2003-04
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1-1 |
NCAA
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ROSTER:
| NO. |
POS. |
NAME |
CLASS |
HGT. |
WGT. |
Hometown (Previous School) |
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RETURNEES: |
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| 42 |
C |
Jeff Graves * Cpt. |
Sr. |
6'9 |
275 |
Lee's Summit, MO (Iowa Western CC) |
| 1 |
G |
Jeff Hawkins * |
So. |
5'11 |
175 |
Kansas City, KS (Sumner Academy) |
| 5 |
F |
Keith Langford ** |
Jr. |
6'4 |
205 |
Ft. Worth, TX (North Crowley HS) |
| 25 |
G |
Michael Lee ** |
Jr. |
6'3 |
215 |
Portland, OR (Jefferson HS) |
| 11 |
G |
Aaron Miles ** |
Jr. |
6'1 |
175 |
Portland, OR (Jefferson HS) |
| 34 |
F |
Christian Moody *# |
So. |
6'7 |
205 |
Asheville, NC (TC Roberson HS) |
| 33 |
F |
Bryant Nash *** Cpt. |
Sr. |
6'6 |
205 |
Carrollton, TX (Turner HS) |
| 55 |
C |
Moulaye Niang * |
So. |
6'10 |
215 |
El Cajon, CA (Christian HS) |
| 3 |
F |
Brett
Olson *# |
Sr. |
6'7 |
213 |
Chanute, KS (Chanute HS) |
| 23 |
C/F |
Wayne Simien ** |
Jr. |
6'9 |
255 |
Leavenworth, KS (Leavenworth HS) |
| 20 |
G |
Stephen
Vinson *# |
So. |
6'2 |
185 |
Lawrence, KS (Lawrence HS) |
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NEW FACES: |
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| 15 |
F |
J. R. Giddens |
Fr. |
6'5 |
185 |
Oklahoma City, OK (John Marshall
HS) |
| 44 |
C |
David Padgett |
Fr. |
6'11 |
235 |
Reno, NV (Reno HS) |
| 2 |
G |
Omar Wilkes |
Fr. |
6'4 |
183 |
Los Angeles, CA (Loyola HS) |
| 21 |
G |
Nick
Bahe # |
Fr. |
6'3 |
180 |
Lincoln, NE (Lincoln SE HS) |
| 10 |
G |
Jeremy
Case |
Fr. |
6'0 |
160 |
McAlester, OK (McAlester HS) |
* - Varsity Letters # - Walk-on
Cpt. - Team Captain
| HEAD COACH:
Bill Self, 1st Year
|
Asst. Coaches:
Norm Roberts, Assoc. Head Coach,
1st Year
Tim Jankovich, Asst. Coach,
1st Year
Joe Dooley, Asst. Coach, 1st Year
Staff:
Ben Miller, Director of Basketball Operations
Danny Manning, Director of Student Athlete Development
Sean Harrington, Administrative Assistant/Video Coordinator |
LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR:
| PLAYER LOSSES |
Class |
Hgt. |
POS. |
G/GS |
PTS |
PPG |
RBS |
RPG |
PPts |
STATUS |
|
Nick Collison |
Sr. |
6'9 |
F |
38/38 |
702 |
18.5 |
380 |
10.0 |
23.5 |
Graduated |
|
Kirk Hinrich |
Sr. |
6'3 |
G/F |
37/37 |
641 |
17.3 |
139 |
3.8 |
16.73 |
Graduated |
| TOTALS |
|
|
|
|
1343 |
35.3 |
519 |
13.7 |
40.23 |
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| PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
Despite losing two All-American first round NBA draft
choices, the Jayhawks look to have another stellar season, with
four starters returning and a top recruiting class coming in.
They will have extremely tough competition in the Big 12, and I
wouldn't be too surprised to see three conference teams in the
NCAA Final Four, as Missouri and Texas are loaded.
KU's frontcourt will be led by 6'9 255 lb. junior power
forward Wayne Simien, who sat out much of last year with a
shoulder injury that was operated on during the off-season by
the same surgeon who successfully repaired Chris Webber's
shoulder, as well as some other top athletes. Simien has
been named by several pre-season mags as an All-American, and
was selected All-Conference in the Big 12 coaches pre-season
poll. Joining him in the double post will be 6'9 275 lb.
senior C/F Jeff Graves, who ably filled in for Simien last
season. highly touted high school All-American David Padgett, a
6'11 235 lb. center, should push Graves for a starting position.
