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JANUARY 31, 2008
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No. 22 Kansas State No. 2 Kansas

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A triumphant Michael Beasley stands on top of a courtside table, celebrating the No. 22 Wildcats’ 84-75 victory over No. 2 Kansas with the Bramlage Coliseum crowd.

KSU kids Kansas State breaks Manhattan skid BY THE

NUMBERS
eliminate BY JEFFREY MARTIN The streak was over. Collectively, they fixed their gaze atop

1983
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The Wichita Eagle For the first time in 25 years, No. 22 the scorer’s table, where their hero, fresh-
Kansas State defeated rival No. 2 Kansas at man star Michael Beasley, stood, his arms

the doubt
ANHATTAN – Television
monitors began to disap-
pear from the courtside
tables Wednesday at
home, 84-75. The result, aside from gain- stretched to the sky. All of the talk leading
ing sole possession of first place in the Big up to Wednesday was about how brash The last year the Jayhawks
12, ending the month of January with a Beasley was for predicting a victory in lost in Manhattan. The
perfect record and slapping the first defeat Manhattan. Coach Frank Martin defended 24-game streak in an

M
ANHATTAN — This
wasn’t just an upset or
the end of a long, unsa-
vory losing streak. This
was magic. This was freshmen
doing what 24 years of Kansas
Bramlage Coliseum with on the Jayhawks’ previously unblemished his star, saying he wouldn’t expect any of opponent's home gym
about five minutes to slate, was sheer pandemonium as thou- his players, particularly Beasley, to think came within one of tying
play. Reporters grabbed sands of purple-clad fans gleefully otherwise. the NCAA Division I
their laptop computers and scurried for descended upon the hardwood. Beasley promised, but Beasley also record which UCLA set
cover. Administrators huddled, plotting “Twenty-five years? I would have rushed delivered. He finished with a game-high against California from
strategy. Security simply braced for the the court, too,” K-State freshman point 1961-85.
inevitable. guard Jacob Pullen said. Please see K-STATE, Page 4D

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State players
young and old
couldn’t do —
beat Kansas
on the
Wildcats’ Kansas’ experience fails The most most points sur-
rendered by Kansas this

to make an appearance
home court. season. It was also the
This was most points Kansas State
BOB LUTZ amazing.
Michael
had scored against the
Jayhawks since a 96-69
Beasley might win on Jan. 20, 1979.
COMMENTARY only be at K- BY RICK PLUMLEE ‘‘We got sped up,’’ KU coach Bill

State for one
season. I’m still not sure they
shouldn’t name the arena after
him when he’s gone.
Bill Walker. Jacob Pullen.
Dominique Sutton. All are fresh-
men, like Beasley. And all played
leading roles in Kansas State’s 84-
75 win over the Jayhawks on
Wednesday night.
Please see LUTZ, Page 3D
The Wichita Eagle
MANHATTAN — Kansas had all
the experience. Kansas State had all
those freshmen.
OK, not just any freshmen. Still,
the Jayhawks had a panicked look as
they saw the game slip away in the
Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle second half. Yes, the No. 2
A Kansas State fan holds up a sign in Bramlage Jayhawks, the veterans of so many
Coliseum as the Wildcats head toward their first big games and unbeaten through
victory over Kansas in Manhattan since 1983. their first 20 games.
Self said after Wednesday night’s 84-
75 loss to Kansas State. ‘‘It doesn’t
matter about experience. We didn’t
play with poise in the second half.’’
Why? Too much crowd? Too much
Michael Beasley, Bill Walker and
Jacob Pullen?
Whatever it was, KU (20-1, 5-1)
bid goodbye to the streak in
Manhattan. So long unbeaten record.
Please see KANSAS, Page 4D
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Kansas State players who
scored at least 20 points
Wednesday (Michael
Beasley 25; Bill Walker
22; Jacob Pullen 20). No
Kansas player scored 20.
Mario Chalmers led KU
with 19.

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Feagles gives Giants a punter’s chance to win

Giants punter
Jeff Feagles
will play in
his first
Super Bowl
on Sunday. BY JOHN BRANCH
New York Times News Service
from the NFL. He sold his house in
New Jersey and bought one in
That spring and summer, Jeff and
Michelle felt something was not
SUPER BOWL XLII
At 41, he will
be the oldest Paradise Valley, a Phoenix suburb. right.
player to ever At 41, Jeff Feagles will be the old- Jeff and his wife, Michelle, and their “We were there, and it was just
appear in the est player in Super Bowl history, and four sons moved to the Southwest. kind of putting a square peg in a
game. maybe the last to be older than the The Giants, wanting to keep the round hole,” Feagles said. “It just
Super Bowl itself. But he never
expected to be going back to Arizona
dependable kicker around, agreed to
special concessions to let Feagles
wasn’t working. As parents, we could
see the look on our kids’ faces, that GIANTS VS. PATRIOTS
Associated Press
like this. travel home frequently during the they just weren’t enjoying it.” When: 5:17 p.m. Sunday
Feagles, the Giants’ punter, was 2006 season. Eventually, Feagles So before the 2006 season began, Where: Glendale, Ariz.
raised in the Phoenix area, and signed a two-year contract. Everyone the Feagles sold their Arizona house TV: KSAS, Ch. 4
moved his family there two years ago was happy with the arrangement, or Radio: KFH, 1240-AM,
when he thought he was retiring so it seemed. Please see SUPER BOWL, Page 6D 98.7-FM