minn./Jefferson HS 54 Matt Kleinmann RS SR-3L Center 6-10 250 Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley West HS   Jeff Withey -RS FR Center 6-10 220 San Diego, Calif./Horizon HS Coaches Bill Self - Head Coach Joe Dooley - Assistant Coach Kurtis Townsend - Assistant Coach Danny Manning - Assistant Coach Brett Ballard - Director of Basketball Operations Barry Hinson - Director of External Relations Kyle Keller - Video Coordinator