They will be backed up by experienced senior Bryant Nash, a 6'6
athletic guy who can play almost any position, 6'10 soph Moulaye
Niang, and walk-ons Christian Moody and Brett Olson.
Leading the team will be 6'1 junior Aaron Miles, who led the
conference in assists last year. Joining him in the
backcourt will be junior swingman Keith Langford, a 6'4 slasher.
It appears that Michael Lee, a 6'3 combo guard will be the fifth
starter as the season begins, although don't be surprised if 6'5
superfrosh J. R. Giddens takes his place by midseason, with Lee
assuming the sixth man role he played last year. Backing up
Miles at point guard will be Lee, 5'11 soph Jeff Hawkins, and
incoming freshman Jeremy Case. Walk-ons Steven Vinson, a
6'2 sophomore and freshman Nick Bahe will likely see limited
time, but both can light up the nets.
Barring injuries, the Hawks have what it takes to capture the
league title and make a run for the national crown. The
non-conference schedule doesn't look as tough as usual, although
they meet Michigan State in their third game of the season, with
Oregon and Stanford later on. I expect they will be 6-0 in
the conference before meeting MU in Lawrence on Feb. 2.
Their only game with Texas will be in Austin, and the last game
of the regular season will be in Columbia.
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| SEASON SUMMARY:
Bill Self's first regular-season at KU was a bit rougher
than probably he had hoped, but a 20-7 record highlighted
by two victories over Missouri, including one in the Hearnes
Center finale, and non-conference wins over Michigan State and
Oregon helped blunt the sting from losses to Stanford, Nevada,
and Richmond.
The Jayhawks tied the Texas Longhorns for second in the Big 12
Conference with a 12-4 league record, but were the third seed
in the conference tournament because Texas had the
head-to-head tiebreaker. KU won its third meeting with
Missouri in the conference quarterfinals, but again fell to
Texas in the semifinals.
The loss to the Longhorns didn't keep the Jayhawks from
getting a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and a first-round
game just down Interstate 70 in Kemper Arena in Kansas City,
Mo., though. KU cruised through it's first game, a 78-53
blowout of Chicago-Illinois, and had just as little trouble in
the second round, defeating Pacific, 78-63.
KU got a little help from Alabama-Birmingham in the second
round when the Blazers defeated the Kentucky Wildcats, 76-75.
Rather than face the No. 1-seeded Wildcats in the Sweet
Sixteen, the Jayhawks took on the Blazers and trounced them,
100-74, in St. Louis. With a chance for a third straight Final
Four appearance on the line, KU forced overtime with Georgia
Tech in the Elite Eight, but eventually lost, 79-71.
Two weeks after losing to the Yellow Jackets, the Jayhawks
lost freshman guard Omar Wilkes, who announced he would
transfer after the spring semester. The same night, sophomore
center Moulaye Niang announced he also would be leaving KU.
Those departures were just the beginning. Five days later,
associate head coach Norm Roberts accepted the head coaching
job at St. John's, and two days after that freshman center
David Padgett announced he would transfer after this school
year.
Source: KUSports.com |
2004 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS
(Team highs in bold)
|
CATEGORY
|
KU
|
OPP
|
DIFF
|
Simien,
Wayne |
Langford,
Keith |
Giddens,
J. R. |
Miles,
Aaron |
Padgett,
David |
Graves,
Jeff |
Lee,
Michael |
Hawkins,
Jeff |
|
Games Played/Started
|
33 |
33 |
|
32/31 |
33/33 |
33/29 |
33/33 |
31/19 |
31/14 |
24/3 |
31/0 |
|
Minutes
|
6650 |
