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Chris Davis
SR., GUARD
Davis is another non-starter from last season. He averaged ve points and two rebounds as a junior.
With the expanded playing time, Davis will have more chances to contribute to the Ichabod offense, but
against Kansas tough man-to-man defense, he will nd it difcult to create his own shot.
Christian Ulsaker
JR., FORWARD
The lone junior in the starting lineup is the Ichabods best 3-point shooter and free-throw shooter.
Ulsaker averaged four rebounds last season and didnt have a single block all season, despite his
6-foot-5 frame.
Alex North
SR., FORWARD
North is the Ichabods best player. He averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds, team highs in both cate-
gories. He shot 46 percent from 3-point range, and at 6-foot-6, he is the tallest starter on Washburn.
If the Kansas big men dont follow North beyond the arc, he will knock down the long-range jumpers.
Oubre is a long athletic freshman who has large shoes to ll this season. With a similar play style
and body type to Andrew Wiggins, the comparisons are bound to be made. He averaged 22 points per
game in his senior season at Findlay High School.
BEN FELDERSTEIN
@ben_felderstein
Volume 128 Issue 39 kansan.com Monday, November 3, 2014
By Stella Liang
@Stelly_Liang
COMMENTARY
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
sports
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CROSS COUNTRY
PAGE 11A Jayhawks nish fth at Big 12 Championship meet
L
osing to Baylor is noth-
ing to be ashamed of.
Losing to Baylor while
committing numerous mis-
takes and practically giving up
points is another story.
To have a chance at defeating
the 12th-ranked Bears in
Waco, Texas, the Jayhawks
needed to play a nearly perfect
game. Instead, Kansas went
and shot itself in the foot. By
the end of the frst quarter,
Baylor was leading 20-7 and
the result was all but decided.
Kansas came into the game
with only one lost fumble,
but lost three in Saturdays
matchup. Te frst fumble set
the tone early.
Baylor was already up 7-0
less than fve minutes into the
game by way of an 11-second
scoring drive when Kansas
started a drive at its own 28-
yard line. Tree short plays
later, the Jayhawks coughed up
the ball, and Baylor recovered
at the Kansas 18-yard line.
Te Bears capitalized, and
all of a sudden, it was 13-0
(Baylor missed the point afer
attempt).
Te Bears can score too
easily, and the Jayhawks could
not aford to give them more
opportunities to do so. In to-
tal, three of Baylors 11 scoring
drives started at the Kansas
26-yard line or closer.
Take another example of a
mistake.
Late in the frst half, Baylor
had made its way to the Kan-
sas 1-yard line. Along the way,
Kansas had lost Keon Stowers
to injury. When Baylor run-
ning back Devin Chafn was
stufed on third down, Baylor
decided to go for it.
So it was a 4th-and-one
situation. Te Jayhawk defense
sent out only 10 players, and
Chafn scored easily.
Honestly, the fnal result
would have most likely been
the same if Kansas hadnt
committed any fumbles,
penalties or other blunders.
In the end, Baylor was almost
unstoppable, but how it hap-
pens does matter.
Interim coach Clint Bowen
says every week the players
and the team can only control
what they do. He preaches
fundamentals and giving fans
a product they want to watch.
None of that happened
Saturday.
Kansas couldnt control how
well Baylor played, but the
Jayhawks could control what
they did. Tey could hold
on to the ball. Tey could be
on the feld when they were
supposed to be.
In the three previous losses
under Bowen, there were en-
couraging signs. Te Jayhawks
kept close with a ranked
team. Tey had some fght on
the road. Against Baylor, it
seemed like there was no fght.
Kansas never looked like
it had a chance. Even worse,
the Jayhawks looked like they
were trying to help the Bears
win.
Edited by Emily Brown
Kansas football
cannot afford
mistakes committed
against Baylor
BIG PLAYS DOOM KANSAS
SHANE JACKSON
@JacksonShane3
Big plays became the
Achilles heel for the Kansas
Jayhawks in Waco, Texas.
Te Baylor Bears used their
juggernaut of an ofense, and
its ability to travel the length
of the feld in a short period of
time to trounce the Jayhawks
60-14 on Saturday.
We knew
we were
playing a
very good
f o o t b a l l
t e a m ,
i n t e r i m
coach Clint
Bowen said.
We had to
come out and
match that,
we didnt come out and do the
things you do.