6650 |
|
1046 |
1047 |
855 |
1116 |
597 |
562 |
445 |
278 |
|
Per Game
|
201.5 |
201.5 |
|
32.7 |
31.7 |
25.9 |
33.8 |
19.2 |
18.1 |
18.5 |
8.9 |
|
Points
|
2503 |
2218 |
285 |
569 |
511 |
374 |
300 |
202 |
199 |
133 |
54 |
|
Per Game
|
75.8 |
67.2 |
8.6 |
17.8 |
15.5 |
11.3 |
9.1 |
6.5 |
6.4 |
5.5 |
1.7 |
|
Rebounds
|
1303 |
1167 |
136 |
297 |
164 |
119 |
125 |
139 |
153 |
60 |
19 |
|
Per Game
|
39.5 |
35.4 |
4.1 |
9.3 |
5.0 |
3.6 |
3.8 |
4.5 |
4.9 |
2.5 |
0.6 |
|
Offensive
|
409 |
426 |
-17 |
98 |
66 |
19 |
17 |
51 |
44 |
10 |
4 |
|
Defensive
|
894 |
741 |
153 |
199 |
98 |
100 |
108 |
88 |
109 |
50 |
15 |
|
Blocks
|
165 |
125 |
40 |
30 |
19 |
20 |
3 |
43 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
|
Assists
|
572 |
410 |
162 |
39 |
114 |
28 |
242 |
33 |
28 |
38 |
20 |
|
Steals
|
232 |
227 |
5 |
28 |
35 |
24 |
63 |
11 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
|
Turnovers
|
485 |
471 |
14 |
71 |
79 |
37 |
89 |
50 |
61 |
24 |
17 |
|
(Assists+Steals)/TO
|
1.66 |
1.35 |
0.31 |
0.94 |
1.89 |
1.41 |
3.43 |
0.88 |
0.69 |
2.17 |
1.88 |
|
FG -Attempts
|
1923 |
1959 |
-36 |
376 |
384 |
297 |
249 |
160 |
119 |
104 |
66 |
|
Made
|
895 |
766 |
129 |
200 |
184 |
141 |
100 |
85 |
74 |
39 |
18 |
|
Percent
|
46.5 |
39.1 |
7.4 |
53.2 |
47.9 |
47.5 |
40.2 |
53.1 |
62.2 |
37.5 |
27.3 |
|
3FG-Attempts
|
562 |
635 |
-73 |
11 |
106 |
182 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
65 |
51 |
|
Made
|
188 |
200 |
-12 |
2 |
38 |
74 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
10 |
|
Percent
|
33.5 |
31.5 |
2.0 |
18.2 |
35.8 |
40.7 |
33.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
35.4 |
19.6 |
|
FT-Attempts
|
743 |
691 |
52 |
206 |
158 |
27 |
103 |
47 |
81 |
40 |
13 |
|
Made
|
525 |
486 |
39 |
167 |
105 |
18 |
72 |
32 |
51 |
32 |
8 |
|
Percent
|
70.7 |
70.3 |
0.4 |
81.1 |
66.5 |
66.7 |
69.9 |
68.1 |
63.0 |
80.0 |
61.5 |
|
Production Points/Game
|
92.24 |
69.03 |
23.21 |
21.16 |
15.52 |
11.00 |
14.06 |
9.29 |
8.97 |
6.25 |
1.26 |
| Production
Points/Minute |
.458 |
.343 |
.115 |
.647 |
.489 |
.425 |
.416 |
.482 |
.495 |
.337 |
.140 |
Statistics Cont'd
| CATEGORY |
Wilkes, Omar |
Moody, Christian |
Case, Jeremy |
Nash, Bryant |
Niang, Moulaye |
Bahe, Nick |
Olson, Brett |
Vinson, Stephen |
Team |
| Games Played/ Started |
21/0 |
25/0 |
21/0 |
30/2 |
27/0 |
16/0 |
9/1 |
12/0 |
|
| Minutes |
72 |
175 |
81 |
147 |
126 |
61 |
20 |
22 |
|
| Per Game |
3.5 |
7.0 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
4.7 |
3.8 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
|
| Points |
30 |
35 |
26 |
30 |
24 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
|
| Per Game |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
|
| Rebounds |
19 |
26 |
10 |
38 |
30 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
|
| Per Game |
0.9 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
| Offensive |
10 |
12 |
2 |
17 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
44 |
| Defensive |
9 |
14 |
8 |
21 |
17 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
47 |
| Blocks |
0 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Assists |
2 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Steals |
4 |
4 |
8 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
| Turnovers |
6 |
9 |
11 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| (Assists+Steals)/TO |
1.00 |
0.89 |
1.45 |
0.73 |
2.00 |
1.33 |
0.66 |
2.00 |
|
| FG - Attempts |
26 |
22 |
36 |
35 |
22 |
15 |
5 |
7 |
|
|
Made |
10 |
15 |
9 |
9 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
Percent |
38.5 |
68.2 |
25.0 |
25.7 |
22.7 |
26.7 |
20.0 |
14.3 |
|
| 3FG - Attempts |
13 |
0 |