Coming into Saturdays
matchup, the Jayhawks
praised the defensive unit as
the strength of the team. Te
Jayhawks defense had kept
them in many games with its
ability to maintain those big
plays.
Tat was not the case as the
Bears had their way with the
Jayhawks with 18 plays over
10 yards. Baylor had three
plays over 40 yards including a
72-yard touchdown pass from
Bryce Petty to Corey Coleman
on their fourth ofensive play
of the game.
We obviously felt we had
a good plan, Bowen said.
Baylor had a better plan.
In comparison, the Jayhawks
had 11 plays all day that
gained over 10 yards.
Before Saturday, the Bears
had the second-best ofense
in college football averaging
nearly 50
points a
game. Tey
e x c e e d e d
that with
a 60-point
performance
a n d
accumulated
669 yards of
total ofense.
Offensively,
Kansas may have not been
able to match stat for stat
with the juggernaut ofense,
but they put up a respectable
fght. Tey had a total of 304
yards on ofense.
In fact junior quarterback
Michael Cummings
statistically was on par with
the Heisman candidate.
Petty completed 15 of his
27 pass attempts for 277
yards and three touchdowns.
Cummings was 21-for-30
with 288 yards and a pair of
passing touchdowns.
On the ground, the
Jayhawks gained just 16 yards
on 27 carries. Leading up to
Saturday, Kansas was tied
for frst in the country with
the fewest lost fumbles but
coughed it up three times
Saturday.
You have to take care of the
football, Bowen said.
If Kansas defense can go
back to not surrendering
the big plays and the ofense
continues to improve, they
could put themselves in pretty
good position to win their
frst conference game of the
year.
Were going to go right
back to work tomorrow,
Bowen said. We have a plan
to work, continue to prepare
and continue to try and win
football games.
Edited by Ben Carroll
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kansas running back Corey Avery (6) runs against the Baylor defense in the rst half of an NCAA college
football game Saturday in Waco, Texas.
Teammates react to Frankamps transfer
Sophomore guard Conner
Frankamp announced on Fri-
day that he will be transferring
from the University of Kansas
once the semester is over, and
will leave the basketball team
immediately.
While rumors of the transfer
circulated throughout cam-
pus, no one seemed more sur-
prised than his fellow team-
mates to fnd out the ofcial
news.
It came as a shock to me,
junior guard Wayne Selden
said. Hes a great person and
player to be around. We be-
came best friends, and this
is the business were in, this
is what it is. Its hard to han-
dle this when you dont see it
coming, to grasp not having
him there in the locker room,
itll hurt.
Junior forward Perry Ellis,
who played against Conner
Frankamp in high school in
Wichita, was also surprised by
Frankamps decision.
I didnt see it coming, Ellis
said. He was doing real well,
but only he knows whats best
for himself.
Frankamp said hes been
thinking about this decision
for a while now. He is happy
at Kansas, but wants to play at
a school where he could play
contribute more to the team.
"I love KU and I love the Jay-
hawks, Frankamp said. I feel
like I've improved quite a bit
since I've been here. I love my
teammates but I just don't feel
like it's the right ft for me. We
have many good guards and
so many big-time players. I
want to be at a place where I
could play a bigger role."
Playing time for Frankamp
wasnt guaranteed now, or
even in the coming years.
Frankamp was part of a
crowded backcourt for Kansas
that includes plenty of young
talent. Freshmen Devonte
Graham, Kelly Oubre, Svia-
toslav Mykhailiuk and sopho-
mores Brannen Greene, Frank
Mason and Selden are all in
the mix to receive playing
time this season at the guard
position this season.
Frankamp averaged 8.3 min-
utes and 2.5 points per game
last season.
Ellis said the team supports
Frankamps decision.
Only yourself knows what
you want to do and need to
do, Ellis said. Were all be-
hind him, we all support him
and were all going to miss
him.
His ability to shoot from
long-range will especially
be missed. In limited play-
ing time, Frankamp made 15
3-pointers for the Jayhawks
last season, including four
in the NCAA Tournament
Round of 32 game against
Stanford.
Selden said he will have to
play more at guard to help fll
the gap of Frankamp. As one
of the most experienced at the
position, Selden will also be
expected become show more
leadership, too.
I feel a little faster, a little
stronger, Selden said. Guys
are looking to me for the lead-
ership and to fll that role.
Edited by Brian Hillix
ALANA FLINN
@Alana_Flinn