26 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
Made |
4 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Percent |
30.8 |
0.0 |
23.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
25.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
| FT - Attempts |
12 |
15 |
3 |
17 |
20 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
| Made |
6 |
5 |
2 |
12 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
| Percent |
50.0 |
33.3 |
66.7 |
70.6 |
70.0 |
0.0 |
50.0 |
0.0 |
|
| Production Points/Game |
1.29 |
1.96 |
0.62 |
1.43 |
1.56 |
0.75 |
0.11 |
-0.17 |
|
| Production Points/Minute |
.375 |
.280 |
.160 |
.293 |
.333 |
.197 |
.050 |
-.090 |
|
Source: KU Basketball Media Guide
GAME-BY-GAME
|
2003-04
KANSAS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE |
|
Date |
Opponent |
Location |
TV |
Results |
Tuesday,
Nov. 4 |
EA Sports
All-Stars (Exh.) |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 91-87 |
Tuesday,
Nov. 11 |
Pittsburg State
(Exh.) |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 103-73 |
Friday,
Nov. 21 |
Tennessee-Chattanooga |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 90-76 |
Tuesday,
Nov. 25 |
Michigan State |
Lawrence |
ESPN |
W 81-74 |
Monday,
Dec. 1 |
TCU |
Fort Worth,
Texas |
ESPN |
W 85-66 |
Saturday,
Dec. 6 |
Stanford
(Wooden Classic) |
Anaheim, Calif. |
TBA |
L 58-64 |
Wednesday,
Dec. 10 |
Fort Hays State |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 80-40 |
Saturday,
Dec. 13 |
Oregon
(Feist Shootout) |
Kansas City,
Mo. |
ESPN |
W 77-67 |
Saturday,
Dec. 20 |
UC Santa
Barbara
(Wolfpack Holiday Classic) |
Reno, Nev. |
TBA |
W 72-52 |
Sunday,
Dec. 21 |
Nevada
(Wolfpack Holiday Classic) |
Reno, Nev. |
TBA |
L 61-75 |
Monday,
Dec. 29 |
Binghamton |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 78-46 |
Friday,
Jan. 2 |
Villanova |
Lawrence |
ESPN |
W 86-79 |
Monday,
Jan. 5 |
Colorado |
Boulder, Colo. |
ESPN |
W 77-62 |
Wednesday,
Jan. 14 |
Kansas State |
Lawrence |
Big 12 |
W 73-67 |
Saturday,
Jan. 17 |
Texas A&M |
College
Station, Texas |
ESPN |
W 71-65 |
Thursday,
Jan. 22 |
Richmond |
Lawrence |
ESPN2 |
L 68-69 |
Sunday,
Jan. 25 |
Colorado |
Lawrence |
Big 12 |
W 78-57 |
Wednesday,
Jan. 28 |
Kansas State |
Manhattan |
Big 12 |
W 78-70 |
Saturday,
Jan. 31 |
Iowa State |
Ames, Iowa |
Big 12 |
L 61-68 |
Monday,
Feb. 2 |
Missouri |
Lawrence |
ESPN |
W 65-56 |
Saturday,
Feb. 7 |
Texas Tech |
Lawrence |
ESPN |
W 96-77 |
Monday,
Feb. 9 |
Oklahoma State |
Stillwater,
Okla. |
ESPN |
L 60-80 |
Sunday,
Feb. 15 |
Nebraska |
Lincoln, Neb. |
ABC |
L 55-74 |
Wednesday,
Feb. 18 |
Baylor |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 74-54 |
Saturday,
Feb. 21 |
Iowa State |
Lawrence |
Big 12 |
W 90-89 |
Monday,
Feb. 23 |
Texas |
Austin, Texas |
ESPN |
L 67-82 |
Sunday,
Feb. 29 |
Oklahoma |
Lawrence |
CBS |
W 79-58 |
Wednesday,
March 3 |
Nebraska |
Lawrence |
JTV |
W 78-67 |
Sunday,
March 7 |
Missouri |
Columbia, Mo. |
CBS |
W 84-82 |
Friday,
March 12 |
Missouri
Big 12 Tournament |
Dallas |
|
W:
94-69
|
Saturday,
March 13 |
Texas
Big 12 Tournament |
Dallas |
|
L:
64-60
|
Friday,
March 19 |
Illinois-Chicago
NCAA
Tournament |
Kansas City |
|
W:
78-53
|
Sunday,
March 21 |
Pacific
NCAA
Tournament |
Kansas City |
|
W:
78-63
|
Friday,
March 26 |
Alabama-Birmingham
NCAA
Tournament |
St. Louis |
|
W:
100-74
|
Friday,
March 26 |
Georgia Tech
NCAA
Tournament |
St. Louis |
|
L:
79-71 (OT)
|
All times Central
Exh. = Exhibition
JTV = Jayhawk Television Network
Big 12 = Big 12 Syndicated Network
|
Link to Big 12 Conference for 2004
Link to National Statistics for 2004
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